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Vtec...
Iam sure this is a repost or a post that may get some heavy critism, but I figure hey, whats this forum here for if you can't use it? right?
So anyways on with my story...
Recently, and I dunno if its just me paying more attention now to my car because of the many recent dealership visits, or just because I really never gave it any thought, but I have been noticing the "vtec" actually kicking in on my car. Now I am not saying it is a full-on whiplash, tire spinning, gut wrenching, shuv of torque like many claim it to be, but it seems right as i approach the 2.6-3.4 rpm range almost right before my car runs outta breath to shift (and im talking about normal easy street driving style shifting at about 3.5rpm) the engine gives off alittle extra shuv that I didn't notice driving my g/f's LX the other day... Its wierd... and very hard to describe using text...
Anyone know what I am talking about? Or is it just me...
So anyways on with my story...
Recently, and I dunno if its just me paying more attention now to my car because of the many recent dealership visits, or just because I really never gave it any thought, but I have been noticing the "vtec" actually kicking in on my car. Now I am not saying it is a full-on whiplash, tire spinning, gut wrenching, shuv of torque like many claim it to be, but it seems right as i approach the 2.6-3.4 rpm range almost right before my car runs outta breath to shift (and im talking about normal easy street driving style shifting at about 3.5rpm) the engine gives off alittle extra shuv that I didn't notice driving my g/f's LX the other day... Its wierd... and very hard to describe using text...
Anyone know what I am talking about? Or is it just me...
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Rep Power: 349 ok u guys did not read his post.. he said while driving his ex he noticed it and that in his girlfriends lx he didnt
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ok u guys did not read his post.. he said while driving his ex he noticed it and that in his girlfriends lx he didnt
ok u guys did not read his post.. he said while driving his ex he noticed it and that in his girlfriends lx he didnt
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Rep Power: 0 How does everyone feel about the 115HP DX/LX compared to the 127HP EX. I don't know if it matters but I was reading a pamphlet at the dealership and they rate the engines at different RPM levels. This is decieving to me. I don't know about you guys but I think an LX and an EX wouldn't get any leads on each other in a race as long as the drivers were both skilled.
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Rep Power: 0 Vtec punch varies by car.. with the older vics its a bit more noticeable then ours.. like the si willl have more of a kick.. but I had a chance to ride in an integra type r with it set to 4.5 and had i/h/e vafc a carbon fiber hood.. and a few other goodies i'm unsure of cuase i didn't no **** then.. but when it hit vtec.. so damn well knew it.. He always pulle dbut when the vtec kicked it was enormous.. the vtec on a modded type r kicks like crazy..
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Rep Power: 319 Yea I know what you are talking about. It happens when I give it about half throddle around 2.5k-3.5k, it just starts to pick up a little bit without giving it extra gas. Also if I floor it from a start itll bog out till about 3k then rev up & take off quite fast(for a 4 banger civic of course), a little more so then my 6th gen LX so maybee thats the VTEC also, I dunno.
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Vtec punch varies by car.. with the older vics its a bit more noticeable then ours.. like the si willl have more of a kick.. but I had a chance to ride in an integra type r with it set to 4.5 and had i/h/e vafc a carbon fiber hood.. and a few other goodies i'm unsure of cuase i didn't no **** then.. but when it hit vtec.. so damn well knew it.. He always pulle dbut when the vtec kicked it was enormous.. the vtec on a modded type r kicks like crazy..
Vtec punch varies by car.. with the older vics its a bit more noticeable then ours.. like the si willl have more of a kick.. but I had a chance to ride in an integra type r with it set to 4.5 and had i/h/e vafc a carbon fiber hood.. and a few other goodies i'm unsure of cuase i didn't no **** then.. but when it hit vtec.. so damn well knew it.. He always pulle dbut when the vtec kicked it was enormous.. the vtec on a modded type r kicks like crazy..
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How does everyone feel about the 115HP DX/LX compared to the 127HP EX. I don't know if it matters but I was reading a pamphlet at the dealership and they rate the engines at different RPM levels. This is decieving to me. I don't know about you guys but I think an LX and an EX wouldn't get any leads on each other in a race as long as the drivers were both skilled.
How does everyone feel about the 115HP DX/LX compared to the 127HP EX. I don't know if it matters but I was reading a pamphlet at the dealership and they rate the engines at different RPM levels. This is decieving to me. I don't know about you guys but I think an LX and an EX wouldn't get any leads on each other in a race as long as the drivers were both skilled.
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by Tshroom
How does everyone feel about the 115HP DX/LX compared to the 127HP EX. I don't know if it matters but I was reading a pamphlet at the dealership and they rate the engines at different RPM levels. This is decieving to me. I don't know about you guys but I think an LX and an EX wouldn't get any leads on each other in a race as long as the drivers were both skilled.
How does everyone feel about the 115HP DX/LX compared to the 127HP EX. I don't know if it matters but I was reading a pamphlet at the dealership and they rate the engines at different RPM levels. This is decieving to me. I don't know about you guys but I think an LX and an EX wouldn't get any leads on each other in a race as long as the drivers were both skilled.
The LX happens to make it's max power at a different RPM then the EX, that's all, 115 and 127 is very close, so without even thinking about RPM's and stuff, the race will be very close, if the ex messes up on one shift, the LX will probably take advantage of it.
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how is it decieving??
The LX happens to make it's max power at a different RPM then the EX, that's all, 115 and 127 is very close, so without even thinking about RPM's and stuff, the race will be very close, if the ex messes up on one shift, the LX will probably take advantage of it.
how is it decieving??
The LX happens to make it's max power at a different RPM then the EX, that's all, 115 and 127 is very close, so without even thinking about RPM's and stuff, the race will be very close, if the ex messes up on one shift, the LX will probably take advantage of it.
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Rep Power: 0 I tested the difference myself.
As i stated earlier my g/f (now my X) owns a completly stock 2002 LX Auto Sedan. I have the same exact car expect its an EX. We both are not into "racing" so racing to us is stomping the pedal from a stop...
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We did three runs, and in all three events my EX pulled ahead about 1/2 car lenghts towards the end of 2nd gear...
1st gear we were about even and each time we "raced" her LX seemed to rev higher then my EX, which struck me as odd... But again as we hit second the EX would start to pull away from the LX and we both would shut down at about 65 (in a 45mph zone) with the EX ending almost a full car lengths ahead of her.. not quite tho..
As for the driver factor, we switched cars and I drove the LX on the 3rd round... ending up with same results...
So in a nutshell the EX isn't that much faster then the LX. But in a direct match-off of equally stock engines, with equally talanted drivers, the EX would prevail...
Just some food for thought...
As i stated earlier my g/f (now my X) owns a completly stock 2002 LX Auto Sedan. I have the same exact car expect its an EX. We both are not into "racing" so racing to us is stomping the pedal from a stop...
Anyways...
We did three runs, and in all three events my EX pulled ahead about 1/2 car lenghts towards the end of 2nd gear...
1st gear we were about even and each time we "raced" her LX seemed to rev higher then my EX, which struck me as odd... But again as we hit second the EX would start to pull away from the LX and we both would shut down at about 65 (in a 45mph zone) with the EX ending almost a full car lengths ahead of her.. not quite tho..
As for the driver factor, we switched cars and I drove the LX on the 3rd round... ending up with same results...
So in a nutshell the EX isn't that much faster then the LX. But in a direct match-off of equally stock engines, with equally talanted drivers, the EX would prevail...
Just some food for thought...
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Rep Power: 0 i have a 02 ex and i can not even tell when the vtec kicks in, even after a cold air intake, Im use to the power of a GSR and its vtec, its def true that you can feel the vtec on the older models more than the newer ones. my buddy actually took me out today in his 98 ex and theres a noticeable diff. between the two cars,
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I've been in a 99 civic ex, and you can hear and feel when the vtec engages. It's actually lower at 3500 rpms, compared to the new vics at around 4500. Also, they made the new engines so vtec is silent.
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Rep Power: 314 I know exactly what you are talking about. I feel it most in 1st and 2nd @ about 3k rpm...just gets a little extra umph. Kinda cool. I told this girl I'm dating...that likes imports but doesn't know ANYTHING about them that it was my turbo...got me laid! WOO HOO!
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Rep Power: 0 I have a question for you guys. I have a dx(manual) and just today I was entering the freeway very quickly. I was looking at my tach the whole time and it was slow as hell until it reached 5k rpms, and then all of a sudden I felt a small but very noticable kick. After 5k the car seemed to come alive. I know my car doesn't have vtec but does anyone else know what this could be? My car is stock btw.
