problem! felt like i was hittin the rev limiter early :S

[joe_thompson]

hey guys, basically last nite i was having a bit of a play with a friend in his vts,
i was mid in to 4th gear, full throttle, and basically the car felt like it hit the rev limiter! i was really confunsed buy it, so changed up into 5th and there wasnt really much power (as if id shifted early)


my friend in this vts sed he noticed puff of black smoke from my exhaust, when it was happending




any ideas?



Its a b16a2, with standard ek9 exhaust system and bmc cda air filter.

thanks

 

[abunai888]

try to get use your car by drivin it more often on vtec area.

 

[ekev9]

Had that type of prob on my eg6 when it was not driven in a while, plentey of vtec soon sorted that out!!

 

[stevenEK9]

Was the car warmed up properly?

Stupid question i know but vtec won't engage from cold

 

[Vtec6000]

Check your spark plugs

 

[EG-nath]

Check your spark plugs

+1

they may be sooted up and then when you demanded the most from them the spark got blown out

when was the last time you changed them?

and do you do a short journey everyday? as if the car never comes off cold start setting and therefore may have sooted up your plugs?