my vtec just doesnt kick in as hard as it should... anyone have any ideas why? Let me know

 

You have to give us a little more info
(motor, mods, etc) and did it ever "kick in" hard at one point, and now it doesn't?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by f23a4t &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">my vtec just doesnt kick in as hard as it should...</TD></TR></TABLE>

It's not supposed to...

 

If you want it to 'kick' you need a taller cam profile;
here ya go for your education



The 93 civic cam 'kicked hard' and people complained about it so honda changed the cam profile.

 

its a sohc 2.3 L with v2 intake headers stage 3 clutch and flywheel racing downpipe test pipe with dual exhaust and aem cam gear this is the second engine ive had in the car it has approx 40k miles on it.

 

check the oil level, most of the time people don't even check that..forever.

check the solenoid mesh filter, that's like the first thing you check when vtak is not working or working right

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by f23a4t &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">its a sohc 2.3 L with v2 intake headers stage 3 clutch and flywheel racing downpipe test pipe with dual exhaust and aem cam gear this is the second engine ive had in the car it has approx 40k miles on it.</TD></TR></TABLE>How is any of that going to make it "kick" harder? And it shouldn't "kick" at all... it should be a relatively smooth transition.

Btw you've got a header, not headers. Dual exhaust on an I4? lol