Backfire and loss of power....

[MKIII-Shoopra]

Hey guys, im 16 so im not a car expert yet but recently I experianced a backfire with my car... I think there is a loss of power but im not quite sure I might just be getting used to my car. I will soon be swapping in a h22 or b18c1 to replace my current d15yb until then I was wondering what could have happend... The car has 201k on it so im not going to be suprised if I killed the motor or not.

I know you guys are probably thinking hes just the 16 year old that watched the fast and the furious and is a ricer who races around town and is going to lose his license in a week, but the truth is scince I was 10 years old and my dad drove a eclipse GSX with exaust and a aftermarket turbo on it ive been obsessed with the import scene. Its not until I turned 15 that I really got into Honda's/Acura's.

Once I can find a job involving computer hardware or website design I will plan on doing the swap because my current cash flow is 5$ a day (Lunch Money (LOL) I paid for my own car and everything I have done to it with money that I have made building computers and websites so dont think that daddy paid for my car either.

[HONDA GHANDI]

Why did it backfire? Timing off? too much NAWZ? The backfire itself probably wont damage anything but you may have a loss of power from a problem that also causes backfires.

[MKIII-Shoopra]

Why did it backfire? Timing off? too much NAWZ? The backfire itself probably wont damage anything but you may have a loss of power from a problem that also causes backfires.
I will check my timing but I'm assuming its not off because the only mods I have put on this motor is intake and exaust. I refuse to do anything else to this damn DX motor...

It backfired at 3,000 and happend after I had floored my car.
Could there have possibly been some unburned fuel or something.

[12seccivy]

I will check my timing but I'm assuming its not off because the only mods I have put on this motor is intake and exaust. I refuse to do anything else to this damn DX motor...

It backfired at 3,000 and happend after I had floored my car.
Could there have possibly been some unburned fuel or something.
Did you remove the guts from the cat?

[MKIII-Shoopra]

Nope.

[David]

boy! when I was your age I could take rebuild a honda engine with only a breaker bar (not enough money for a ratchet when I did it) probably didn't work but it seemed good, im sure I could do better now that im older and wiser (17 :D )

I know its rare to find a highschool student without a fart cannon and body kit on their car, but I have found a couple. Well I guess only Mario and now you but soon the word will get out :D

[mr.oni]

Don't worry about it.

[1998cc]

boy! when I was your age I could take rebuild a honda engine with only a breaker bar (not enough money for a ratchet when I did it) probably didn't work but it seemed good, im sure I could do better now that im older and wiser (17 :D )

I know its rare to find a highschool student without a fart cannon and body kit on their car, but I have found a couple. Well I guess only Mario and now you but soon the word will get out :D
I'm a highschool student and I don't have a fart cannon or hideous body kit. In fact all that money I saved on not ricing out my car has gone to more important things. Like the turbo I am installing right now.

[David]

I'm a highschool student and I don't have a fart cannon or hideous body kit. In fact all that money I saved on not ricing out my car has gone to more important things. Like the turbo I am installing right now.
yea same here

I always thought you were an old guy...hmmmm

[1998cc]

Thats funny I look older than I really am. With the amount of rice in highlands ranch, I truly am a minority. If I had a nickel for every teenager I see driving a pep boys special, I would be one rich son of a bitch. Oh don't even get me started on the mvhs street racing team.

[mr.oni]

the mvhs street racing team.


Hmm...Sounds mischievious and intimidating! LOL