Check the flapper valve on the air box. The VTEC kicks in a 7,000rpm on the 2002 modal, so I can't see that it is that.
There was a recall for the front part of the wiring loom. The earth wire in the connecting plug is just to small for the load,though when it go's...
This Youtube vid should help. Yes yours has 4 wire instead of 2 but the same 2 wires are used-Brown and Green. The Vid shows the 2 wire type but...
I have just made and fitted a PAIR's delete kit on my 2003 Vtec and also removed the EVAP system. Lifting the tank and pulling back the rubber...
Inlet are the inside 2 and exhaust, the outside 2. So in is in and out is out, which makes it simple.
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