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ARE ALL 92 CIVIC READY FOR VTEC...?...

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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 06:33 PM
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YEAH I WAS WONDERING I JUSS GOT DONE WITH MY ENGINE SWAP, 94 GSR IN MY 92 CIVIC SEDAN... AND TODAY I WAS DRIVING WITH MY BROTHER AN HE TOLD ME TO PUSS IT, I TOLD HIM THERE'S NO VTEC, THEN I PUSS IT AN WHAT DO YOU KNOW VTEC, I HEARD IT ENGAGED. I WAS TOTALLY LOST... JUSS WANNA KNOW... BUT MY CHECK ENGINE STILL ON. AN IS IT TRUE THAT ALL 92 CIVIC ARE HOOK UP FOR VTEC AN THERE IS HOSE FROM MY EVAP CAN THAT I CANT FIND TO FIT ANYWERE IF ANYBODY KNOWS PLS WRITE... THANKS..
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 06:40 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDMH22NLINE4 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">YEAH I WAS WONDERING I JUSS GOT DONE WITH MY ENGINE SWAP, 94 GSR IN MY 92 CIVIC SEDAN... AND TODAY I WAS DRIVING WITH MY BROTHER AN HE TOLD ME TO PUSS IT, I TOLD HIM THERE'S NO VTEC, THEN I PUSS IT AN WHAT DO YOU KNOW VTEC, I HEARD IT ENGAGED. I WAS TOTALLY LOST... JUSS WANNA KNOW... BUT MY CHECK ENGINE STILL ON. AN IS IT TRUE THAT ALL 92 CIVIC ARE HOOK UP FOR VTEC AN THERE IS HOSE FROM MY EVAP CAN THAT I CANT FIND TO FIT ANYWERE IF ANYBODY KNOWS PLS WRITE... THANKS..</TD></TR></TABLE>
check im's
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 06:44 PM
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have you check what kind of check engine code
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 06:55 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDMH22NLINE4 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">YEAH I WAS WONDERING I JUSS GOT DONE WITH MY ENGINE SWAP, 94 GSR IN MY 92 CIVIC SEDAN... AND TODAY I WAS DRIVING WITH MY BROTHER AN HE TOLD ME TO PUSS IT, I TOLD HIM THERE'S NO VTEC, THEN I PUSS IT AN WHAT DO YOU KNOW VTEC, I HEARD IT ENGAGED. I WAS TOTALLY LOST... JUSS WANNA KNOW... BUT MY CHECK ENGINE STILL ON. AN IS IT TRUE THAT ALL 92 CIVIC ARE HOOK UP FOR VTEC AN THERE IS HOSE FROM MY EVAP CAN THAT I CANT FIND TO FIT ANYWERE IF ANYBODY KNOWS PLS WRITE... THANKS..</TD></TR></TABLE>

Next time please make sure you type with your CAPS off, but yeah all the 92 civics are prewired for vtec on the ecu side. I just did my gsr swap in my 92 dx not too long ago and didn't have to wire for vtec.
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Old Oct 17, 2005 | 06:10 PM
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i havent hooked up my knock sensor yet, an my vtec seems to not hit that hard is it because of my knock not being hook up... an how do you hook up the knock no ideal... an what else do you need to hook up thanks...
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Old Oct 20, 2005 | 09:01 AM
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What kind of ecu are you running? You could eliminate the knock sensor by running a p28. If your running a p72 then it would try to look for a knock sensor. What wire harness are you running? I don't think the sohc harnesses have a wire for the knock sensor. If your running the sohc wire harness you could probably wire the knock sensor straight to the ecu.
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Old Oct 20, 2005 | 09:26 PM
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yeah i check all codes and got them done, all i needed to do is hook up the knock am running 95 GSR, also using 95 gsr harness and ecu... its running perfect right now but want more power... got any suggestions... N/A though... thanks...
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Old Oct 20, 2005 | 10:25 PM
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No knock sensor won't make a bit of difference. It will simply throw a CEL. Do you have the right ECU? Sounds like maybe your secondary butterfly isn't opening.
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