hi mate, i havent been on in awhile
my brother has the del-sol also and to be honest, a sir civic has that little bit extra kick in vtec, the del-sol is quick by all means, just not as fast as a sir, same b16a engines i know, but its like the civic sir is tuned that little bit extra
as for the timing, they need to be pretty bang on, kind of right wont do
who checked it??, you need to bring it to a garage and they will pull out the rubber block on the gearbox, and check it with an ultra voilet lamp, but id say its ok
i will say though, when i had the timing belt changed on my type r, it was put on extra tight, and i noticed it was restricting the car, it might be that
seeming you only bought it, change the timing belt anyway, and get all the kit
at least thats out of the way
all the mods you have will make a differance, but remember that the civic sir will always be quicker, the del-sol has a huge motor for that roof and thats alot of weight aswell
pg is right about hard to tune - high performance japs, the best vtec engine to tune and get the most bhp from is the esi 1.6 sohc, the buddys are all the time moddind them and believe it or not they are keeping up with dohc
by the way welcome to torquecars and how much for that safc??
and did you clean out that filter by the vtec solonoid?? they need to be kept free of anything, especially sloggy oil(only built up due to not servicing on time)