my friend just had his head all rebuilt, he put in
skunk 2 stage 2
cams
cam gears
valves
retainers
intake manifold
he also added a aem fuel rail and regulater
he is currently running on the VAFC II
*problem*
he got the car back all rebuilt last night (11/11) the shop he had do it let the car run for aprox 30 min. then he drove it home about 50 miles or so, now he didnt really go hard on it untill he got it almost home, then he let it go past vtec, but he said that it doesnt seem to engage, the VAFC says its kickin on but it doenst pull or sound like its getting vtec.

*cliffnotes if u were to lazy to read
friend got skunk 2 stage 2 head rebuild...now it seems to not hit vtec.

 

Skunk2 Stage2 cams on stock compression is a No, No first of all. It also sound like your friend skipped out on the tunning which is also a big NO, NO.

 

please explain more

 

damn how many threads about this you gonna make?

 

Does your friend hear a change in exhaust noise when engaging into VTEC?

Also, you need to dyno tune.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by michaelOlson &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">damn how many threads about this you gonna make?</TD></TR></TABLE>

untill i find a straight up answer...i need to find out ASAP it is his Daily driver and yeah we dont want it blowing up or anything so im just trying to find out quick

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CHRIS 1.8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Does your friend hear a change in exhaust noise when engaging into VTEC?

Also, you need to dyno tune.</TD></TR></TABLE>

nope no exhaust change...

 

Whats his compression? Skunk stage 2s love compression... I would get it on a dyno asap. What ecu is he running and did they put the vtec solenoid back on ? just a thought.

 

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he is running stock compression, i dont think he has checked it. he says he wants to upgrade to ctr pistons and gsr rods...that should up the compression right?
Is this the way to go? or shoud he go aftermarket?

he is running the stock ecu. everything is hooked up.

 

Hmmm, hes definitely going to need more compression in order to get the most out of those cams, i would say just throw it on the dyno and see whats up. He should up the compression though asap if he wants to see the gains from those cams. A chipped ecu would also help.