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i feel my b16a4 engine is low in performance

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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 12:10 PM
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Default i feel my b16a4 engine is low in performance

my engine accelerate is slow and the vtec solinoed open at 5800 rpm, how can i make it open earley?? and is the sport air filter improve the power?
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 12:15 PM
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is the engine healthy? have you done regular maintanence? what are your mods? and no, a filter wont give you a bunch of power.

vtec opens at that rpm for a reason. unless you have bigger cams, you have no reason to move it. and you would typically raise the engagment, not lower it.
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 12:24 PM
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Default what speed in full rpm an 2nd gear?

the engin is maintained good and healthy, but i think that if the vtec open at 4000 i have 4000 rpm to reach the red line, then it'll be faster, im new in vtec engines, at 2nd gear what is the maximam speed i can reach with full rpm??
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 12:33 PM
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you will lose power by having vtec that low
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 01:35 PM
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5200 would be as low as I would go, from experience tuning my b16a2 which vtec engages at 5600 with it lower to 5200 it smooths out the enagement, which some say is good and some say bad b/c vtec isn't as noticable the dip before vtec is there so you feel it hit.
This is my dyno w/ 5200 vtec engagement and some air fuel tuning w/ a vafc.... The red is before tuning the air fuel but w/ the 5200 rpm enagement, and the blue is after air fuel tuning and 5200 rpm engagement. The car had I/H/E only.


Heres a b16 dyno the lower line is in stock form see the dip at vtec?

Lowering enagement will only smooth the transition out to a point then the lower you go the car doesn't run right at all.
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