got some cams "suposedly" installed...

skunks s1/springs/retainers

base run dynoed at 158 whp..

the person that was tuning my car asked what cams i have installed..

i told them. S2s1.. he said ok. and went on with the the second pull with some adjustments.

after the next few pulls.. i was still putting down. extremely low whp #'s

he then questioned, whether the cams were "acutually" installed.. b/c the #'s that i was getting were very close to stock..

Pissed off *** hell... i went home called the shop that did the install.
he told me he gurantees the work was done... he told me if i didnt believe him...

he told me to pull the dizzy off and i would see the etching of the cams.... As i was told.. i did it.. and low and behold.... the cam's etching were the same as i remembered when i took it out of the box.


bottom line is... the tuner said i should be around 178-184 whp depending on the setup.


but i only managed to put down 158 whp... what could be the problem??

 

anyone?

 

What engine and mods?

What are you using for fuel and/or ignition management?

 

what stage camshaft did u get?

 

engine mods.

skunks s1/ti retainers
aem cam gears
intake
header
exhaust/test pipe
vafc
fuel pressure regulator
95 gsr ecu/unchipped

using stock ignition and vafc

correction.. base run was 140 whp.
final pull i only managed to put down 158 whp...

 

what motor?????????????????????????????????????

 

sorry... gsr

 

well stock is probably around 148-50
get new plugs, check grounds, and maybe a new fuel filter

 

got new plugs.

fuel filter should be ok

 

change oil too, and a fuel filter is only like 20 from acura so why not
maybe your tuner just sucks

 

tuner has a good rep... spi is the name of the shop. dont know if you ppl heard of them. but i dunno.


any more clues what could be causing such a low whp?

i was told that with skunks s1's i should be easily seeing 170's whp on the set up that i have. but unfortunately i wasnt seeing it

 

well, if you put down 140 then 158, an 18WHP gain is pretty good. The question you should be asking is "why was my baseline so low"

Check your engine with a leakdown and compression test.

 

is he a honda tuner, or mostly other cars?

 

compression is steady at 240 all teh way across.. i said base line pull was low because..... before i had the cams installed.... i was putting down similiar #'s

and since the install of the new cams.. im still putting down simliar #'s

 

he tunes mostly turbos.... supras is their specialty... but i was told that he himself drives a honda... and tunes lots of NA hondas...


so im pretty sure he knows what hes doing.

 

And, what dyno are those numbers from?

 

all were from dyno jet. the guys there were saying... simply installing slightly more aggressive cams like skunks.. should be putting me well into the high 160's w/o any tuning...

and with tuning.. i should be hitting somewhere in the 170's


but im not.