My car is a 5 speed M/T 1992 Prelude SI swapped w/ a JDM H22A from a previous owner. Anyways, since day one, my car feels like it accelerates very slowly. Whether it's from a stop or on the freeway (normal driving, not racing, shifting at 3K). I can be at 3K in 3rd, for example, and I'll press the pedal down to the floor with not much response, minimum change in RPMs and speed. My sparkplugs and wires are new. Oil changed with AMSOIL only, regularly. At idle, it revs pretty freely. But it doesn't seem to put much power to the wheels when driving.

Any clues as to what it could it be? Is my perception off? (I've had a 91 Civic hatch w/ a 2nd gen B16A for the last 2 years), lol. Any help is appreciated.

 

I had the same issue. New sparks, new wires... but I have forgotten about distributor cap. After changing it + distributor rotor the problem is gone.

 

also follow my thread here https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1090957

I'm up to the tps in this *****! (leaving the most expensive (knock/02) til last)

 

Thanks for all the suggestions. I guess I'll start with the small things... hopefully, I won't have to go down the entire list =\

BTW, does MSD make a dist. cap for H23 distributors? They don't list it, but would a 2.3L MSD cap listed for an Accord, etc. work?