Rambo's EK9


Chicas said:
because he is not that far from being on ok AFR-wise.



with a timing light you should be able to check it. try to check it or have it checked. sometimes, an off base timing will produce low power. goodluck
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Thanks for the advice man I will get it all checked before I get it mapped! :thanks:

SicklyPilot said:
Im lookin forward to seeing these results!! :nice:
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Thanks, I am lookin forward to results also!:nerv:

The exhaust is getting sorted at CAS at the moment so I will have it back with a full true 2.5" system!! I found out from Billy that the backbox planet performance supplied me with wasnt even 2"!!!!!!!:nono: and that there was a cavity box also along with the rest which was causing massive back pressure!:nono: to say I am raging is an understatement as it has cost me another £220 to get it all fixed by CAS on top of the £400 i paid planet performance! :(

I just fitted new NGK blue leads and plugs, changed the oil to millers 5w40 with a hamp filter and had a cold air feed moulded to front bumper with an air duct stuck to the bumper after a hole was cut in the bumper. It looks sweet I think!:D I will get pics of it all when its back then I will go back to the dyno and see what happens!:clap:
 
he was expecting your car to make 195bhp:p? am I the only thinking that is a bit excessive, maybe 185bhp
 
Why do people think these engines lose power :s

properly serviced bseries should be pretty much as strong as it ever was.
 
gglavin said:
he was expecting your car to make 195bhp:p? am I the only thinking that is a bit excessive, maybe 185bhp
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why only 185bhp, thats standard power mate! I would be happy if it made 190bhp when mapped so not excessive at all! :blabla:

689R said:
Why do people think these engines lose power :s

properly serviced bseries should be pretty much as strong as it ever was.
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exactly mate! Mines is well serviced, well looked after, pulls well and should run better power with the proper 2.5" system on it along with what I have already done to it!:D
 
689R said:
Why do people think these engines lose power :s

properly serviced bseries should be pretty much as strong as it ever was.
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EXACTLY!! A standard well serviced b-series engine should make standard power at least. Unless it has 200k miles then you would expect it to loose a few horses.

I think that either there are a few dynos that give inaccurate low figures or else the engines have not been serviced and taken too much abuse:angry:
My b16b with only a dc manifold made 187bhp and on the same day another b16b ek9 made 171bhp with manifold and cat-back so I put that down to a badly looked after engine



A badly designed exhaust and 2" silencer would have surely affected your results, look forward to seeing the difference after:)
 
SPek9 said:
EXACTLY!! A standard well serviced b-series engine should make standard power at least. Unless it has 200k miles then you would expect it to loose a few horses.

I think that either there are a few dynos that give inaccurate low figures or else the engines have not been serviced and taken too much abuse:angry:
My b16b with only a dc manifold made 187bhp and on the same day another b16b ek9 made 171bhp with manifold and cat-back so I put that down to a badly looked after engine



A badly designed exhaust and 2" silencer would have surely affected your results, look forward to seeing the difference after:)
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I agree 100% with all you say mate thanks! :nice: I would be totally happy if I got 187bhp once my exhaust is sorted so fingers crossed!

I am looking forward to the results also! :nice:
 
right lads picked the car up from CAS yesterday and all I can say is WOW! The exhaust is amazing, they have done a perfect job, looks, sounds and performs a million times better than old one! no rasp or back pressure just pure deep tone! :) Thank you so much to Billy and Duncan at Complete Auto Solutions!! Cheers Dunsy for recommending them!

I will get pics up tonight! :)

The car is going to Henrys to be put back on the Dyno next week so i will see if my power is back up and what to do next! :)

CAL you can tell everyone how good it sounds and looks bob! :)
 
No problem but you shoulda gone there the first time round! haha
 
Glad to here youve sorted your problems dude! i had my 9 dynoed down at eightspeed last week and made 192bhp with 67500 miles on the clock but ran lean at the top and was well maintained by the previous owner as well as me :p. although the only modifications i have is a spoon n1 back box, decat, ebay induction uprated ht leads and spark plugs, as well as a aem full rail and a vafc2 installed and tweeked. But as it ran lean at top end mark tweeked the afr and made 189.2bhp and 122ft/lb of torque but now runs as sweet as a nut as well as the vtec being dropped down to 4900rpm. so was extremely pleased with the results.
 
integraste said:
Glad to here youve sorted your problems dude! i had my 9 dynoed down at eightspeed last week and made 192bhp with 67500 miles on the clock but ran lean at the top and was well maintained by the previous owner as well as me :p. although the only modifications i have is a spoon n1 back box, decat, ebay induction uprated ht leads and spark plugs, as well as a aem full rail and a vafc2 installed and tweeked. But as it ran lean at top end mark tweeked the afr and made 189.2bhp and 122ft/lb of torque but now runs as sweet as a nut as well as the vtec being dropped down to 4900rpm. so was extremely pleased with the results.
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Vtec at 4900rpm on a b16b with stock exhaust manifold? got to be loosing out on power having it that low
 
No not really bud when it ran the dyno run, over 8 runs the best place to put the vtec point was at 4900rpm with the current spec as if it was above this point it would run slightly lean But mark at eightspeed said once I've got a few more modification such a tegiwa manifold , uprated b pipe as well as a skunk 2 inlet and throttle body as well as cams then the vtec point could be shifted! :p
 
Barryl85 said:
Good stuff mate, will be good to see the figures now ;)
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Cheers mate, yea I am looking forward to seeing the figures now, will be interesting to show how much a decent exhaust can make a diff! :nice:

Dunsy said:
No problem but you shoulda gone there the first time round! haha
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Haha tell me about it mate!:( but all ok now and I will learn from my mistakes!:nice:

integraste said:
Glad to here youve sorted your problems dude! i had my 9 dynoed down at eightspeed last week and made 192bhp with 67500 miles on the clock but ran lean at the top and was well maintained by the previous owner as well as me :p. although the only modifications i have is a spoon n1 back box, decat, ebay induction uprated ht leads and spark plugs, as well as a aem full rail and a vafc2 installed and tweeked. But as it ran lean at top end mark tweeked the afr and made 189.2bhp and 122ft/lb of torque but now runs as sweet as a nut as well as the vtec being dropped down to 4900rpm. so was extremely pleased with the results.
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Well just about got the problems sorted, the stem seals still need changed and its still running rich no doubt but Henry will fix that!:nice: good figures you made mate! :nice:
 
pics of new exhaust, cold air feed, new NGK leads and Tegiwa washers and bolts:

CAS's own custom made 2.5" backbox
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under the LCA how I originally wanted it. no clearance issues what so ever! :)
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63mm cold air feed, it looks quite tidy I think! :)
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new leads, looks much better than the red ones I had on before:
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tegiwa bolts and washers for a wee bit tidy up:
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much happier now! :) its off to the dyno next! :) :)
 
integraste said:
No not really bud when it ran the dyno run, over 8 runs the best place to put the vtec point was at 4900rpm with the current spec as if it was above this point it would run slightly lean But mark at eightspeed said once I've got a few more modification such a tegiwa manifold , uprated b pipe as well as a skunk 2 inlet and throttle body as well as cams then the vtec point could be shifted! :p
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You can make low cam fuel adjustments with the vafc I would have assumed your tuner should know this and could have adjusted accordingly to remove the lean spot....Adding those mods you listed is going to make the car run even leaner.
 
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