h22a redlines just under 7k

[Timoteo]

hey guys so I have an h22a in my 2000 Honda prelude. I bought the car and its had a lot of problems from the get go but I was aware of that from the beginning. oil was getting into the sparkplugs due to a lack of the gaskets going around the sparkplug holes. the guy before me also cut the line going from the alternator to the fuse box which made vtec not work. those things are fixed now but it still has a cel p0500 or vehicle speed sensor. the car will hit vtec right now but the motor cuts out at 68000 or 6900 rpm. my engine has a redtop which is supposively the type s motor but idk. I don't want to damage the motor and I want it to be in top running condition. can anyone help figure out how to rev higher. also any suggestions to fixing the vss would be cool because im almost certain that its not just the fool before messed with some wiring that is making it not work. the dash lights don't work and the rear lights have to be turned on with a switch under the steering wheel. this fool really messed this car up

[h22sparkle]

hey guys so I have an h22a in my 2000 Honda prelude. I bought the car and its had a lot of problems from the get go but I was aware of that from the beginning. oil was getting into the sparkplugs due to a lack of the gaskets going around the sparkplug holes. the guy before me also cut the line going from the alternator to the fuse box which made vtec not work. those things are fixed now but it still has a cel p0500 or vehicle speed sensor. the car will hit vtec right now but the motor cuts out at 68000 or 6900 rpm. my engine has a redtop which is supposively the type s motor but idk. I don't want to damage the motor and I want it to be in top running condition. can anyone help figure out how to rev higher. also any suggestions to fixing the vss would be cool because im almost certain that its not just the fool before messed with some wiring that is making it not work. the dash lights don't work and the rear lights have to be turned on with a switch under the steering wheel. this fool really messed this car up

Hmm clear all those check engine codes up first then take the car to a good electrician

[Raf99]

hey guys so I have an h22a in my 2000 Honda prelude. I bought the car and its had a lot of problems from the get go but I was aware of that from the beginning. oil was getting into the sparkplugs due to a lack of the gaskets going around the sparkplug holes. the guy before me also cut the line going from the alternator to the fuse box which made vtec not work. those things are fixed now but it still has a cel p0500 or vehicle speed sensor. the car will hit vtec right now but the motor cuts out at 68000 or 6900 rpm. my engine has a redtop which is supposively the type s motor but idk. I don't want to damage the motor and I want it to be in top running condition. can anyone help figure out how to rev higher. also any suggestions to fixing the vss would be cool because im almost certain that its not just the fool before messed with some wiring that is making it not work. the dash lights don't work and the rear lights have to be turned on with a switch under the steering wheel. this fool really messed this car up

This must be a joke right?

7200 is redline, and 7800 is cut off. So you are probably already hitting redline. But the real question here is.....

If you don't want to damage your motor, and the guy before you obviously didn't take care of it mechanically, WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO HIT REDLINE?

Stop now, and stop trying to aim for even higher rpms unless you plan on rebuilding the engine after it fails.

To hit these RPMs or higher successfully all the time you have to build the engine accordingly, and then have some modifiers as well. If this engine has leaking spark plug tube seals I'm thinking other parts may be leaking as well. High miles maybe too on the engine.

My guess is that this engine may not be a "red top" and that he simply put a red VC on it. You'll want to check the engine code to be certain. Also check your manual on the votage supplied to the VSS and how to diagnose it properly or simply swap a new one in.

BUT, if you don't care about all of this and simply want to ping 7K all day, it sounds like you are already there. Its the ECU that is limiting the engine around the 7K mark.

[deevergote]

First off, you don't even know what engine you have... which is very bad. The engine code, if JDM, will say H22A no matter what type it is. Other identifiers will be needed to determine if it's really a Type S or Euro R.

What ECU are you using? Is the check engine light on?
Fix the problems you know exist... such as the spark plug gaskets. And as Raf99 said, stop trying to push it to the limit when you KNOW there's something wrong. You'll only do more damage that way.