It's official: newer civics hate mods
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I ran my car on 91 oct for a couple of weeks and found that it didnt start up as well. After taking a ride in my neighbors recently updated 89 corvette, which now has a 454 engine, i weap while driving my civic.
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Originally Posted by SpeedFreak
I ran my car on 91 oct for a couple of weeks and found that it didnt start up as well. After taking a ride in my neighbors recently updated 89 corvette, which now has a 454 engine, i weap while driving my civic.
That's interesting, I run 93 octane all the time and have never had a problem starting... what model is your car?
Also, does your neighbor, drive that vette everyday? If he does, he could have bought a civic for what he'll be paying in gas for that thing. I know, I had a 454 in my last truck... 8 MPG
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Rep Power: 811 They can be fast with turbo and nitrous. That's it. Boltons don't help much, nor does having an auto instead of stick. Best way to keep the little power we have is do maintenance stuff. Make sure everything's clean, new air filter, plugs, etc.
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Originally Posted by gearbox
They can be fast with turbo and nitrous. That's it. Boltons don't help much, nor does having an auto instead of stick. Best way to keep the little power we have is do maintenance stuff. Make sure everything's clean, new air filter, plugs, etc.
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Rep Power: 811 I have race valves with the port work and it seems to help a little. Although with the new header, the engine bay gets really hot. Cam gear isn't really necessary unless the cam is changed or you get nitrous.
i think u just cant fix and match.. if u want high end.. just get high end mods.. mixing and matching will only make things harder.. gearbox what are your quarter mile times as you added parts?
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Originally Posted by TurboDreamZ
i think u just cant fix and match.. if u want high end.. just get high end mods.. mixing and matching will only make things harder.. gearbox what are your quarter mile times as you added parts?
Originally Posted by Jrfish007
That's interesting, I run 93 octane all the time and have never had a problem starting... what model is your car?
Also, does your neighbor, drive that vette everyday? If he does, he could have bought a civic for what he'll be paying in gas for that thing. I know, I had a 454 in my last truck... 8 MPG
Also, does your neighbor, drive that vette everyday? If he does, he could have bought a civic for what he'll be paying in gas for that thing. I know, I had a 454 in my last truck... 8 MPG
I actually posted the equation for a cylinder that produces work. If the spark ignites well before the mixture is compressed, the work produced is significantly lower than it should be, and eventually risking rod damage.....The higher the octane to put into the car, the worse senario it will be.....
Don't forget that horsepower is the differential form of work within a given time..
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Rep Power: 811 I'm running 93 octane cause my head is milled. It didn't help with the shaking tho. Is there any way to be sure what octane to use? Should I go back to 89?
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Originally Posted by Jrfish007
Depends how fast the tow truck is...
The reason I say that ios because the truck that motor is weighs just over 5500lbs, and my civic weighs about half that.
The reason I say that ios because the truck that motor is weighs just over 5500lbs, and my civic weighs about half that.
True... but I was thinking that if you had 720 FT/LB of torque on the front of your civic, you'd do nothing but spin the tires........
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Originally Posted by Zzyzx
True... but I was thinking that if you had 720 FT/LB of torque on the front of your civic, you'd do nothing but spin the tires........
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Rep Power: 0 I would say, unless the compression ratio is raised due to various method:
1. Sand down the head
2. Turbo
3. Raising the temperature by allowing exhuast gas mix with fresh air(cam gear adjust) too much
Everything else, 87 is good to minimize timing advance.....
Gearbox, what kind of shaking is that in your milled head?
1. Sand down the head
2. Turbo
3. Raising the temperature by allowing exhuast gas mix with fresh air(cam gear adjust) too much
Everything else, 87 is good to minimize timing advance.....
Gearbox, what kind of shaking is that in your milled head?
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Rep Power: 811 Head is milled 1mm. When car is in drive and idling, the car shakes back and forth whn you let off the brakes. If I turn on the AC and the rpms go up by 100 or so, the shaking stops.
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Originally Posted by gearbox
Head is milled 1mm. When car is in drive and idling, the car shakes back and forth whn you let off the brakes. If I turn on the AC and the rpms go up by 100 or so, the shaking stops.
If you adjust and it doesn't work, I have to find out before I can give you the answer.
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Originally Posted by nindoo
The car is 127 HP but its WHP is something like 110 or 115. Is there anyway to expose the missing Horsepower to the wheel?
My car's hp is 105.8 at the wheel, sucks....
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Rep Power: 811 Hey I already tried to play with idle. It's at 700rpms, which is the recommended idle in neutral. I tried to bump it up a bit, but the cel came on.
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Originally Posted by 82801BA
Well, remove PS pulley and run light weight Alt pulley will give you a 120hp...But does that make any good?
My car's hp is 105.8 at the wheel, sucks....
My car's hp is 105.8 at the wheel, sucks....
This won't damage your car will it?
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Rep Power: 811 Not running accessories won't damage the car. They're just extra things. You're gonna have a hard time turning the wheel tho. AC is prolly the safest to get rid of, and maybe the alt a little if you don't have a big system.
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Rep Power: 811 Alot of people here don't have a cat or they replaced with a hi flow model. It makes your car pollute more for some extra power.
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Originally Posted by gearbox
Head is milled 1mm. When car is in drive and idling, the car shakes back and forth whn you let off the brakes. If I turn on the AC and the rpms go up by 100 or so, the shaking stops.
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Originally Posted by gearbox
Alot of people here don't have a cat or they replaced with a hi flow model. It makes your car pollute more for some extra power.
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Rep Power: 811 Where would I look? I saw a few lines going to the TB sensors. They weren't really clamped down much but felt okay. Maybe I'll check into that.
