Sluggish???? HELP ASAP!!!!

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Sluggish???? HELP ASAP!!!!

By CivicEG
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:12 am #41963 Ok.... to start of I have a 93 hatch with a 99 EX Y8 intsalled.
- p28 vergin ECU
- NO ECU codes ( Worked them all out)
- Dizzy that came with the stock B8 CX


-PROBLEM the car is slugish when about to take off, but is fine afterwords after first gear.... ????

- Could it be that the gas is so old???? car has been siting about 6 months?

Any help would be great guys
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By teal_dx
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:21 pm #41969 How is the fuel pressure? Is there any dark smoke? maybe it is bogging down from too much fuel at low rpm.

That's all I've got right now, just waking up :lol:

Did you just istall the motor, or has it been running good until recently?
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By KRYSTED9354
- Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:23 am #42734 i have the same problem i think its the preasure also check your fuil pump relay and fix the dry weld spots and take out the bridge link,
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By CivicEG
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:00 am #43675 No, I came to find out that the dizzy had to be anvanced all the way in order for it too run right... car is not sluggish no more at all. I know the z6 has less teeth than the y8 on the cam so.... this might be the problem after all im runnig the p28 ecu on the y8.

BTW- im running the B7 dizzy is this right?
I heard you could take the internal out the z6 out and put it in the y8 dizzy and this would work also?

Also are all SOHC dizzy's the same?
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By teal_dx
- Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:46 pm #43935 you have the right dizzy, d15b7 is the one you want for the y8 head. it sounds like the engine timing may be off and they tried to compensate for it by advancing the dizzy all the way.

I'd check to see that everything is at TDC and your timing belt isn't off by a tooth.
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By CivicEG
- Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:40 am #44016
teal_dx wrote:you have the right dizzy, d15b7 is the one you want for the y8 head. it sounds like the engine timing may be off and they tried to compensate for it by advancing the dizzy all the way.

I'd check to see that everything is at TDC and your timing belt isn't off by a tooth.


Everything is TDC I drove the donor car and it ran fine no problem at all... Im the one that advanced the dizzy and runs great now ( I heard that the z6 has one less tooth on the cam shaft so this has to be the problem) since the p28 is running on z6 specs not y8 specs.

THE QUESTION IS CAN I DRIVE THE CAR LIKE THIS? (without no problem?) I test drove the car and it runs great!
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By teal_dx
- Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:27 pm #44024
since the p28 is running on z6 specs not y8 specs.

I dont think that will make a difference. If you got it running great then problem is solved :woot: You might wanna double check the timing with a timing gun just to be on the safe side.
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By CivicEG
- Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:21 am #44137
teal_dx wrote:
since the p28 is running on z6 specs not y8 specs.

I dont think that will make a difference. If you got it running great then problem is solved :woot: You might wanna double check the timing with a timing gun just to be on the safe side.


What might happen if I dont check the timing with the timing gun?
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By CivicEG
- Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:21 am #44336
teal_dx wrote:it may not be 100% exact


Alright cool so basically I can drive the car without no problem right?
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By CivicEG
- Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:08 am #45338 ttt
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