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#2
08-08-2002, 12:02 PM
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Well, considering that you have to be at or above 4 or 5 thousand rpm for V-TEC to kick in, I wouldn't recommend wasting the gas.
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08-08-2002, 12:30 PM
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it's not gonne hurt anything. however, you'll be "running to stand still". it's like when you shift in low rpms. you slow rather than speed up.
here is a good link to help people understand vtec v-tec controller btw: i believe stock honda sets 4800 rpm as it's stock activation point
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08-08-2002, 12:43 PM
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In 5th gear VTEC kicks in @ about 160km/h or so (100mph) I think, maybe even later, well I doesn't "kick in" so hard anymore at that speed
. There aren't many location where you can drive 160kmh + 'all the time' and even if you can it woudn't hurt it (my engine even seems to like it  )
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08-08-2002, 02:23 PM
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I understand how v-tec works and all. I just wanted to know if its ok to drive it about 5 grand ( thats when my v-tec kicks in) and stay above 5 grand. I don't care about wasting gas i just care about gettin to my gurls house fast!
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08-08-2002, 02:30 PM
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I think that it is reasonable to assume that the more you push a motor the shorter it's life span. Driving it @ 5000RPM as opposed to 4000RPM is likely worse. How much worse?? Who knows?? Just drive it like ya want to and forget about the rest until.............
God knows I beat the living hell out of this thing. Then again it is a winter beater so.....
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08-08-2002, 06:13 PM
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Boy, am I retarded! I thought V-tech worked completely different than that article said...
for some reason, I always thought that v-tech cams had dual lobe profiles, and that the v-tech solenoid actually shifted the cam over a little bit, causing the valves to be operating on a different cam-lobe profile...
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08-08-2002, 06:34 PM
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you don't even really hit the powerband until 4500rpm. try holding say 4th gear (that is a nice safe and not scary gear, hehehe) until 4500-5000 and you'll feel your car almost get a second wind. that's the power band. that is why stock v-tec activates at 4800rpm. if you don't get enough rpm...oil pressure...fuel flow...yada, yada, yada...it is just like shifting in low rpm. it will get sluggish. so if you want to get to your girls house faster...set the vtec to kick in somewhere between 5000-5200. that is the "sweet spot" shoooooot, have to hold a gear past 4500 if you want to catch me...muhaahaaha :evillaugh ami
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08-08-2002, 09:33 PM
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Of course the car makes peak power way later in the RPM range. I believe somewhere around 5900RPM. Again, the question had nothing to do with power and acceleration rates vs RPM. Hence, my response.
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08-09-2002, 06:27 AM
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I have a very short geared S1 tranny on my B16 and when I'm doing 130km/h on the highway (what I generally cruize at) my car is reving at about 4900rpm.. It just takes a touch of the gas to hit VTEC at that speed.
Its not ideal, and its not good on gas, but thats just the way my tranny is geared.
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#11
08-09-2002, 10:52 AM
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Hey my v-tec kicks in at 5 grand. I also have the J1 tranny and i do believe its the longest geared tranny for any b-series v-tec engines? Somebody told me that the v-tec doesn't kick in only when the throttle is fully open? Oh well i guess i'm gonna be goin fast as hell today! Of course i'll becareful i know my limit.
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#12
08-09-2002, 12:31 PM
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what about those who are rocking the B&M RPM activated switch to turn on vtec?
that would be the same regardless of what gear you are in correct? so maybe if thats a problem i should also have a cutoff switch if i ever cruize above 4k on the highway? just a little insigt
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#13
08-09-2002, 03:09 PM
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vtec is made by honda
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#14
08-09-2002, 03:27 PM
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VTEC (not v-tec or v-tech, it's an anacronym and as such is all caps :finger: ) will not always engage at high RPM. It depends on your speed, throttle position, oil pressure and engine temp. For this reason I'm replacing my throttle body as the TPS had been tampered with giving me a bad dyno curve where it drops off just before activation, rather than being linear. WOT isn't a requirement, but the throttle has to be a fair way open to engage VTEC on a stock ECU. I can build up slowly on the freeway to over the activation point by nursing the throttle and not have it engage. Stock ECU etc. Put the boot in and it engages if all parameters are correct.
Just my take on it
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08-09-2002, 03:35 PM
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Not any worse at all in my experience
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