92 Civic HB VTEC swapped NEED HELP!
I have a 92 Civic CX(1.5 8v), swapped to a 93 Civic EX (1.6VTEC). The car runs like a champ on the lower cam, but as I top out vtec about 1000rpm before revlimit (7100 I think...) it starts to pop and skip, and my tach jumps like crazy. I unhooked the tach and it is less noticeable, but it still does it. The car has the basic bolt ons, an exhaust, an intake, 9mm wires. I already tried a different distrubutor, different wires, cap, rotor, everthing I can think of. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT IS WRONG, I REALLY NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT Thanks, Rya -- ReDevil ----------------------------------------------------------------------- View this thread: http://www.carstalk.net/viewtopic-411192.htm Send from http://www.carstalk.ne |
Re: 92 Civic HB VTEC swapped NEED HELP!
ReDevil wrote:
> I have a 92 Civic CX(1.5 8v), swapped to a 93 Civic EX (1.6VTEC). The car runs like a champ on the lower cam, but as I top out vtec about 1000rpm before revlimit (7100 I think...) it starts to pop and skip, and my tach jumps like crazy. I unhooked the tach and it is less noticeable, but it still does it. The car has the basic bolt ons, an exhaust, an intake, 9mm wires. I already tried a different distrubutor, different wires, cap, rotor, everthing I can think of. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT IS WRONG, I REALLY NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT. > > Thanks, Ryan > > dumb questions for you: 1. are you running nitrous? it affects ignition. 2. did you swap ecu's? the ex ecu has different red line. if you're running up against the rev limiter on a cx ecu, symptoms are exactly as you describe. 3. is the timing belt adjusted properly? slop in the belt means cam timing is wandering back & forth all over the place. with the extended overlap on the high rev cam, that can cause problems. 4. you say your [presumably after-market] tach affects this situation. what other electrical mods do you have? electrical noise can easily cause major issues. 5. are you running the stock ex ignition/distributor? |
Re: 92 Civic HB VTEC swapped NEED HELP!
ReDevil wrote:
> I have a 92 Civic CX(1.5 8v), swapped to a 93 Civic EX (1.6VTEC). The car runs like a champ on the lower cam, but as I top out vtec about 1000rpm before revlimit (7100 I think...) it starts to pop and skip, and my tach jumps like crazy. I unhooked the tach and it is less noticeable, but it still does it. The car has the basic bolt ons, an exhaust, an intake, 9mm wires. I already tried a different distrubutor, different wires, cap, rotor, everthing I can think of. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT IS WRONG, I REALLY NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT. > > Thanks, Ryan > > dumb questions for you: 1. are you running nitrous? it affects ignition. 2. did you swap ecu's? the ex ecu has different red line. if you're running up against the rev limiter on a cx ecu, symptoms are exactly as you describe. 3. is the timing belt adjusted properly? slop in the belt means cam timing is wandering back & forth all over the place. with the extended overlap on the high rev cam, that can cause problems. 4. you say your [presumably after-market] tach affects this situation. what other electrical mods do you have? electrical noise can easily cause major issues. 5. are you running the stock ex ignition/distributor? |
Re: 92 Civic HB VTEC swapped NEED HELP!
ReDevil wrote:
> I have a 92 Civic CX(1.5 8v), swapped to a 93 Civic EX (1.6VTEC). The car runs like a champ on the lower cam, but as I top out vtec about 1000rpm before revlimit (7100 I think...) it starts to pop and skip, and my tach jumps like crazy. I unhooked the tach and it is less noticeable, but it still does it. The car has the basic bolt ons, an exhaust, an intake, 9mm wires. I already tried a different distrubutor, different wires, cap, rotor, everthing I can think of. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT IS WRONG, I REALLY NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT. > > Thanks, Ryan > > dumb questions for you: 1. are you running nitrous? it affects ignition. 2. did you swap ecu's? the ex ecu has different red line. if you're running up against the rev limiter on a cx ecu, symptoms are exactly as you describe. 3. is the timing belt adjusted properly? slop in the belt means cam timing is wandering back & forth all over the place. with the extended overlap on the high rev cam, that can cause problems. 4. you say your [presumably after-market] tach affects this situation. what other electrical mods do you have? electrical noise can easily cause major issues. 5. are you running the stock ex ignition/distributor? |
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