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Old Apr 30, 2006 | 06:33 PM
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i have a 95 civic dx with the sohc v-tec and i recently turboed it. i bought a bigger fuel pump, new fuel rail, new fuel pressure regulator, and a vafc. i havent got the car dyno tuned yet but i moved it around my driveway today and whenever i touch the gas it leans out really bad. my question is if i take it to get it tuned will the tuning fix this or is there another problem???
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Old May 1, 2006 | 04:09 AM
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how do you know it's going lean? make sure the vafc settings are correct (4cyl, wired correctly, etc.). tuning should correct any problem ... but I stress should. it depends if everything was installed correctly or if there's any issues with the car in general.
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Old May 1, 2006 | 08:45 AM
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i have an air fuel gauge, i'll double check the vafc because that should tell the computer to dump more fuel right
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Old May 2, 2006 | 03:58 AM
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Air/fuel gauges are not accurate or good for measuring ratios. To accurately measure your a/f ratio, you need to use a wideband o2 sensor (available at any good dyno shop or you can purchase your own0>
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Old May 2, 2006 | 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by shivers
Air/fuel gauges are not accurate or good for measuring ratios. To accurately measure your a/f ratio, you need to use a wideband o2 sensor (available at any good dyno shop or you can purchase your own0>
Agreed 100%. You can't tell jack from one of those Air/Fuel gauges. I know, I owned one for a while. Get it on the dyno and figure the problems/fuel out there.
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Old May 2, 2006 | 05:58 PM
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i found out the problem and it is that the people who installed my vacf didnt program it, and i looked through the book today and you have to set the air correction and the fuel correction, if anyone knows how to do this get back at me
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https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...archid=1100975
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Old May 4, 2006 | 11:47 PM
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that link dosent work
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