Sluggish Z! with all bolt ons
10-18-2006, 04:10 PM
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Sluggish Z! with all bolt ons
Hello all I just left the ASAA Racing. They let me test drive my Z since ill be picking it up Friday. During the test drive I was highly disappointed.
I had These bolt ons installed, JWT flywheel, Act Clutch Disc, Act Pressure Plate, Top Speed Y Pipe, Top Speed Exhaust, Top Speed Headers, MD 5/16 spacer. I installed myself the UD Pulley, Pop charger and Varis Air Duct.
My car felt extremely sluggish. My car did not rev up any quicker then it did stock. The car from first, second to third felt as if I was waiting on some sort of boost. The car was extremely sluggish and on top of that all of my lights were on like my engine light, my VDC, and all the rest. The guy at the suggested my timing may be off due to my lightened flywheel. He did admit the car was sluggish and He was going to call Jim Wolf tomorrow. I never had timing problems stock and I never read anything in this form stating that the timing would be affected.
I was expecting my car to loose some torque but I have a 03 performance so I have tourqe to spare. The exhaust sound great but there is no since in having a loud a$$ exhaust and the car is slow as sh it. Has anyone else herd of this happening. I know it needs to be tuned but damm..I never expected this. I was expecting to put down at least 260 unturned and 270ish tuned. Literally the car sound bad *** but I would not pull up on a civic the way the car is now. Please someone give me some advice
I had These bolt ons installed, JWT flywheel, Act Clutch Disc, Act Pressure Plate, Top Speed Y Pipe, Top Speed Exhaust, Top Speed Headers, MD 5/16 spacer. I installed myself the UD Pulley, Pop charger and Varis Air Duct.
My car felt extremely sluggish. My car did not rev up any quicker then it did stock. The car from first, second to third felt as if I was waiting on some sort of boost. The car was extremely sluggish and on top of that all of my lights were on like my engine light, my VDC, and all the rest. The guy at the suggested my timing may be off due to my lightened flywheel. He did admit the car was sluggish and He was going to call Jim Wolf tomorrow. I never had timing problems stock and I never read anything in this form stating that the timing would be affected.
I was expecting my car to loose some torque but I have a 03 performance so I have tourqe to spare. The exhaust sound great but there is no since in having a loud a$$ exhaust and the car is slow as sh it. Has anyone else herd of this happening. I know it needs to be tuned but damm..I never expected this. I was expecting to put down at least 260 unturned and 270ish tuned. Literally the car sound bad *** but I would not pull up on a civic the way the car is now. Please someone give me some advice
10-18-2006, 04:20 PM
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If I remember correctly the stock ECU will compensate for any mods that are put on the car. You probably won't really see any of the gains until it's tuned.
I noticed you have an emanage, are they going to tune with that, did they change anything with that after they put the mods in?
I noticed you have an emanage, are they going to tune with that, did they change anything with that after they put the mods in?
10-18-2006, 04:27 PM
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yeah motormouth thats what i said. it should at least rev faster but not it sure dosent. im pissed cause i spent 1800 for this steup due to the fact that I had a bad pressure plate that bought from a guy in the marketplace so naturaly i had to pay re install plus 340 for the new pressure plate
10-18-2006, 04:39 PM
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Are you running the exhaust with the silencers?
no high flow cats or test pipes?
you probably just need a tune, but for the time being reset your ECU by unplugging negative terminal, overnight, and pump the brakes before reconnecting.
Whats the status with your emanage?
no high flow cats or test pipes?
you probably just need a tune, but for the time being reset your ECU by unplugging negative terminal, overnight, and pump the brakes before reconnecting.
Whats the status with your emanage?
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10-18-2006, 04:48 PM
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the e manage is still in the box i was waiting on getting my car from ASAA. I already paid for my dyno time at SGP in north houston. But i think them dudes F up my car.
10-18-2006, 04:54 PM
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yeah im gonna call jim wolf myself to see what they say. and im gonna take the car to sgp but who wants to pay tripple labor. so far ive paid for a install uninstall plus re install and they have the nerve to **** up
10-18-2006, 05:00 PM
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he said he's gonna have the code pulled but i got a feeling they are trying to get out of it. stating that the the sudden flywheel may have caused the timming to be throwed. I should have forked up the money to SGP in the frist place cause even though they are high as hell you car is right the first time.