The engines likes fuel, that is the bottom line. I tried leaning out the powerband and it lost power, 12:1 AF Ratio is where it likes to be at.
Also messed with the ingition timing a little. Went from 14 degrees to 16/17 and it gaines some nice low end as well as made the top end much smoother.

 

just curious did you dyno at the old CR if so what were the specs on that

BTW Glad to see your rebuild is running great and congrats on the #'s

 

Didn't your old setup make that much power??? I could remember wrong though.

 

1) that's a lot of tq.

2) what's going on at 4k and 5k rpms?

Tom


[Modified by Tomakit, 5:36 PM 12/16/2001]

 

Look at the charts man, it shows the old vs new.

Gained 6-8 WHP and 8-10 TQ throughout. DONT look at peak numbers.

 

heard you're goin vtec man.

 

Wasn't "The Great Buildup" including a VTEC head? I remember seeing the 170 hp number in your sig before you gave the play-by-play on the buildup.

 

Nope, the great rebuild was only the bottom end...Im still running the stock B20 head...for about a week more though...then VTEC!

I should be VTEC in less then 2 weeks...stand by for play-by-play again


[Modified by HX_Guy, 3:35 PM 12/16/2001]

 

damn, you go through mods/upgrades like its water.

Tom

im just jealous, thats all, hehe

 

I look like Im a little rich bitch huh? LOL..Im not really.
The bottom end rebuild stripped me of money..I had $1.53 in the bank at one point..seriously. LOL
As for the VTEC...all the parts I sold will basically cover the VTEC conversion.
Itll cost me like $100-$200 out of pocket..not bad huh.

 

Man, didnt you just start your 1k break in period like last week? I have 260 so far, I'll be there though!

 

wow looks good............it's to bad your decided to go VTEC now...........good luck with that....i'm sure a B20/VTEC will really scream.......i'm still waiting to see a 180-190whp all motor non-VTEC engine........maybe when i'm done my new build up i'll be up around there.......

 

Im sure with some head work I would see 180-185 WHP easy...so 180-190 is definately not out of the question...maybe even throw in a nicer header and get close to 190-195.

 

with his bottom end he can easily acheive above 200+whp with the following mods

1)B18C head
2)01 ITR cams
3)1mm Oversized valves
4) Kamikaze 4-1

 

Im going a little bigger on the cams..but not quite as big as JUN3s.
Ill probably do something like Skunk2 Stage 1 cams...which have been dyno'd and made 10 WHP over ITR cams. I expect to be around 205 WHP with a B16 head, ITR manifold and the Skunk2 cams.

I would like JUN3s..but there are also something I dont like. The cams have to be revved sky high to get theyre real power...9000+ RPMS! Also, you need some strong valve springs..which means more money. Also Ive heard the stock B16 Lost Motion Assemblies cant really handle cams over 11.5mm of lift..and the JUN3s are 12.5mm I believe.
The power is nice though...a friends of mine is making 220 WHP @ 7800 RPMs with them..thast 60 more WHP tehn me at 7800 RPMS! Thats INSANE! (He peaks at 225 WHP @ 8000-9000 RPMs)

 

check your email VAL, I want to send you my dyno graph and if you could put it up that would be cool. I am making 161whp with a completely stock bottom B18B with the the stock exhaust! All my power is coming essentially from my head. With all the dough you dropped those figures should be higher. However due to the newness of the setup, the # will increase as everything gets broken in

 

I sent you a email back.

Do you have AOL IM? If so..hit me up, my screen name is HXCivicVal

 

So you decided to go vtec over turbo? I remember about a week or 2 ago, you said you were either going tubor or vtec. Is there a possiblity of Turbo in future? Even though you have to change out the pistons.

 

val if i were you id go with toda As or Jun2 / ITR combo.

 

The Skunk2 cams made 5 WHP over the TODA As which made 4 WHP over the JUN2/ITR setup (but lost midrange). So the Skunk2s would make 9 WHP over the JUN2/ITR setup and still be able to keep good midrange from what Ive seen.

 

Man...that's mad torque. What happened at 4-5k rpm? It looks like a huge surge of TQ!

BTW, for your VTEC, are you getting a B16, B18C, or B18C5 head?

 

The CAI provides that surge at 4-5K. I dyno'd teh car without teh CAI and lost 16 WHP and 18 TQ at 4500-5000! It was nuts!

 

wow............what kind of CAI do you have again?

 

DC D.A.C. with Injen Cold Air Extension. Measures 38" from TB to filter (not including filter length)

 

what's the tube diameter?