Excuse my ignorance for i am new to the Honda tech forum. I have been reading it for the last few months but this is my first post. I just bought a 94 honda civic with a b16a2 swap. It was running really rich when i first bought it. I took it to get it dyno tuned at ISA in Tacoma, WA. It was tuned with B&M FPR and VAFC. I know VAFC . Here are the results-

Here is a list of my mods
-99 B16A2
-Aem Short Ram
-Espelir Full cat back exhaust
-CTR cams
-Revhard titanium valves, valve springs, and dual retainers
-Toda timing belt
-Clutchnet Stage 2 6 puck clutch
-SRR cam gears
-GSR full radiator
-Walbro 190 Fuel Pump
-VAFC
-Kenji chipped P28 (Type R program)
-B&M FPR with gauge
-NGK sparks plugs

My first question is does my A/F Ratios look right?
Are these good numbers for my mods or not?
Do you think it needs more tunning?


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That too me seems a little low ....

 

Wow, that seems way low. And less than a 100 ft lbs. Is that normal? and you dyno'ed a 70degrees F. B16 160hp to the crank stock. That thing may need a major tune up.
What are the cam gears set too?

 

the cam gears are both set at 0 degrees

 

Do you have the Valve timing correct?

 

yea they fixed that
i dont know if my A/F is right or not cause i dont know what its supposed to be at. shouldnt i still be making power past 7800 rpms?

 

those tq numbers are too low in my opinion....so u need to get that tuned

 

Hey guys i think i know what the problem might be. Me and my friend were talking tonight and everytime i hit vtec or give it some gas i shoot smoke. I lose oil like mother f@#^&*. So we think my piston rings might be bad causing me to loose compression. Does this sound like it could be the problem.

 

possibly.. low compression == less power (unless of course your boosting it lol)

anyways, get a compression test done.. make sure ur #'s are no more then 5psi from eachother..

 

How much does a compression test cost anyways?
Where would i go to get it done?

 

You can get the tool from harbor frieght or autozone for a few bucks. Its easy to do.

http://www.tooled-up.com/artwo...2.jpg

 

Hey guys im almost positive my piston rings are bad. I'm just wondering where i can get new piston rings for my stock b16 pistons. What size and what brand should i get. Any links to reputable sights would help greatly.

 

honda dealership

 

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Whats wrong with an AFC?

 

the dyno reads whp not motor that sounds about right turbo it

 

get some sort of better fuel management and i bet you could squeeze out more power. is ISA that place thats next door to turbo technologies?

as far as the A/F is concern i think you could lean it out a bit. even down low its way too rich imo.

 

I don't know but that seems pretty close to what a b16 puts out to me... Maybe the tq is a little low but the whp seems about right... Looks way rich in the lower rpms as well. Shouldn'tbe dropping below 13-13.5 down low that would be border line rich even. Some of your AF's look like they were setup for a boosted car....

 

also, those lines look a bit jagged too which is a sign of cyllinder misfire.

 

What kind of NGK plugs are they? What temperature are they?

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A very good possibility. Get that compression checked out soon.

 

That seems low to me.

I dyno'd my Civic Ex with AEM CAI and got...

112 hp, 101 tq.

 

That seems low too. Especially since he has CTR cams.

How much do compression testers cost?

 

man that low i think the problem is the tuner he doesnt knoe how to tune cars

 

Yea um when i bought the car i figured that since the spark plugs had just been replaced there was no need to gap them. But for ***** and giggles when i was home from college last weekend i pulled my spark plugs and checked the gaps. They were at 1.32mm. So i regaped them to .35mm and it runs SOOO much better. Yea ISA is next to turbo technology. I really wasnt impressed with their tuning. They really didnt do much and charged me alot of money.

 

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Yeah would wouldnt know jack **** about tuning so shut your mouth. Give him cold hard facts not bullshit that you "believe" to be right.

As your your graphs bro, after 5000rpm's, you are having some serious issues in your cylinders. Did you do your new plugs before or after? Spark plugs are harder to fire with a dense air fuel mixture in the cylinder as compared to idle, and this could account for your zig zagged map. Let us know what you find.

 

i did the spark plugs after the tunning and it feels alot better.