Acceleration / Cruising Stutter help
I'm the original owner of the car, this problem started on Tuesday morning on my way to work, and I haven't been able to find the problem, so a little help would be appreciated.
2001 Type-R
Wiseco ~12:1
Stock Cams
290cc/min injectors(‘97+ Prelude)
HyTech Header & Exhaust with Cat
Hondata S300
J&S Safeguard
vtec is set to 3750
Problem:
Idles fine
Free Reving is slow to respond
Acceleration is really slow in the lower RPM ranges, as it passes through 2500-3500rpm you have some stuttering, when you go over the vtec switch point it gets slightly better, over ~4500 rpm is still slow acceleration, but the car doesn’t stutter.
Cruising at low throttle %, when you have a low load on the engine, slow rev, no stuttering. When you increase the load, the stuttering/bucking is apparent. When you go past ~4500 rpm you have no stuttering/bucking, cruises fine.
Things that we’ve already tried that haven’t changed anything:
Rotor/Distributor Cap
Plugs
Swapped the Distributor with a known good distributor
Reinstalled OEM 240cc/min injectors
changed vtec switch to 3000 rpm
Things to try tonight:
“fresh” Hondata B18C5 program
OEM Ecu reinstallation
2001 Type-R
Wiseco ~12:1
Stock Cams
290cc/min injectors(‘97+ Prelude)
HyTech Header & Exhaust with Cat
Hondata S300
J&S Safeguard
vtec is set to 3750
Problem:
Idles fine
Free Reving is slow to respond
Acceleration is really slow in the lower RPM ranges, as it passes through 2500-3500rpm you have some stuttering, when you go over the vtec switch point it gets slightly better, over ~4500 rpm is still slow acceleration, but the car doesn’t stutter.
Cruising at low throttle %, when you have a low load on the engine, slow rev, no stuttering. When you increase the load, the stuttering/bucking is apparent. When you go past ~4500 rpm you have no stuttering/bucking, cruises fine.
Things that we’ve already tried that haven’t changed anything:
Rotor/Distributor Cap
Plugs
Swapped the Distributor with a known good distributor
Reinstalled OEM 240cc/min injectors
changed vtec switch to 3000 rpm
Things to try tonight:
“fresh” Hondata B18C5 program
OEM Ecu reinstallation
tested plug wires? checked cam alignment?
fuel pump gave me some stutter when it was on the way out.
dorman tps ftw, f u blox! 8(
fuel pump gave me some stutter when it was on the way out.
dorman tps ftw, f u blox! 8(
Update - problem still here, items that I've since tried:
TPS readings - fine, across the entire sweep of it's movement from 0% throttle to 100% thottle, viewed while at a standstill, then datalogged a 5 minute drive via Hondata, both show good numbers.
O2 sensor - went from Closed Loop to Open loop, slightly better idle, but no change in driveability...even after resetting the ECU short/long term fuel trim.
Hondata Program - used their '01 itr program, no change.
ECU - swapped in the OEM ECU, slightly better drive ability(tells me that I need to redo my tune), still have the stutter. Codes 65(no secondary O2 sensor equipped), Code 1(primary O2 sensor must be bad, but I can turn it off in Hondata for now)
J&S Safeguard - removed when swapping to the OEM ECU, as it's connected to the OBD2b-->OBDI harness adapter.
TPS readings - fine, across the entire sweep of it's movement from 0% throttle to 100% thottle, viewed while at a standstill, then datalogged a 5 minute drive via Hondata, both show good numbers.
O2 sensor - went from Closed Loop to Open loop, slightly better idle, but no change in driveability...even after resetting the ECU short/long term fuel trim.
Hondata Program - used their '01 itr program, no change.
ECU - swapped in the OEM ECU, slightly better drive ability(tells me that I need to redo my tune), still have the stutter. Codes 65(no secondary O2 sensor equipped), Code 1(primary O2 sensor must be bad, but I can turn it off in Hondata for now)
J&S Safeguard - removed when swapping to the OEM ECU, as it's connected to the OBD2b-->OBDI harness adapter.
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