-o8poa8o+Sep 5, 2004 - 7:29 AM

Tonight I hooked up a VVT light, and VVT is working! >>

So things keep getting better and better. Today I put some B&M Trick Shift ATF into the tranny, and it smoothed things out a little bit, but I've still got the notchiness from 1st to 2nd.

I'm so happy for you Coomer. I hope things keep goin up for you.

glad everything is going better for you coomer!!! keep your head up buddy!

did you mess arround with anything else besides the vvt wirring? Cause it makes no sense that it works all of a sudden. I've been busting my Grape Fruits trying to figure out why it would'nt work.

Well, either way, i'm glad it's finally working. If you messed with anything else, please let me know what you've done to the car since we last talked. I'm curious to know if it was being held back because of something else on the engine.

Good luck dude, If anything, you know you can hit me up anytime.

Does this mean ur keeping it?

See when things are down they can only go back up.

As for the VVT, now i dont kno much about VVT, but what initiates it? is it rpm, speed, a combo? Perhaps the lwfw was messing with engines load and causing a disruption? IDK but if its working all of a sudden and the only things u changed were the FW and slave cylinder, id think it has something to do with those.

This post has been edited by Supersprynt: Sep 7, 2004 - 11:04 AM

Well, basically, the VVT solenoid has two wires going to it...one is +12 volts that gets +12 volts when the ignition is on. When ground is sent through the other wire by the ECU, the VVT solenoid switches over and turns on VVT. So I tapped into the switch wire for the VVT solenoid, and ran the spliced wire to one side of a pushbutton switch, and the other side to ground. I started up the car, and pushed the switch, which caused the idle to be very poor, but it stopped the clicking noise which I previously suspected(thanks to Sphinx >>) was the VVT pulley.

I let off the switch and started driving, and while at WOT I pressed the switch a couple times, but didn't notice any increases in performance or changes in sound. However, the car seemed much quicker, without me even touching the switch. I initially thought it was due to the colder air(this was at 2AM or so) and the OEM flywheel, since this was the night that I'd broken in the clutch and was able to drive it hard. However, the VVT thing had me confused, so it occurred to me that maybe VVT was working now.

So I hooked up a VVT light(shown below in the vent), and found that VVT was working flawlessly! >> Apparently when the ECU recieved ground manually by me manually grounding the wire that splices into it, it set something off...maybe the ECU was stuck or something from sitting for too long. That's the only possible thing that I can think of, but I'm happy because VVT is working perfectly, and the car feels a whole lot faster than it did before, especially in the lower RPM range.

And Super, the VVT engages mostly based on throttle position signal. The car has to be warmed up for it to engage(except when the car is starting...VVT is on when the car is starting to get more air into the engine to make starting easier...this is why in the photo below, the VVT light is on...the car is off, and the VVT wire will give ground until the car is running), and VVT engages anywhere from around 1900 RPM up to around 7000 RPM if your foot is on the throttle fairly hard. Above 7000 RPM or so, it becomes inefficient to have VVT on, so it will shut off.

Anyway, I'm just so happy that it works...the car feels sooooo much faster than before, and VVT sounds great when it comes on, although my loud exhaust drowns out the noise from the intake and individual throttle bodies. Anyway, here's the VVT light.

Your pics mesmerize me, what is that setting u use to get that look of yellowness.

This post has been edited by Supersprynt: Sep 7, 2004 - 1:24 PM

-Supersprynt+Sep 7, 2004 - 11:24 AM

Seriously I love photography but im becoming annoyed at how good u are. 8s is long time, tripod or what?

And the VVT light, stays on all the time?

-Supersprynt+Sep 7, 2004 - 11:33 AM

-Supersprynt+Sep 7, 2004 - 11:57 AM

-Supersprynt+Sep 7, 2004 - 11:45 AM

I have discs but no calipers, they should be turned down though. (if ur interested)

This post has been edited by Supersprynt: Sep 7, 2004 - 1:52 PM

-Coomer+Sep 4, 2004 - 11:55 PM