Dexter Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 Passed the local MOT today without any comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belfastlad123 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 what did you do with your headlight washers ?? lol didnt chuck them out did ya thats a lovely motor you have there mate .credit to you looks really well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 what did you do with your headlight washers ?? lol didnt chuck them out did ya What are headlight washers for anyway? Just dead weight, if you ask me...! I removed them and the tubes into my "stock-and-not-going-back-during-my-ownership"-box. But seriously, i just didn't like the look of them sticking out. I think the overall look is much smoother without them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottravenhill Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 best bit is the limo tints decks should have had them as standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belfastlad123 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 i like the look of them but dont have funds for an mb bumper with them in already lolwas going to get a set and botch them in lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Posted April 12, 2011 Author Share Posted April 12, 2011 Got the car dynoed, stock except high-flow intake and no middle silencer. The results were a bit surprising. Here we go:Max power was 96,3kw from the wheels, which translates into 131,25bhp. As engine horsepower is 9-12% more, an educated estimate would give me 145 as actual bhp. Using the same calculations torque would be at 156nm. So it looks like i've lost 24bhp and 10nm over the years, and even though i expected the 12 year old 100000 mile engine to have lost some power, i didn't expect the loss the be that big. I asked the tuner about it, and he was cool and said that the curves on the sheet look perfectly normal for a b18, and the engine runs smoothly, so it's highly unlikely that there's anything broken. Normal wear and perhaps a restrictive cat and backbox were the reasons he thought the numbers were low. And this guy knows Hondas: his name is Toni Ruokonen, he has years of experience and finnish championship titles racing Civics and Integras and actually won the British National Saloon championship in a Peugeot 306 in 2000.But still, i can't help but feel a bit disappointed with the results, as i've seen quite different numbers here on civic5 . The car doesn't feel sluggish to me, but then again my previous car had 90bhp so i can't really tell what it should feel like. I did take another MC2 for a testdrive before i bought this one, and it felt pretty much the same so i don't know if there's a problem anywhere.What do you guys reckon of the results? The dyno was a Rototest hub-mounted dynamometer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkesie Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Give it a full service before the next dyno run and maybe give it a bash with the standard air filter and gubbins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav_ek4 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 my 160000mile b16 made 152 bhp at the wheels with a full spoon exhaust and a ebay short ram, id look into getting a dyno done elsewhere mate, i would cry if my mb6 made that little power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiNK43 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 yeah seems strange. mine made 172.5 a couple of weeks ago. 102000 miles on the clock.maybe try again. did you have a couple of runs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiNK43 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 also notice your max power at 7200rpm?mine made max at 8000.strange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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