Hi, I’m new to Honda builds so go easy please. I recently bought a 98 civic ex for cheap, it has a d16y7. Which I thought was weird because it has a different intake manifold, one that looks like it’s from a Y8. I also found a vtec solenoid on the back of the head. So I'm thinking somebody must’ve thrown a vtec head on it. I floored it last night and didn’t feel any power jump, and there was a fuel cut at around 6,200. It has a P2P computer. The engine is also pretty old at 230,000 miles and definitely lost some hp so I might’ve not even noticed the vtec engage. Any thoughts from the veterans? Is this normal and am I retarded? Thought I should also mention the car was stolen at some point and this might be a crackhead mod gone wrong. Thank you

 

you have a cheap mini-me SOHC VTEC setup. Timing is likely off and needs to be reset.

 

thanks for the reply, I did notice that it idles rough, probably need to do the belt and water pump anyways so I’ll get on that this week.