Ok, well, everything is done on my car now and I've been driving it. I thought I'd have a little wrap up thread for some questions.

#1 How do I know if my VTEC is kicking in? If the vtec isn't kicking in the engine wont rev to the 8200 rpm its supposed to right? Because I read some threads about it kicking when it engages, mine doesn't "kick" just changes noise.

#2 My suspension is a little stiff from the car being on jackstands for 3 weeks. Every once in a while the car will drop down like a centimeter. It finally stopped dropping now its even on both side of the car. Is that normal?

#3 Is there any makeshift way to bracket up my throttle cable? Its not bracketed to anything so about 1/4th of the gas pedal is useless, its just floppy (but no the throttle body doesn't get stuck open or anything.)

 

It won't kick, it's designed to be smooth. You don't want the car's balance to be suddenly upset by a hard kick. It will still cut at 8200 without VTEC engaging.

 

Oh ok. I just took it out again to try to feel the "kick" but there wasn't one, just more intake/exhaust noise around 5k. I didn't see exactly when because I want to keep my eyes on the road.

 

yup, if you hear the noise change, thats vtec working.

How long did it take for your suspension to settle? When I jack up my car, my coilovers un-seat themselves, but they generally re-seat themselves as I put the car back down, and if not then, then when the car starts rolling away.

throttle cable, I dunno... mine hooked up and is working fine :dunno:

 

Uh, when I lowered it, the front right was sitting higher than the left, then when I rolled it foward, it settled, then I drove it down the road and back, and as I was doing a 3 point turn it dropped a little more then it was done.

 

oh, that happens. no worries

 

the gas pedal is kinda sloppy for me. Its like heres the nuts for adjusting <~ aaannnnnddd hhheerrreess the bracket for adjusting <~. Its like a 4 inch gap.

 

Well, thanks very much guys for getting me through this, I woulda been lost without all your support, much thanks to those of you, you know who you are!