BlackLude98

Ok, well I found this guy that has an Integra GSR with roughly the same mileage as me. His driving style is pretty much the same as mine, except I've had my car a little longer than him. He went to this guy that we both know who works at a performance shop. He had his valves adjusted, tuned, whatever you wanna call it. Everybody said that it made a real big difference on his car. Now, I want to go to this guy too. My car has ~40k. He said that he'll do the job for 65 bucks. Now should I go ahead and do it? I really don't know this kid, but everybody says he knows what he's doing. Can he mess anything up or make my car slower than it is?

~Alex

YVR_98Prelude

Perhaps your buddy's valves on his GSR were way out of wack which is why it seems to have made a big difference to his car (after the adjustment). BTW, has your buddy been able to quantify that statement?
Adjusting the valves is a pretty straight forward job. The worst thing he could do is use the wrong feeler gauge and set them either too tight or loose.

BlackLude98

Well ok, here's the deal. I have 39k miles on my car. Its always driven hard. I have stock plugs, stock cap + rotor and wires. I've been feeling that the car is a little sluggish, not as quick as it was. I cleaned out the air filter and that helped a bit. I'm also getting DC Sports Header and AEM Pulleys installed within the next couple of days. And I want the maximum performance. I mean I figure what's the point of installing performance parts if I'll only gain back the HP that I lost. I'm thinking maybe it's my valves are out of wack because everybody told me that the plugs and wires should be good for like 80k in preludes without a problem. I'm thinking about maybe changing the distributor cap and rotor, but I'm open to suggestions. I'm thinking that for 65 bucks it can't be a bad thing to adjust the valves, since I have many miles on the car and since its driven hard. Any help? Suggestions?

~Alex

171STS

I would not have thought adjusting the lash would change that much, unless they are way loose...you are just talking about a valve lash adjust right..... putting the gap back to factory spec.