vtec will not engauge

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vtec will not engauge

By {ikon}EM1
- Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:45 pm #177528 so i was driving to work this afternoon and a ef 4door civic wanted to race me... the light turned green and i launched a bit slugish for some reason witch caused me to loose the race... :x i didnt feel the vtec pop when it hit 5500 rpm... the next thing i know im redlining at 6000rpm witch isnt correct for a ek si civic ... when i got to work i checked the vtec solinoid plug under the solinoid and the wire that conects to the ecu i guess; is broken or cut... should i take it to honda and get a new one or should i try to connect it wit a splice or something??????
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By JUICE
- Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:15 pm #177537 so the wires cut or corroded bad enough it came apart??


if you got enough wire length to cut off the shit and re-connect, just do that. just don't half-ass puttin it back together... :lol:



and...


"i pitty the foo who aint got vtec......"

made me Lol :lol: .. wanna race?!?! 8)
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By {ikon}EM1
- Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:59 pm #177549 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

i just put that up there last night as a sig and it came back and bit me in the ass..... i guess karma is a bitch...
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By {ikon}EM1
- Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:41 am #177589 MAN 6000 rpm sucks!!!!!!!! not having vtec sucks....... i need to fix this asap........... could this mess up something else besides vtec???? like could i do damage to my moter without running that vtec solinoid???
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By That One Dude
- Thu Feb 25, 2010 2:00 am #177595 How about a picture of what you're working with?

You won't hurt the engine without VTEC. The ECU will simply run it in regular economy mode (out of VTEC). As far as going above the crossover point, I don't know if the ECU will adjust the mixture as if it were running in VTEC or not. What engine do you have? B16?

My opinion: Don't take the engine above 5500rpm.
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By ikon
- Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:48 am #177646 heres what im talking about

this is the plug
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and heres the fregging wire
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heres the 2 together
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By forcefedEG
- Thu Feb 25, 2010 2:09 pm #177699 wouldnt recomend running your lowspeeds past the cross over point... the low lift wasnt made to handle the valve spring tension at higher rpms... id just splice an reconnet the connection... do it neat and do it right youll be fine
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By suspendedHatch
- Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:05 pm #177753 That's the car telling you not to be a worthless street racer.

A couple years ago there was a high school kid that hit a neighbors tree with his Camaro and died. And then on that same street I witnessed a Civic lose control and crash into the corner of my neighbors garage, then back up and drive away. Bastard. And then shortly after that a stupid ricer hit a minivan and killed a mother taking her kids to daycare. But he lived.

I wish you stupid street racers only killed yourselves but even then I'd have to feel bad for your family. They still leave memorials for that kid on the tree he crashed into. Why don't you send me your portrait and I can put it there?
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By {ikon}EM1
- Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:31 pm #177822
suspendedHatch wrote:That's the car telling you not to be a worthless street racer.

A couple years ago there was a high school kid that hit a neighbors tree with his Camaro and died. And then on that same street I witnessed a Civic lose control and crash into the corner of my neighbors garage, then back up and drive away. Bastard. And then shortly after that a stupid ricer hit a minivan and killed a mother taking her kids to daycare. But he lived.

I wish you stupid street racers only killed yourselves but even then I'd have to feel bad for your family. They still leave memorials for that kid on the tree he crashed into. Why don't you send me your portrait and I can put it there?



dude im not one of thouse stupid ass street racers that ur refering to... i go to the track all the time wit my boy milk aka ikon thats how we do it here in florida... and the last time i checked its a b series question not lets judge the person whos posting..... if u have nothing to contribute to this topic then dont post....
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By {ikon}EM1
- Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:38 pm #177823
forcefedEG wrote:wouldnt recomend running your lowspeeds past the cross over point... the low lift wasnt made to handle the valve spring tension at higher rpms... id just splice an reconnet the connection... do it neat and do it right youll be fine


after i noticed that my vtec was not engauging i dont run the car to hard any more... meaning i know theres a problem and im not trying to make things worse.... and it hard for me to splice it an reconect it cus theres no wire inside the plug... the wire in the plug just came out... i think i have to thread it in the hole... but idk :? i never herd of this happen to anyone b4... ill keep yall posted thanks....

By jcblessing21
- Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:01 am #177870
suspendedHatch wrote:That's the car telling you not to be a worthless street racer.

A couple years ago there was a high school kid that hit a neighbors tree with his Camaro and died. And then on that same street I witnessed a Civic lose control and crash into the corner of my neighbors garage, then back up and drive away. Bastard. And then shortly after that a stupid ricer hit a minivan and killed a mother taking her kids to daycare. But he lived.

I wish you stupid street racers only killed yourselves but even then I'd have to feel bad for your family. They still leave memorials for that kid on the tree he crashed into. Why don't you send me your portrait and I can put it there?


yeah real nice post there ha :eh:
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By That One Dude
- Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:35 am #177877 Just cut the connector off of the other side, and either solder the two wire ends together or crimp them together with a butt splice. It's really really really easy. I wired in a pair of Euro Spec headlights on my brother's Volvo this afternoon. Took an hour to run the wiring, relay, and fog light switch.
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By forcefedEG
- Fri Feb 26, 2010 1:50 pm #177956
That One Dude wrote:Just cut the connector off of the other side, and either solder the two wire ends together or crimp them together with a butt splice. It's really really really easy. I wired in a pair of Euro Spec headlights on my brother's Volvo this afternoon. Took an hour to run the wiring, relay, and fog light switch.


agreed.... the only thing you will be loosing is your factory connector...
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By {ikon}EM1
- Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:05 pm #179980 Ok so this is what's happining I went to honda this afternoon to get the plug wit the wire...... little did I know honda does not sell just the plug..... I had to buy the whole freaking harness!!!!!!! :x. And they try to sell it to me for 635.00!!!!! Does anyone know where I can get this freaking plug wit the wire????
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