I was gonna post this in the quick question thread but this seems a little more complicated.

Everytime I push the car to Vtec or around 5k rpms, all my lights dim like crazy. I don't notice any power loss, actualy, the car feels a little quicker than usual. Here's the vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCsjbmi7kvI

Btw, it dims worse in person. This was with the auto brighness feature on from the camera...

Anyone know why? Alt? Battery? The battery is pretty old (dad said it's the electrolyte or water level or whatever) but it tests pretty strong.

 

I wish my 2.2 accelerated that quickly!

 

Yeah, well I wish I had gears to shift through...

 

lol you just can't win with a stock 1st gen CL.


EDIT: Btw peak power: 266 HP ?

 

 

man that thing shifts beautifully

 

For reals...

Yeah man, thanks to your A'pexi N1.
Haha nah, had the Dyno app set at 35% drivetrain loss instead of 25%, my bad. This was also after a seafoam, tune, and on premium gas.

Haha yup, I'm lucky. Even with 123k miles on original tranny. Well, lucky so far...

@ Chris! Yeah, hopefuly that's my problem.

 

I thought it was closer to 15%?

 

...How do you get that much wheel spin..from a dig i get alittle chirp...that goes nicely!

 

alternator may be going bad.

 

true

i would also check your grounds especialy main off the battery

 

ahahha 3.0 FTMFW!!! umm yeah ur alternator dude...

 

Yeah, had to throw the pic out, was too perfect, but I think it's your alt

 

what was dat thing b4 you acc.? 266hp what kind of mods do you have in your 3.0?....

 

Nope, it's 25%.

That was me letting off a little after launching. Wheels will spin for a good 2 or 3 seconds if I just floor it all the way though.

I'll check that tomorrow. What do I look for?



Damn, I'm thinking so aswell... How long do you think I could last like this?

You mean how did I launch? Powerbrakeing bro.
Just intake and exhaust and a tune after a seafoam on premium gas. I think I already mentioned that earlier.. Technically I/H/E if you count the oem headers I bought.

 

266 hp with just i/h/e?
wtf
what exhaust did you get?
and is it jsut an ebay intake?

 

It's not calibrated correctly. He prob has like 170-180whp

 

I'm not one to be all up on hp numbers and stuff, but I thought 3.0s put out about 150whp, and I don't believe intake and exhaust are going to bump that up another 20-30hp. Am I wrong about this?

 

150 seems low! But ya i don't think those bolt ons are going to give anywhere near that increase in power.

 

Well if the motor makes 200hp and there's 25% loss, then that's 150whp.

 

I know, just saying it seems low, and a heavy ass car like the CL with 150hp making a 6. whatever 0-60 seems weird to me

 

OMFG!

seriously...

edit: Sorry dude, I already explained it and am on a short fuse right now. And I had to use that .gif.

This is also on premnium gas after a seafoam. I've been putting premnium since the seafoam/oil change/tune. That with I/H/E maybe? I did also get a bad ass launch. idk

3k lbs isn't THAT heavy for a car at all..IMHO.

 

its a flux capacitor problem

 

is that a bad thing???

you got some bad ass vtec. lol

 

Not enough Plutonium. Lawls, j/k.

- RemieGino14 -

 

150 doesnt seem low to me, the j35 accords are only making roughly 225-230whp and 271 to the crank. plus the 3.0 have aged overtime thus losing hp unless the engine is freshly rebuilt with port and polish.

 

well damn then, that 150hp can move!

 

hot damn, that thing has good acceleration.