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Mar 31, 2008 | 01:45 PM

#51

TheDonEffect

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Originally Posted by ace123,Mar 31 2008, 11:57 AM

it does sound good.

Word.

Mar 31, 2008 | 01:51 PM

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Heysus

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Originally Posted by s2k_man,Mar 30 2008, 01:10 PM

Hey guys i was wondering can you REALLY feel vtec? I have rode in my friends FD rx7 with sequential turbos and truthfully i never felt a "kick" or hear anything. So is vtec just a over rated honda thing?
I know rx7 does not have any variable valve timing but i figured if i couldnt feel turbos then why would vtec be any different.

Vtec is a technological innovation to extract more power and save gas at the same time. Because Honda had invented it, now virtually all automakers have it (in one name/form or another).

Is it overrated? Is the air you breathe overrated?

The answer is: Heck no! It's a break-through innovation.

Mar 31, 2008 | 01:55 PM

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Heysus

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Ok, VTEC is overrated! Please tell all automakers, that includes BMW, Toyota, etc., to stop making it at once! That overrated thing belongs to Honda.

Mar 31, 2008 | 02:02 PM

#54

y2ks2k

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Honda VTEC = high tech in the 90's

Honda VTEC = nothing special in the 00's

Honda VTEC in 2008 = Holding Honda back (in performance)

More so, I would take a Honda 2.0 liter engine with a turbo putting out 250 hp over a 200 version with DOHC VTEC.

Even more so: I would take an S2000 with the Sti 2.5 liter 300HP engine in it over the current DOHC VTEC variant.

Mar 31, 2008 | 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by UMDSuzuka,Mar 30 2008, 06:13 PM

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Mar 31, 2008 | 02:17 PM

#56

erliuic

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Originally Posted by TRDLiquidSilver,Mar 31 2008, 09:43 AM

i didn't get the S because of the way the vtec kicked in, i got it cause it revs high and the way it looks and there was no way i was getting a mazda. i looked at the sport pkg elise but couldn't see it as a daily driver and the boxster s but it didn't feel right getting it, don't ask me why cause i love the GT3.

i love high revving cars over f/i cars or 6-8cylinder powered cars that rev to 6k. show me something that revs north of 8k in a production car and you have my attention.

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