hondakid09

Sorry for the bad pictures camera sucks.

Its a 1.6 V Tech Engine Rebuild. ( I did not rebuild it )

Once i got the car i started to look into the engine ( yes, i know i should have done this before buying a rebuild engine car )

I found this wire. Seems Highly needed to me. left top back side of the block. Theirs 2 plugs but the wires go to no where what does it look like to you?

95musubi

thats your vtec solenoid..

hondakid09

REALLY!! that is what i was wondering. i don't notice my v tech ever kicking in.... where should the wire be ran to? the ECU? Or... well i don't even know to guess

TeamRPM_ZC

is the car an ex model? and you would have to run thos wires to the ecu

onlyJDM95

sorry i'm still new at this whole vtec thing and engine...
so how exactly do u knw whn ur vtec kicks in?

NFrank89

ooooooh ohhhh trust me... you'll know

but yeah hes right thats the vtec solenoid. youll need to make sure you have the proper ecu to control the vtec. they might be using the wrong ecu and thats y they didnt hook it up.

onlyJDM95

well i mean i pulled my car on 2nd gear from 3000 rpm till 7500
nd then when i switch to 3rd gear i felt like half of the power was gone...
i just join Honda-tech today and wanted to post lots of pics so people can help me out but it wouldn't let me...
so yea

jhammond_82

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http://www.teamdelsol.com/technical/techstuff/vtec/
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question229.htm

start there to understand what vtec is and how it works.

NFrank89

vtec sorta feels like when the star track ship goes into warp drive and all the stars turn into white lines.... well at least thats what if feels like in my h22a lude :D

jhammond_82

iTrader: (1)

oh, i'm sure in an h22 it does. lol. i wouuld expect nothing less. in a sohc motor though, its really not a kick in the pants.

onlyJDM95

i'd say my third gear is pretty bad but i don't even want to start talking about my 4th gear... :[

NFrank89

really? ive never experienced vtec in a civic. i just read those 2 links you posted and learned some things i didnt know. thanks for the info!

jhammond_82

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no problem. a soh vtec, in stock form is not as big a feeling as it is in an h, or b series vtec motor. it more like a little, "uh oh! whats that, oh wait, its gone" kinda feeling. lol.

onlyJDM95

i mean this civic is my first car and its stock... so its not so bad for a stock 95 ex coupe.
i only have one of those cheap intake and i am going to picked up SKUNK2 full coils this coming friday.
i'm thinking maybe changing the header, full exhaust, and clutch coz my clutch is pretty bad...
could bad clutch be one of the reason why my car doesn't really pull as hard on third gear?

jhammond_82

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if the clutch is bad enough, it won't grip at higher rpms.

onlyJDM95

so that might be the problem why i am not feelin it at higher gear?
well im thinking to change my clutch to stage 1 exedy. are those any good?
and should i change the fly wheel also?

NFrank89

bleed ur clutch before you go doing anything drastic.

try my favorite method. i always put about 1.5ft of fishing tank hose on the bleeder and put the other end in a bottle. Pump the clutch then open the bleeder about 1/4 to 1/2 a turn and leave it open then pump the clutch and make sure the res is always topped off. no need to open and close the bleeder a million times, the hose holds fluid to prevent air from getting sucked in. once i see clear fluid and no bubbles in the hose i shut the bleeder pump the clutch then release the bleeder one more time then close it pump the clutch, top off the res and im done. 10 min tops and it only takes 1 person. its even faster if you have someone constantly pump the clutch while you constantly pour it takes like 3 min that way.

NFrank89

dont change the flywheel if its not cracked or in really bad shape. if you want to go with a lightened fw thats cool. but they're expensive

Del Namco Solo

my d6 has the slowest 3rd gear I've ever seen.

my 1st goes by in a matter of instant seconds, second gear keeps that acceleration but is longer, and then 3rd gear is slow as ****, then I hit 4th gear and its back up to super speed. makes me cry, because when I go to the track I always lose because you end in 3rd gear (at least on a z6 where your top speed is about 80-90 with a 15.9 1/4 mile) and since my 3rd gear is so slow, I run 15.9......

I recently replaced my brakes, and found out that my rear's were gripping all the time, meaning I ran a 15.9 sandbagging on my z6 (rofl)(when we took off the brakes, the rotors were worn down to like 2/32's and the brake pads were nearly gone) but now that's fixed and my 1st/2nd and 4th gears are even faster, but 3rd still feels like ****......

Lightened flywheels are bad no matter how many people use them. On a dyno, with a built motor (not stock with a lightened flywheel,but with a fully built n/a; supercharged; or turbocharged) you notice a drop in hp and tq (especially tq).

Also OP don't buy Exedy, they are ****. Get a competition clutch. In my experience and my friends, competition clutches outlast all others. Exedy have a high fail rate (at least with the 2 I've owned and the countless ones my friends have owned). But that's just my opinion on the Exedy brand....... you can still get it if you want.

NFrank89

how do they decrease tq? im not challenging you, im just curious

Del Namco Solo

Think about rotational mass, if there is less mass, then you gain acceleration at the cost of tq (or power). Its technical and I'm too lazy to explain it past that point, but there are tons of resources to learn about the subject.

Dyno results don't lie, tune your car with a stock flywheel and dyno it, and then do the same with a lightened flywheel, you gain acceleration at the cost of hp and tq (more tq then hp). Its dyno proven.

NFrank89

i think i understand what you're saying. it's like a tire swing, theres more momentum with a heavier wheel.

onlyJDM95

man this is like deep talking...im not knowledgeable enough to understand all this sht... :[
but would exhaust and header makes my gear better?
i mean whn i shift to fourth it gets worse...
and like i dunno wtf is wrong with my d16 T.T"

RotaryPWR

no, exhaust and header won't make your gears better. and no, it sounds like there is nothing wrong with your d16.

d16's are SOHC torqueless motors that were mainly built for fuel efficiency. this means that even if they do have vtec, they aren't truly performance engines, and so you will never feel anything incredible when driving a stock one. like people have been saying, you won't feel vtec engage at all, although you will hear it like crazy with certain intakes..

torque is what you feel, aka it's what slams you in the back of your seat, and so you won't feel much with a d16 (unless you boost it of course). exhaust, header, and intake are a waste on stock d16's since they barely give any power gains. all they will do is make the car sound better, or in lots of cases much much worse, so if that's what you want, go for it, but don't expect much better performance.

the gearing sounds normal. generally speaking, for the Y8 transmission at least, 1st pulls but is very quick, 2nd pulls more and for longer, 3rd pulls a bit less and for longer, and 4th barely pulls and for forever. the only things that will change this are a different tranny with different gearing, or if you put serious power under the hood so that the car is capable of pulling more. I/H/E is not serious power on a d16.

if i was you, i wouldn't touch the tranny or flywheel at all, unless there's an actual problem (burnt clutch, cracked fly, etc). not until you do real engine work that is. just go through troubleshooting steps if you are actually experiencing abnormal symptoms..

save all that money for the aftermarket clutch/flywheel/header/exhaust and put it into your swap savings account..

newtron63h

yeah vtec in a stock single cam is not very noticable. you have to pay attention to catch it. an intake and exhaust make it more pronounced.