seems like every week i'm replacing something
a few weeks ago i found out my ecu was going out. 150 bucks and a few junkyards later i swapped out the fried pt3 for the pt6, new tail light, and plastic fender liner for the CAI i had been waiting months to put on.
well i changed the ecu about a week before the CAI went in. immediately noticed gains in power. (oh for reference i drive a 90 lx f22a1 bored out higher compression modified cam I/H/E) the check engine light kept coming on and i figured it was just the ecu needing to reset.
me and my friend put the CAI in and to our surprise the AEM intake didn't quite fit up to my car....the mounting bracket is about 3 inches from where it should be. we ended up jimmy rigging it with some zip ties so that it doesn't move a whole lot. (not to concerned about the paint on it)
my car was running really well for about a week. then it started surging. i figured it was probably just a clogged fuel filter. and was really hoping in the back of my mind it wasn't the fuel pump. unfortunately i was unable to get the stuff to check out my fuel pressure for a few days....about a week.
on my way to the shop i saw a modified civic that goes to my school. i figured screw it why not. well we take off from a light and we're dead even through first. i hear his vtec kick in when i'm at about 5200. still dead even. shift to second and i just pull away from him. they catch up to me at the next light and pull out this HUGE wad of cash and i'm like hell nah! i'm good man! 
further on the way to the shop the surging gets worse. get there and its a pain in the ass to just find a fitting to check the damn fuel pressure. finally 3 hours later we get one and in order to check the pressure you have to remove the black box from the fire wall. that's the easy part. the hard part is taking apart the fuel line without breaking it. i have about an inch long gash on the back of my finger from idk what. so we check it. come to find out i'm only getting 30 psi when the fuel pump should pump 55psi.
now i'm waiting till monday to get the pump.....can't wait to she how she'll run then
well i changed the ecu about a week before the CAI went in. immediately noticed gains in power. (oh for reference i drive a 90 lx f22a1 bored out higher compression modified cam I/H/E) the check engine light kept coming on and i figured it was just the ecu needing to reset.
me and my friend put the CAI in and to our surprise the AEM intake didn't quite fit up to my car....the mounting bracket is about 3 inches from where it should be. we ended up jimmy rigging it with some zip ties so that it doesn't move a whole lot. (not to concerned about the paint on it)
my car was running really well for about a week. then it started surging. i figured it was probably just a clogged fuel filter. and was really hoping in the back of my mind it wasn't the fuel pump. unfortunately i was unable to get the stuff to check out my fuel pressure for a few days....about a week.
on my way to the shop i saw a modified civic that goes to my school. i figured screw it why not. well we take off from a light and we're dead even through first. i hear his vtec kick in when i'm at about 5200. still dead even. shift to second and i just pull away from him. they catch up to me at the next light and pull out this HUGE wad of cash and i'm like hell nah! i'm good man! further on the way to the shop the surging gets worse. get there and its a pain in the ass to just find a fitting to check the damn fuel pressure. finally 3 hours later we get one and in order to check the pressure you have to remove the black box from the fire wall. that's the easy part. the hard part is taking apart the fuel line without breaking it. i have about an inch long gash on the back of my finger from idk what. so we check it. come to find out i'm only getting 30 psi when the fuel pump should pump 55psi.
now i'm waiting till monday to get the pump.....can't wait to she how she'll run then
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