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Old 08-28-2002, 02:37 PM
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Default How to check if vtec opens up?

i can't tell if my secondary is opening up on my B18C, i don;t get any codes and i am in a CX hatch so i should feel it,

a 4-door GSR keeps up so i know something is not right, if anyone has any suggestions please post them, thanks
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someone is gonna have to elaborate on this for me, but here's my understanding:
if you drop the vacuum hose on the top of the intake manifold (while the car is running) and you hear a humm or buzz i believe you had the 2ndaries the whole time...
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Default Re: How to check if vtec opens up? (B18C-Hatch)

a 4-door GSR keeps up so i know something is not right, if anyone has any suggestions please post them, thanks
Who knows what mods he has. Maybe he's a better driver, who knows.
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I believe this is the vacuum:

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the 4-door GSR was my brother, intake, header and muffler
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umm... You should hear them when they open up.. right about 6,000 they should be hella loud. If you cant hear them your either one big dumb ***(if they are working and you cant tell a difference) or they arnt working.
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Default Re: How to check if vtec opens up? (Hatchy-Ownzjo0)

well i know the 1st one opens up but i can't hear or feel if the secondaries opens, i have a stripped hatch with a test pipe so it gets kinda loud.
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A simple way to tell if they are working is if you redline at 8000. If you do then they are working.
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Default Re: How to check if vtec opens up? (Trey)

i can't tell if my secondary is opening up on my B18C, i dont get any codes and i am in a CX hatch so i should feel it,
secondary?

what?

do you want to know about VTEC or the IAB?!?!

t..
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Default Re: How to check if vtec opens up? (tinkerbell)

It should be a huge change in the sound... You should know if they are working.. it gets HELLA loud.. especially with that test pipe.. It goes from brrrrrrrrr to BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!
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Default Re: How to check if vtec opens up? (Hatchy-Ownzjo0)

put a vaccum gage on that vaccum line, at idle, it should read about 25 and after they kick in, it is supposed to go to 0. i've never done this though and i don't know if the car has to be in gear (moving) for them to switch. can anyone verify? i know that vtec will not engage unless the car is moving, not sure about IAB. this is just what i have heard.


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Default Re: How to check if vtec opens up? (Trey)

A simple way to tell if they are working is if you redline at 8000. If you do then they are working.
what?
no dude sorry
secondaries have NOTHING to do with the redline.

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Default Re: How to check if vtec opens up? (Trey)

A simple way to tell if they are working is if you redline at 8000. If you do then they are working.
I thought you're suppose to take it up to 9k?

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Default Re: How to check if vtec opens up? (KAMiN)

A simple way to tell if they are working is if you redline at 8000. If you do then they are working.
what?
no dude sorry
secondaries have NOTHING to do with the redline.
I was thinking about the Vtec Solenoid.

yeah it's Friday.........
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hehehe goes from brrrrrrr to BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. exactly how i'd put it. I love the gsr intake manifold!
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Default Re: How to check if vtec opens up? (Trey)

A simple way to tell if they are working is if you redline at 8000. If you do then they are working.
what?
no dude sorry
secondaries have NOTHING to do with the redline.

I was thinking about the Vtec Solenoid.

yeah it's Friday.........
thats still wrong
vtec has NOTHING to do with the rev limit
you can run vtecless and sit there bouncing off 8400rpm's
of course you dont make power past like 5000 tho
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Default Re: How to check if vtec opens up? (KAMiN)

you can run vtecless and sit there bouncing off 8400rpm's
all day???

t..
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Default Re: How to check if vtec opens up? (tinkerbell)

2ndarys open up at 5750 or so

just put the car in neutral and rev to 6,000rpms the line should close up....

as for why a 4dr GS-R kept up, check your timing all around....as torque loss without the 2ndarys is minimal, if even.
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