I changed the head on my gsr with skunk valve springs.retainers and valves, as well as the Intake Mani to a SKunk 2 ...... Now the car sounds like an Sti instead of a raspy civic .... It makes a fluttering sound like an untuned turbo car when I gas it ..... AS well as that problem my throttlebody is sticking like crazy , it wasnt before ..... what could be teh problem with the noise and sticking ???

 

u could have floated a valve due to improper install. check the valve lash and do a leak down on each cylinder.

 

I drove the car for 30 minutes and nothing sounded to change ? Do you think I could have damaged the motor , or it just needs to be tuned ? Also Im using stock size skunk 2 valve with no valve job , could that be the problem ?

 

anyone .?/

 

your timming could also be off a tooth or so on the cams.

 

Well seeing as how this isn't really a very descriptive thread I can't really offer any advice. To me my own motor sounds very "flappy", but thats because I have no cover on the timing belt and cam gears.....


What kind of driveability symptoms does your car have right now?

 

When I was driving it home from the shop it sounded like a valve issue. However , after driving it today and actually hitting v-tec I feel the problem is in the dist timing,or spark plug configuration. Im gonna bring it back to the shop tomorrow and hoepfully resolve the problem ... thanks

 

hopefully its something simple
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sounds like either a burned valve, or try this tighten all your exhaust manifold to head bolts and exhaust bolts. a leak at the exhaust manifold will make a fluttering sound.

 

Just got back from the shop ..... Problem ended up being a combonation of a couple things
1. tps wasnt dialed in
2.intake fell off
3. exhaust leak
4 timing was off a lil
5.one spark plug wire wasnt making full contact

The only problem i have now is it doesnt idle properly and turns off at a stand still
I fixed all the problems except the tps , Im going to do that tomorrow, this should fix the idling issue.