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2017 J35Y6 (pretty sure) The latest is a DOHC implementation different yet.

Sounds like a completely different map, mine wont engage anywhere near that speed. Ridgeline isnt awful aero for a truck but it's better than many trucks. It's a lot like a pilot in that year in the front. You can feel the motor mount transition in every VCM 3 vehicle I've driven. I drive...

I was just going to clear it out when it arrived - no doubt at the end of this OCI It'll pop. Since the 2017 MM doesn't actually track time, but only miles, this part of it is off the factory spec by a year and half already, but a few K under the miles. The MM also doesn't take into...

Fun eh? Yup throw in a bulky manifold an extra accessory pinching off access further, then toss in something sharp like an hose clamp end here and there for snicks - and you got a marine engine. There is no guide for this Im aware of after lifetime of being around this kind of thing -...

Take a look with a borescope and do a leak down.

That'd be safe. Just took mine out at 101 and they were beautiful - should have taken picts but I was preoccupied with the being under the valve covers. I was on the hunt for oil fouling like Jeffs pict but didnt see it. As it was I was over on time but under on miles to get the belt...

Thanks. So 2017 was the "earth dreams" year for the Ridgeline and Odyssey. The front 3 are easy to reach, so often people stretch out the back ones. Id guess the bad coils are VCM coils on the ugly plugs? None of the cylinder deactivation schemes are without issues, and VCM 3 is an...

Not at all an odyssey expert so likely missed that. Is the 2016 ody an "earth dreams" v6?

I thought 2016 was VCM 3 - maybe not.

I know about VCM tuners. I do not believe that SN oil is enough to keep carbon from forming in the ring lands if you dont muzzle the VCM. That said, I starting running HPL at 50K and found carbon liberation that shouldn't have existed. It's been smooth sailing so far for me. This van is...

Given I have a nearly identical VCM 3 engine and how clean mine were at 101K, I'd have to ask a bunch more questions.

No doubt she pulls hard. Enjoy, it should give you plenty of miles along with oodles of power. Its cammed a little hotter than I normally would on my own mills. The 3400 start is the tell I'm looking at. I try to get my rigs to stabilize at 3K - but thats me. Are you sporting a 3 speed auto?

Looks nice. Have a copy of the dyno run? I'm curious to look at the low side of the curve. Thanks Matt. If it were mine I'd run what I ran my 500/500 406 on - M1 OW-40. Preferably the euro formulation.

I've never needed or used a vin or an account, just my year and model. (?) Just checked though, maybe they changed it ?- nope just enter the year and model.

Bernardi auto parts has a super easy to use site for just about anything honda related from and they are very fast shipping.