My H22a Vtec

[mySICKOcb7]

I have a 94 JDM H22A in my Cb, but i feel like the Vtec is slowing me down. The Vtec sounds like its opening up hard but the car won't pull any harder as if i wasn't in Vtec. And when it hits Vtec, it sometimes hops. Can it be my stock pipping? I do have DC sport headers, but wit stock cat and pipping. Need Help

[deevergote]

Is your Check Engine Light on at all?

[mySICKOcb7]

No, i have a chipped and tuned P28 that i bought from a guy who had a stock H22a in a hatch, and it doesnt have knock sensor or govner. So check engine light isnt on. But that computer isnt tuned for my H22a, it was tuned for his so dnt know if that matters?

[deevergote]

That could matter a great deal. Do you have a P13 to plug in to see if it makes a difference?

[mySICKOcb7]

No i dnt.

[deevergote]

My first guess would be that ECU. A custom tune for someone else's motor is never a good thing... and you don't even know if it was a good tune for HIS motor!

Next, I would say ignition... replace your cap, rotor, and sparkplugs. Check to make sure your ignition timing is where it should be (have you taken your distributor off recently?).

Also, check your compression, and do a valve adjustment. H22s are known to require fairly frequent valve adjustments as they get older (I don't know how true this is, but I've heard it a few times... and mine DEFINITELY needs it right now!)

[NAiL05]

No, i have a chipped and tuned P28 that i bought from a guy who had a stock H22a in a hatch, and it doesnt have knock sensor or govner. So check engine light isnt on. But that computer isnt tuned for my H22a, it was tuned for his so dnt know if that matters?

its not tuned for your application hence why your car runs like crap.

[mySICKOcb7]

I feel like my car isnt pulling hard enough, something feels like its holding it back.

[wed3k]

I feel like my car isnt pulling hard enough, something feels like its holding it back.

did you not read the post above you?

[deevergote]

Get a P13, or get your P28 tuned for YOUR engine, and see if that helps. In the meantime, do the other stuff I said... or are you just going to whine until someone gives you an answer you like?

[mySICKOcb7]

nah ima do wat you said, chill homie

[deevergote]

Chill?

You come on my board, ask for advice, I give it, and you ask the same question over again as if I hadn't just spent a few minutes of my time helping you. That's rude. Telling me to chill is also rude.

Have fun. I'm done trying to help you.

[JesseXC]

nah ima do wat you said, chill homie

Can someone translate this for me.

[deevergote]

"No, I will do what you said. Please relax, my friend."


(You get used to it on here... dis is da internetz so weez don needz to be tipinz no proper lyke weez be in skoolz yo peepz will understandz us and waste der tyme helpin cuz weez b awsum homie)

[Losiracer2]

this may sound stupid, but check your oil. My friend has a B18C engine in his hatch and when he would get on it...right when he got the car...the VTEC was kinda stumbling in and out, sounded horrible, so we investigated and found out he was like 2 qts low of oil. After we filled it, it all went away.