bought the motor from Hmotors, just finished everything today, at first when i started it it ran really rough car was shaking, engine was shaking, the rpm was around .2, so i adjusted the thorttle a bit up to 1000 rpms. no problem, it was just loud as hell... no exhaust... well i take it out still no problem everything is good... first gear fine, second gear fine... all gears are perfect... BUT... no power at all.. no matter how much gas i give it it accelerates like your starting off the line... any ideas? any suggestions? would greatly appreciate it.

 

Umm, can you explain the no power? Like bogging and lagging? Any CEL?

 

absolutely.

start car
first gear, and start going
on the street, five miles an hour, rpm very low between 1 and 1000 rpms
i give it throttle it will not accelerate the way it should be accelratingl... it will accelerate 3 times slower then geo metro
mmmm what else, thats it.. it just accelerates 3-4 times slower then geo metro.. exactly like that... it has no exhaust right now or anything just the header and nuthin beyond that.. so its very loud.. but i mean i can feel the car is under a lot of pressure when i try to take it to 8900... i cant even get it past 4500 i think its going to blow up! ..


Modified by sinanovicha at 10:29 PM 3/26/2007

 

How is the compression on the motor? Timing?

 

you might need a tune up on the motor and change the fuel filter. dont expect too much. i did a itr swap in a 00 ex and it was like driving a gsr with bolt ons. maybe the clutch is going bad too

 

impossible, i bought the engine from hmotorsonline.com .... $4500 ... fuel filter has been changed already along with royal purple oil and tranny oil aswell... my dad an i worked on the car he is very organized and we did the essential for sure.. but did not have much time to play with it tonite.. but that is what the prob is though...

 

compression and timing will have to check that, possibly sometimes next week, timing could be the problem... just i dont get it though.. the motor has never been taken apart from hmotors besides being pulled out... i dont see why timing would be the problem.. what coudl it cause to loose compresion? its sparking fine on all 4 cylinders for sure

 

your car is mad at you cause you spent 4500 on another motor to get 170whp. it wanted you to boost it or to just build the b16 to get over 200whp for less then 5g's.

talk to your car and tell her your sorry that you got caught up in the type R hype, she will forgive you and all will be well

 

check the tps sensor, it might be misadjusted. cause all the motors that i got from hmotors the tps sensor was off and i had to use a voltmeter to adjust it.

 

its easier if yuo know the CEL codes.

 

My guess is timing...

 

im just a very big fan of type r... but again ur right gtz but ill still continue to be happy .. i will check timing aswell as compression.. now what is TPS sensor?? and what are CEL codes? never heard of those... also do u really think there is problem with compression? even though this motor came from hmo???

 

Throttle position sensor - found it )) ... i will also cehck into that... any other suggestions? im very afraid of comrpession not bein the way it supposed to be.. that would mean the motor is junk!

 

bad valve seats...

bad piston rings....

 

Could the plugs be matched up with the incorrect cylinder? It would run but be really laggy.

 

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This is where I would start as well.

 

ignition timing.....

 

well all plugs and wires aswell as injectors are plugged in correctly for sure so that would not be the problem... ignition timing, any idea how i go abouts to check that out or adjust???

 

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CHECK ENGINE LIGHT... I would start to see if you are throwing any first...

 

armed, i bought the motor from hmotorsonline.com ... 98+ spec jdm type r.. there is no way pistons or anything with valves is wrong haha... this would really suck for hmotors ill tell u that....

 

check engine light will be on regardles... car has no exhaust .. cat converter... no sensor down there so it would be on no matter what.. but with previos motor same thing.. i didnt hav e cat so i turned check engine light off from the cluster

 

well i would plug the bulb back in and check how many codes you are throwing...

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1901557 If your not sure how too

 

nothing is 'impossible' when you're trying to find out what is wrong with a motor.

first thing i would do is to look at the CEL. that will tell you a lot if the thing is on.

 

alrite, how can i check how many codes im throwing just from seeing the check engine light on?

 

Mashimaro - my dad said the same thing i trust too much... i will look up the CEL as soon as i know how to do it hahah