92hatch420

how do you go about finding out if the vtec is kicking in or not, i cant notice any change when im driving it?

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2000EM1

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Ok... what engine do you have in your 92 hatch...?


on a side note... have you been to that new carmike cinema there in Findlay? If you haven't, but do go... check out the phone system there. I installed it.

97spooncivic

what motor do you have? best way is connect two wires to your vtec solenoid. one wire goes to ground and another goes to a litebulb. make enough wire to be able to place the lightbulb inside your car. when vtec engages, the bulb should lite up. if you have a sohc, you wont be able to hear or feel vtec basically

DJ_Toocrazy

how i did it in my cousins gsr....i was going about 20 and i wanted to see how hard the vtec kicked in so i shifted into third gear around 25 and gunned it....the speedometer wasnt going up very fast until vtec kicked in and you can feel it when it kicks in

92hatch420

no i havent been to the movie theater yet, am i supposed to walk to the counter and ask if i can check out there phones? anyway my motors a d16z6 i just got the motor in like 2 weeks ago everything runs good and what not, but i cant tell if its kicking in 1st gear gets on it kinda good like it might be working but any of the other gears it just feels like a non vtec motor. ive never had a vtec motor before so i dont really know what im feeling for, you know what im sayin. ill try the lightbulb idea, but im still open to suggestions

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Cute EK

I can't hear it in first in my y8 either, but you can tell in any other gear.

2000EM1

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Nah. there's one on the left side of the counter towards the end and two in the ticket sales island counters.

Anyway, to answer your question. A D series (SOHC vtec) engine isn't going to have a very pronounced switch over like a B series is. With a CAI you might be able to distinguish, but if it's stock you really won't be able to.

Cute EK

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, but if it's stock you really won't be able to.</TD></TR></TABLE> True, I forgot that I could barely notice it before the aem.

92hatch420

yeah its still stock its still got the 1.5 cx intake on it actually, yeah its kinda...tiny. im tryin to find a intake, a buddy of mine said his buddy works for a retailer or whatever and can get some tenzo r intakes for like 25-30 bucks. so im just waiting on this dude to get ahold of me

97spooncivic

another way to do it, i know this work on dohc's not sure about sohc's, is to unplug your vtec solenoid. if you do, you motor will cut out when vtec is supposed to cross over. if it does, then your vtec is working, if not, then it isnt. can someone confirm that this method works on sohc's?

92hatch420

how do you wire up the vtec, the pinouts and whatnot. like which wires go to which holes in the ecu i think when the motor was installed the junkyard didnt wire it up so that might be why its working

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