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Built motor b16 no VTEC power

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Old Apr 5, 2020 | 06:49 AM
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Default Built motor b16 no VTEC power

B16 stock bore
Manley rods
Civic type r high comp pistons
Stock crank
Cometic 0.040" hg
Ferrea valves stock size
Ferrea valves guides
Brian crower springs and retainers
Brian crower stage 3 cams (degreed)
blox spring lmas
JG edelbrok intake manifold
S90 70mm throttle body
No iacv
3" intake to a k&n filter
PLM header to a 2.5" exhaust
2 resonators and an apexi muffler
NGK 4554 plugs
-6an fuel feed line with pressure gauge
AEM fpr

Went to get the car tuned and it was great! For the low range. Made 159 as the highest but it's not getting VTEC power. You can 100% hear it engaging, it was shaking my whole body 😅 but the power drops down right when it engages. Until about 7000 it picks back up.

Checked oil psi and it's 80 psi at the sensor on the back of the block. Tried changing cam degrees, picked up more low range but same thing in VTEC. Tried a different solenoid, checked all wiring, checked all VTEC pins. O ring in the head is there. I'm not sure where to go next. Any help is greatly appreciated
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Old Apr 5, 2020 | 08:50 AM
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Here's some videos I got, clearly VTEC is engaging, just not making any power. It actually loses power when it kicks and then slowly comes back up



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did you adjusted the valve lash and set ignition timing correctly??
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Default Re: Built motor b16 no VTEC power

Originally Posted by NVturbo
did you adjusted the valve lash and set ignition timing correctly??
I can double check lash but it was all set when I degreed the camsAnd yes ignition timing is spot on we had to swap dizzys on dyno and mac the tuner set the timing
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