my 3rd gear wont pick up..

[Melt]

hey guys whats this thread doin in the lounge ... shouldnt someone move it to engine tech?

 

[BioHazard the Reaper]

sonds like it should be kinda yeah....good call melt

 

[x0supermonkey0x]

lol.... thanks for the info guys... guess im stuck with an engine not ment to race.... cuz i was testing my driving and the car very thoroughly today and when i slowed down and drove normally on the feeder at around 55.... the CHECK ENGINE LIGHT went off!!... man... i was like... WHOW!!!..... first thing i did pulled into a gas station... looked at the engine bay for leaks... nope.. no leaks... looked at everything else... nothing seemed wrong with it... car sounded normal... but i was still scared... so i was goin under the speed limit all the way home with no AC and CDplaya off.......

 

[BioHazard the Reaper]

your 15....start saving money for a swap lol....you have no bills

 

[x0supermonkey0x]

yup... i am saving up for a swap...... see... heres my plan.... i found a junkyard willing to give me a d16z6 engine and transmission for my d15z5 (moron) eh ... anyways.... im gonna go from a shitty lil 1.5L d15 (no offense fellow d15's) to a 1.6L VTEC.... and when i have enough money ill hopefully get a B series..... most likely B18C1 .... ....how many here have a d16z6 hatch?.... if so how is it?... and how fast have u hit on it?

 

[99ExCoupe]

I would just get a D16Y8 or Z6 and keep it. They will make your hatch do pretty well....especially because it is light. If you want to spend the money....and It would be worth it...get a 2nd gen B16, or maybe a first gen B16 if you want to go hyrdo to cable tranny. I think for your cause a B16 would be better.

 

[x0supermonkey0x]

D16Z6 is a SOHC.... and im gonna keep it until i have enough money to get a B18C1.... or... should i just work on the D?.... what do u guys think?

 

[99ExCoupe]

Bottom line is you can't beat a B, they are just better than a D. You can however build a really fast D series...just have to do a little more shopping around for parts. I have seen turbo D's run in the 11's and 12's. In your case I would stick with the 1.5 till you have enough money for a B16A or a B18C1.

 

[Melt]

i say build up the z6 ... i might do the same swap on my 91 4 door one of these days.

 

[x0supermonkey0x]

cool

 

[quikshift]

Originally posted by ~vx~
err....lol... first of all .... my tach only goes to 8K !!.. LMAO!... errr.... and then... and chatalee860 ... u just contradicted yourself.... cuz u said shift at a higher RPM and if i do that my MPH would b definatly be around 65-70... and then u said thats beating the s**t out of my engine.... so what should i do?... let the RPM climb to redline... or let the rpm climb REALLY slowly in 3rd gear?...lol

vx's aren't usually the fastest things in the world, like what the other people said....go for a swap

 

[99ExCoupe]

Originally posted by quikshift
vx's aren't usually the fastest things in the world, like what the other people said....go for a swap

If ya autocross a vx hatch....powa don't matter. Bad ass suspention and IHE with some Azenies and ur good to go!

 

[ae86]

you can always swap your tranny for an si tranny...

 

[quikshift]

Originally posted by 99ExCoupe
If ya autocross a vx hatch....powa don't matter. Bad ass suspention and IHE with some Azenies and ur good to go!

yea but it doesn't sound like he wants to autocross, that'd be sweet though

 

[99ExCoupe]

sadly....auto-crossing and roadracing civic owners are in the minority

 

[x0supermonkey0x]

i wish i could autocross... but i dont know where to go or how to learn... what i REALLY want to do is to race on the man made tracks for test driving.... if they oppened something like that here... it'd b cool... but yeah but im gonna try to look into it

 

[BioHazard the Reaper]

cept your always high and you dont have a license two things of which will prolly slow down that dream lol

 

[x0supermonkey0x]

hahahaha.... first of all... im not ALWAYS high.. i told u... i dont drive high.... i dont like taking THAT risk..... and me not having a license.... i gotta wait 5 more months,.... so im "practicing" lol.... but i gotta stop... so im gonna...

 

[99ExCoupe]

how much would it suck to have a eg hatch just waiting for a swap and suspention to go racin in...and you can't DRIVE IT!
Sorry man....thats gotta blow hardcore!

 

[skunk2'ed]

Check your plugs. My EX did that for a while. 1st and 2cnd were fine, but third seemed to lack power. I tried everything except my plugs cuz they were brand new so I never thought to check them. The tips were gone in cylinder 1 and 2. 3 and 4 were fine. Weird thing is it still ran a 16.3 stock with a filter.