DC5R vtec engages but doesnt pull?

**tomolicious** · 02-11-2013 09:22 AM

hi guys, test drove a dc5r the other day, the steering wheel was really heavy (felt like there was a shortage of power steering fluid or something) and also when i vtec'd it, you could hear it engage (it had a HKS intake) but there was no pull. at first i thought that it was because i was in gear 3 (silly me) but when i tried again in gear 1 still no pull.

any thoughts about this?

**NeedVtec** · 02-11-2013 01:44 PM

2smooth2pull

**amant02** · 02-11-2013 01:53 PM

K series cross over is nothing like the b series. Its the cross over where u feel the pull after that it feels normal. Heavy steering wheel is common in the dc5r range. How many DC5r's have you test driven?

Also you will notice other things about that, it feels bigger then what it actually is and the turning circle make it feel that you aren't even driving a Honda lol.

Careful trashing it from 2nd to 3rd, takes time to get used to.

**tripleuse** · 02-11-2013 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by amant02

K series cross over is nothing like the b series.

hahahahaha

**amant02** · 02-11-2013 04:54 PM

I think it would better to explain to op, You should not feel in the change to High Lift cam profile. If you what i Mean, Ill get a link

Example of what i Mean,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqvuX2T2VgU

Just in case you were thinking vtec is feeling is like changing gears down. Its hard to explain to myself.

**vtach** · 02-11-2013 07:06 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbZg8QBJaMM try this for ultimate vtec experience !

**tomolicious** · 03-11-2013 01:03 PM

I've driven like 3 dc5rs and this is probably the worse, and I own an ep3 myself but when driving the dc5 (test drove for a friend since he doesn't know how to drive manual) the vtec pull was nothing compared to the cars I've driven previously.

All in all doesn't really matter since the car just sold LOL