why does my car do this?

umair

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ometimes my car feels strong and sometimes it does not.

for example, i ran my brothers dsm 3 times 2 of those 3 times i beat him by less than 3 and a half cars and the third time we ran i left him by a mile. what would cause my car to act like this?

my car has the following mods
buddy club stage 4 cams
buddy club cam gears
springs and retainers(buddy club)
car pistons
hondata s100
fuel pump
aem fuel rail
stage 3 clutch
8lbs flywheel

the car was dyno tined at 173.9 WHP with 17 in rims.

i just took it around right now and it feels slow again. :???:
 

Jbuck2KCivic

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Umm maybe your brother was driving different?
 


umair

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that was just an example. i can tell when it is running right and when it does not feel right.
 

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time for a tune up, perhaps?
 


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maybe you just need a tune broski...
 

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A lot can effect performance. Temperature, humidity, going up a hill (especially on a Honda :lol:), down a hill, tires warmed up, etc. Though I doubt anything could change that drastically within 3 runs (assuming they were 1 after the other), I'd just say look into getting a tune-up.
 

MINI MUGEN

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mayb s**t distubutor his messed up "caps not on all the way" idk im jus sayin cuz thats how my car was n 2 outta the 3 bolts that hold teh cap on were broken off also mayb the tune up too
 

umair

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i will check the ignition timing because i am missing a bold over their, lol. my guess is that it needs a re tune.
 

umair

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mayb s**t distubutor his messed up "caps not on all the way" idk im jus sayin cuz thats how my car was n 2 outta the 3 bolts that hold teh cap on were broken off also mayb the tune up too
you hit the nail on the head ,lol. i checked my distributer and it was missing two bolts and the ignition timing was way off. its still not perfect, i need to mess with it a bit more. it still feels a bit slow, maby its cause b16s have no torque, lol.
 

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you hit the nail on the head ,lol. i checked my distributer and it was missing two bolts and the ignition timing was way off. its still not perfect, i need to mess with it a bit more. it still feels a bit slow, maby its cause b16s have no torque, lol.
omg my b16 rocked. i could smoke anything of the line cuz of the lack of torque. I had a 2 step at 5500, just drop it and go, no spinin! haha i miss that thing.
 

MINI MUGEN

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you hit the nail on the head ,lol. i checked my distributer and it was missing two bolts and the ignition timing was way off. its still not perfect, i need to mess with it a bit more. it still feels a bit slow, maby its cause b16s have no torque, lol.
sweet lolz:D
 

psychotic_civic

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be sure in that tune up you replace the fuel filter bc my girls moms car was doing this and i changed the fuel filter and it ran like a champ....sometimes the fuel would get through the filter ok and sometimes the garbage was starving it of fuel so hard acceleration would be greatly affected
 

umair

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k, i will change the filter and see what happens. where is it located?
 

umair

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thanks i just changed the filter the car revs up quicker but i have not taken it around yet. i will try to make a in car video soon.
 

psychotic_civic

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no....the cams he is using need a race port and valve job on the head....he doesnt mention that plus you gotta remember it's only a 1.6 and also that this number is to the wheels not the flywheel....a b16 has 160 to the flywheel and only maybe 130 to the wheels so his 40+whp is pretty impressive
 

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ya 170+ from a b16 is dam good. esp with the monster 17's

dam 5500 launch control....wow...i thought mine at 3900 was crazy. But then again i got torque! congrats on findin what was wrong!
 
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psychotic_civic

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yo was i the only one that caught the fact that his car was dyno tuned and now he was thinking about playing with the timing? I say talk to your tuner before you mess with anything that has to do with fuel pressure or timing....you could really mess something up that way
 


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