1.8 VVT motor into 1.6 car Advice welcome.
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Do a better job on that bird-nest of bullshit on the back of the engine with the ghetto-*** Homo Depot aluminum strap thing. That connector you used is great if used inside the cabin. It will hold water and corrode. I replaced the engine harness in my car for this reason.
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Stop what you're doing, order a VVT engine harness, run two wires for fuel through the trans-tunnel firewall, use the charcoal can wiring at the right shock for the VVT solenoid (yellow/red wire on connector 2 pin X I think), and run your coil connections at the OEM connector on the right side of the car.
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Suggestion:
Do a better job on that bird-nest of bullshit on the back of the engine with the ghetto-*** Homo Depot aluminum strap thing. That connector you used is great if used inside the cabin. It will hold water and corrode. I replaced the engine harness in my car for this reason.
Do a better job on that bird-nest of bullshit on the back of the engine with the ghetto-*** Homo Depot aluminum strap thing. That connector you used is great if used inside the cabin. It will hold water and corrode. I replaced the engine harness in my car for this reason.
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Well all is well. Drove for the first time today. Engine is quite noisy.... lots of ticking and valvetrain type noise. Nothing alarming....just odd. Perhaps its the 5w30 mobil 1 Never used synthetic before. Anyways car drives great got the idle sorted out and I did a little auto tuning. Very pleased so far. No issues at all. No leaks or anything like that. Ended up using the factory exhaust manifold and downpipe. Welded an extension section and a flange to bolt to the factory cat. I also welded my bung for my wideband in this section. I'm including pictures of the finished product including on of my many diagrams/keys and a picture of the big ugly connector. Enjoy.
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It's not the oil, there is nothing fundementally different about that engine oil which will cause a noise.
Are you talking about a metal on metal sound, or funky sounding intake noises, like the old-school two step VTEC cams? The cam on my VVT daily makes some pretty cool noises.
Are you talking about a metal on metal sound, or funky sounding intake noises, like the old-school two step VTEC cams? The cam on my VVT daily makes some pretty cool noises.
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It's not the oil, there is nothing fundementally different about that engine oil which will cause a noise.
Are you talking about a metal on metal sound, or funky sounding intake noises, like the old-school two step VTEC cams? The cam on my VVT daily makes some pretty cool noises.
Are you talking about a metal on metal sound, or funky sounding intake noises, like the old-school two step VTEC cams? The cam on my VVT daily makes some pretty cool noises.
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It makes the car awesome. Email me if you want some tuning assistance with VVTuner. I spent a lot of time on the dyno and ended up with 35mpg at 80mph. I expect to go higher with EAE working properly.