okay guys so the situation is my car is running very lean atm after putting in headers(we opened it up,inside was white due to running very lean). Is their a temporary solution to just add an aftermarket pressure regulator and add more fuel(to run a bit more rich) for now until i can afford to do obd2a-obd1 conversion, obd1 ecu, chipped ecu w/ hondata s100, and labor for a air/fuel tune...

 

opened what up? what was white? what engine and what's the setup? doubtful a header by itself will make the engine run so lean you cause damage.

 

Yup........ Add Fuel pressure!

 

it didn't we just checked inside internally after we installed the headers(while installing when we took it off, where you can see inside(the four holes) inside was white thus meaning lean yes?).

motor is 98 b18c1.

running all stock except intake, header(and high flow cat),and exhaust;I haven't finished my exhaust setup though.

 

a better way of determining lean or rich without an actual wideband is pulling the plugs. white tips = lean black = rich

but you havent really made enough changes to drastically affect the a/f ratio

 

but why would the internal of the engine look white(the area where you can see inside after removing headers).

 

just pull the plugs it's like a 5 minute job. you'll get a better idea.

 

the spark plug wires? and how or what can i tell from those?

 

the actual spark plugs

 

i didn't know that good tip

 

so can i just pull the spark plug wires and look inside from there, or actually take out the whole spark plug itself. (i've never taken out spark plugs before, but it shouldn't be too hard lol just seeing if theirs an alternate solution).

 

take the spark plug out of the head

 

take the spark plug out. u can use a deep 5/8 socket with a long extension with the rubber tip that grabs the plug or unscrew it with a regular deep socket 5/8 and pull the loose spark plug with needle nose pliers. its very simple.

 

 

Holy crap. You're doing all these mods and have never done a simple tune up?

 

Wow, plugs is the easiest thing to do. You are accessing running condition of the engine and never pulled plugs before?

 

That's what I'm saying. If you've never pulled a spark plug before how do you POSSIBLY know you're running lean?

 

Just so you know, when I had my original exhaust mani pulled, it had a whitish appearance as well, my car never ran lean always on the rich side.

 

:facepalm:

 

If your ecu is stock, then you're not running lean.

These simple bolt-ons do nothing to require a real tune.

 

lol

 

Back in the day before wideband O2 sensors were easily available, we used to use glass spark plugs to see the combustion and determine rich / lean conditions by color.



You kids these days are so spoiled, and yet, still can't figure out how to simply google how to read plugs...

 

okay thanks mayfly i'll do that.

when i first bought my integra(the gsr motor that is currently in my civic hatch, a close friend of mine chose to do me a favor and he did my timing belt, water pump, spark plugs, spark plug wires, and dizzy and everything else for the "major tuneup" when i was a tuner noob(and i still think i am lol)

that's why i've never done spark plugs..

changing oil is the easiest thing to do lol..

so can someone tell me why the inside of the engine(where you pull the headers you can see partially the internal of the engine or head) is white? i just want that answered so i can sleep at night aha..hopefully nothing bad.

 

Probably just combustion deposits. Don't worry about it until you look at your plugs.

 

i hope so! i'll check out the plugs when i'm able to grab a hold of some of the needed tools necessary to do this "simple job". (torque wrench/deep sockets)