Well ...its running!
Be that as it may, the work is apparently not over. <_<
I still have two things that need attention. #1, the engine light is on for some unknown reason. I wired the KS, and IAB as instructed. The Vtec is kicking in nicely... soo, I am at a loss. I checked all the plug in sensors and its gravy on that end. Although Im not sure if the IAB is kicking in. I cant find it at the moment but there is another forum that has a video of the how the secondaries should open up. Mine doesnt seem to do it. BUT it is very strong through the RPM range. No complaints in the least. One thing that I have been thinking about is could it be the A/C? I pulled the compressor and unhooked the lines at one point thinking I had to use the compressor from the Integra. Anyway, I hooked it back up empty being that I havent had time to get it charged. Could that cause an engine light? I know there is a way to read the code but I havent had the time (or energy) to do that yet.
#2 is the header. I bought a header made for a Type R since it has the longer collector that can mate up with the civic cat/exhaust. Well it doesnt quite fit right. The result was an EXTREME pain in the ass on the install. 4-1's are always fun but this one was more so. It kinks my exhaust a bit so its out of position resulting in part of the pipe banging against the frame in some low gear/throttle situations. Annoying as hell. On top of that, its a 2.5" collector that doesnt mate too well with a stock cat. Plus finding one of those pivoting gaskets was near impossible. Luckily the guy at Autozone was nice enough to let me rummage around in a few random boxes and I found a 2.5" gasket from some sort of GM rig that I ground down to fit. Anyone have any recommedations that doesnt involve going to a muffler shop? Been scowering eBay (again) to find something better. Regardless of these problems, it doesnt leak at all. My gerryrigged collector fiasco seems to be holding.
Well thats it for now. I will take some pictures tomorrow when I get the car cleaned up. Kinda had a scare when I first started her up. Seemed like it was smoking at first! Then I remembered the motor had been sitting for 6-8 months so that might be the reason for an initial bit of smoke. I let it idle for about 5 minutes. Turned it off and let it cool down before checking all the fluid levels. After that, I got it on the road and ran it through the gears a few times and now it runs clean as a whistle. A couple first impressions I had was how it pulled in the higher gears. 3rd, 4th and 5th are killer! Another thing I notices is how low geared this sucker is. 60mph is about 3000rmp. In short, it is a complete breath of fresh air compared to my D16Z6. Pulls in every gear -- gotta love the torque!
Be that as it may, the work is apparently not over. <_<
I still have two things that need attention. #1, the engine light is on for some unknown reason. I wired the KS, and IAB as instructed. The Vtec is kicking in nicely... soo, I am at a loss. I checked all the plug in sensors and its gravy on that end. Although Im not sure if the IAB is kicking in. I cant find it at the moment but there is another forum that has a video of the how the secondaries should open up. Mine doesnt seem to do it. BUT it is very strong through the RPM range. No complaints in the least. One thing that I have been thinking about is could it be the A/C? I pulled the compressor and unhooked the lines at one point thinking I had to use the compressor from the Integra. Anyway, I hooked it back up empty being that I havent had time to get it charged. Could that cause an engine light? I know there is a way to read the code but I havent had the time (or energy) to do that yet.
#2 is the header. I bought a header made for a Type R since it has the longer collector that can mate up with the civic cat/exhaust. Well it doesnt quite fit right. The result was an EXTREME pain in the ass on the install. 4-1's are always fun but this one was more so. It kinks my exhaust a bit so its out of position resulting in part of the pipe banging against the frame in some low gear/throttle situations. Annoying as hell. On top of that, its a 2.5" collector that doesnt mate too well with a stock cat. Plus finding one of those pivoting gaskets was near impossible. Luckily the guy at Autozone was nice enough to let me rummage around in a few random boxes and I found a 2.5" gasket from some sort of GM rig that I ground down to fit. Anyone have any recommedations that doesnt involve going to a muffler shop? Been scowering eBay (again) to find something better. Regardless of these problems, it doesnt leak at all. My gerryrigged collector fiasco seems to be holding.
Well thats it for now. I will take some pictures tomorrow when I get the car cleaned up. Kinda had a scare when I first started her up. Seemed like it was smoking at first! Then I remembered the motor had been sitting for 6-8 months so that might be the reason for an initial bit of smoke. I let it idle for about 5 minutes. Turned it off and let it cool down before checking all the fluid levels. After that, I got it on the road and ran it through the gears a few times and now it runs clean as a whistle. A couple first impressions I had was how it pulled in the higher gears. 3rd, 4th and 5th are killer! Another thing I notices is how low geared this sucker is. 60mph is about 3000rmp. In short, it is a complete breath of fresh air compared to my D16Z6. Pulls in every gear -- gotta love the torque!