hey guys i have a AEM EMS in my R it shouldn't be the EMS b/c i set it back to stock setings but its like vtec or some thing is missed up i have no power once i hit 5g's it like the car has to much gas and it bogs down anybody have any ideas i can't take it to acura b/c i don't have a ecu i'm trying to get a hold of one and let them fix it if i can't

*** on and the vtec celn. filter is clean i checked that out the other day


thanks for any help guys

 

does vtec not work at all? if that is the case, you should seriously check your oil.

 

Was the car ever running right on the EMS?

 

You cant just slap on the AEM EMS and expect it to preform! You have to TUNE it! When you say you reset it to "stock settings" and "take it back to acura" that just tells me you have no idea what your doing with it! Do you mean reset it back to the base map? If so did you follow any of the AEM instructions on seting up your basemap? Did you adjust your timing? Have you adjusted your fuel map? If not, how do you expect your car to run properly? It has nothing to do with vtec.

The base maps are extremely conservative and your car will not run good at all. Plug and Play does not mean plug and race, it means plug and drive to the tuner!

If I assumed wrong and this is infact a tuned EMS then I appologize, go back to your tuner. But jesus christ, some people.

 

it is tuned right its set to stock it should be fine!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the guy that had the car before me fucked up by taking his parts off and puting stock back. i've taked to a lot of aem people on there site they say my set up is fine
yes vtec works the oil if fine i'm gone to change it in the am to be sure of it like i said the filtter for the vtec is clean i'll have a stock ecu in a few days i guess i'll have to take it to acura i didn't wnat to but

 

dood, you seriously need to do some research. I have the EMS and I dont care if the car is stock or not you cant plug and play and expect the car to run like stock. setting it back to 'stock settings' shows that you have no idea what you are talking about and need to take it somewhere to be tuned by SOMEONE WHO KNOWS what they are doing. You think acura is going to touch it with the EMS in there??? X10

 

I could probably straight up swap you a stock 97 ITR ECU for that AEM EMS.
But only if you're really desparate!

 

haha yeah me too.

Look Acura techs are not going to be able to troubleshoot what is most likely a TUNING issue. What calibration are you running in your EMS? Is it the base map? If so, then dont expect even power to get into VTEC, thats just the way its made.

I doubt your problem is mechanical.

 

thanks for the info guys but i'm not a fool like some of you thank but i got a stock ecu out of a 00' with the imm. out on the way. but till them i haven't been driving it that much i'm not gone to hurt it. i got a HB last week for 400 bones but i'm taking it to p1 and geting it tuned in a few weeks when i save up the cash


Modified by acura69gsr at 7:22 AM 1/25/2004

 

A lot of times, if you have made some drastic changes to the maps (ie. from good tuned map to the stock configuration) the EMS sometimes does not take the entire change, like possible software error. Sometimes have to reinitialize the EMS (powerdown, upload, powerup) to get changes to completely take effect. Try this first.

But i also agree with everyone else. The base maps installed initially are horrible and can cause all sorts of issues.

 

i'll try that and see what it does