k, i went to the track this past weekend with my newly acquired ek hatch.
mods consist of:

b16a / jasma 4-2-1 header / short ram intake /
ctr intake manifold / skunk2 stage 2 cams (untuned) /
buddy club cam gears / skunk2 valve springs /
skunk2 cat back / act 4 puck unsprung clutch /
chipped p28 with skunk2 program....

and.... the video:
http://www.mazsports.com/media...4.mpg

(PLEASE right click save target as, my website isnt the fastest.)

the car is NOT tuned, and REALLY needs to be, you can tell by the video it lacks teh win. the car is capable of 14's, i know it is. because its not tuned.... it runs like ***...big time.

i know i shouldnt be running it before getting it tuned, i know i know i know!
im just awaiting the funds so i can tune it. which will be done next friday.

the clutch itself, is hard to get used to. i missed third, twice, but then again, it grinds in third when i make it into third, which isnt the greatest thing in the world.

ive had the car for 2-3 months, and the clutch is still hard to get down when im hauling ***.

it does have some probs, thought some of you might know the answers. tuning should fix most of the probs, but i would like some opinions.

1) the idle sucks, it dies when i start it in the morning, almost every time. even after its somewhat warm outside, say... 70F, it still dies unless i give it a little throttle. i have to keep on it for a couple seconds, then it doesnt die.

the fuel pressure when idle is around 40-42, when gasing it ranges from 45-50.

2) it runs <u>really</u> rich right now, proof being the nice gas smell from within the cab, and the nice black dust all over my rear bumper.

3) CEL! reading is a code 10, which is the iat sensor, which has already been replaced since the first 2 weeks of having the car. after replacing it, the cel went away, i thought the problem was fixed, but apprently not, it will randomly go away, and randomly come back. this might be a wiring prob, or maybe the sensor is just bugged out cause the car is not tuned properly.

so yeah.... its getting tuned soon, thought id post a vid along with some questions ive been wanting to get answers to.

dont hate educate, as i am fairly new to honda's.




Modified by batmang at 12:48 PM 12/15/2004

 

u sure all ur vacuum lines are connected??? rough idle and running rich, sounds like a vacuum problem to me.

 

what wiring harness are you using?

 

ive done no custom work on the car, i bought it the way it is.

so im at a loss of wtf the problem is.

as for the wiring harness, i beleive its a custom one.... can you say... black electrical tape? its more of a hackjob then a harness, rewired.

 

something is very not right, your car should run that stock.

are you sure it's cel 10 and not 1 ?

 

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yeah, this is why my face looks like this:

im hoping after it gets tuned next week, it will run like its supposed to.

im going to make sure to point out every detail that im seeing wrong with the car.

in first gear, it really scoots! when i engaged second, it goes good, and then the top end just blows ***.

when going into third, its a little rough when i engage, and it literally, bogs, no matter what my rpm is, if im at 8k rpm from second and go into 3rd, it will bog. its like the cams arent getting enough juice or something? then fourth actually pulls fine, same with 5th, but the top end from 2-5th is like.. wtf?

 

you need to have someone overlook the entire engine to make sure you have everything you're supposed to and not something like a stock B16a with a LS tranny.

 

bump

 

bumpp

 

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did you run at sir?

 

plus a skunk 2 ecu doesnt mean ****, they dont know what your car's specs are, you cant just tell someone stuff like that and then have them make a program for you, odd no one pointed this out, you need to learn about tuning, you shouldve bought hondata, not some program thats probably never gonna work for your car....

 

i bought the car the way it currently is.

i didnt do anything to the car, ive put no money into it besides purchasing it.

im in the process of getting it to run the way its supposed to, but money doesnt grow on trees around here. it needs a lot of general tuning and a tune up.