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Okay - this was posted December 4th, 2001 12:05 pm by antidote11 (don't ask me how I know - I just saved the damn thing..) but EVERYONE should know this - I'm just posting it up because I always remembered when I was newbier, it helped my decisions on my car modifications ALOT.
"OK, I see a lot of posts with people asking questions about intakes and headers, etc....So here is the real deal.
Our cars have VTEC Engines....a VTEC engine has most of it's power, if not all, in the upper RPMs, after 3500.
That's why a VTEC engine is called a "High-Reving" engine. So to make a long story short, our cars don't really get up and go until the RPMs reach over 3500. The powerband lies between 3500 / 4000 to Redline on a VTEC engine. So with that said, here's the break down.
A short Ram Intake will get you more power from 3500 RPMs to Redline.
A Cold Air intake will give you a little more torque, but power in the lower bands...Idle to 3500 RPMs.
4-2-1 Headers will give you lower end power, and a little more torque.
4-1 "Race" headers will give you more power from 3500/4000 RPMs to Redline.
A Cat back Exhaust gives you power throughout the power band...Idle - Redline.
Pulley Kits, whether Accessory or Crank, will give you power throughout the power band, Idle - Redline.
A supercharger will give you more torque and lower end power....idle - 3500 / 4000 RPMs.
A turbocharger will give you higher end power...4000 RPM to Redline.
Crankshafts and cam-gears will give you power throughout the powerband.
And for you that are concerned with handling.....To produce understeer (our cars come stock with tons of it) you would loosen the front suspensin and tighten the rear.
To produce oversteer (fish-tailing) you would tighten the front suspension and loosen the rear.
And I think that about sums it up.
Hope this helps some of you.So, in a nutshell, if you want quickness off the line, go for the lower end power creators....if you want to just go fast period, go for the high-end power creators. Remember, our cars have VTEC engines, they don't power up until 4000 RPM anyways !!
Take Care All !!
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Rolling through Dallas with Red Eyes "
k - that's the info, make it common sense/knowledge to you, and your good to go!
-Kairi
"OK, I see a lot of posts with people asking questions about intakes and headers, etc....So here is the real deal.
Our cars have VTEC Engines....a VTEC engine has most of it's power, if not all, in the upper RPMs, after 3500.
That's why a VTEC engine is called a "High-Reving" engine. So to make a long story short, our cars don't really get up and go until the RPMs reach over 3500. The powerband lies between 3500 / 4000 to Redline on a VTEC engine. So with that said, here's the break down.
A short Ram Intake will get you more power from 3500 RPMs to Redline.
A Cold Air intake will give you a little more torque, but power in the lower bands...Idle to 3500 RPMs.
4-2-1 Headers will give you lower end power, and a little more torque.
4-1 "Race" headers will give you more power from 3500/4000 RPMs to Redline.
A Cat back Exhaust gives you power throughout the power band...Idle - Redline.
Pulley Kits, whether Accessory or Crank, will give you power throughout the power band, Idle - Redline.
A supercharger will give you more torque and lower end power....idle - 3500 / 4000 RPMs.
A turbocharger will give you higher end power...4000 RPM to Redline.
Crankshafts and cam-gears will give you power throughout the powerband.
And for you that are concerned with handling.....To produce understeer (our cars come stock with tons of it) you would loosen the front suspensin and tighten the rear.
To produce oversteer (fish-tailing) you would tighten the front suspension and loosen the rear.
And I think that about sums it up.
Hope this helps some of you.So, in a nutshell, if you want quickness off the line, go for the lower end power creators....if you want to just go fast period, go for the high-end power creators. Remember, our cars have VTEC engines, they don't power up until 4000 RPM anyways !!
Take Care All !!
-----------------------------------------------
Rolling through Dallas with Red Eyes "
k - that's the info, make it common sense/knowledge to you, and your good to go!
-Kairi
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[hr]Originally posted by: Kairi
Remember, our cars have VTEC engines, they don't power up until 4000 RPM anyways !![hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: Kairi
Remember, our cars have VTEC engines, they don't power up until 4000 RPM anyways !![hr]
Aside from that, thanks for the info. Good to know!
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[hr]Originally posted by: BlueFlame
Correction, the EX trim level of our cars have iVtec engines. DX & LX models (like mine) don't. *sigh*
Aside from that, thanks for the info. Good to know![hr]
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[hr]Originally posted by: Kairi
Remember, our cars have VTEC engines, they don't power up until 4000 RPM anyways !![hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: Kairi
Remember, our cars have VTEC engines, they don't power up until 4000 RPM anyways !![hr]
Aside from that, thanks for the info. Good to know![hr]
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[hr]Originally posted by: Kairi
Okay - this was posted December 4th, 2001 12:05 pm by antidote11 (don't ask me how I know - I just saved the damn thing..) but EVERYONE should know this - I'm just posting it up because I always remembered when I was newbier, it helped my decisions on my car modifications ALOT.
"OK, I see a lot of posts with people asking questions about intakes and headers, etc....So here is the real deal.
Our cars have VTEC Engines....a VTEC engine has most of it's power, if not all, in the upper RPMs, after 3500.
That's why a VTEC engine is called a "High-Reving" engine. So to make a long story short, our cars don't really get up and go until the RPMs reach over 3500. The powerband lies between 3500 / 4000 to Redline on a VTEC engine. So with that said, here's the break down.
A short Ram Intake will get you more power from 3500 RPMs to Redline.
A Cold Air intake will give you a little more torque, but power in the lower bands...Idle to 3500 RPMs.
4-2-1 Headers will give you lower end power, and a little more torque.
4-1 "Race" headers will give you more power from 3500/4000 RPMs to Redline.
A Cat back Exhaust gives you power throughout the power band...Idle - Redline.
Pulley Kits, whether Accessory or Crank, will give you power throughout the power band, Idle - Redline.
A supercharger will give you more torque and lower end power....idle - 3500 / 4000 RPMs.
A turbocharger will give you higher end power...4000 RPM to Redline.
Crankshafts and cam-gears will give you power throughout the powerband.
And for you that are concerned with handling.....To produce understeer (our cars come stock with tons of it) you would loosen the front suspensin and tighten the rear.
To produce oversteer (fish-tailing) you would tighten the front suspension and loosen the rear.
And I think that about sums it up.
Hope this helps some of you.So, in a nutshell, if you want quickness off the line, go for the lower end power creators....if you want to just go fast period, go for the high-end power creators. Remember, our cars have VTEC engines, they don't power up until 4000 RPM anyways !!
Take Care All !!
-----------------------------------------------
Rolling through Dallas with Red Eyes "
k - that's the info, make it common sense/knowledge to you, and your good to go!
-Kairi[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: Kairi
Okay - this was posted December 4th, 2001 12:05 pm by antidote11 (don't ask me how I know - I just saved the damn thing..) but EVERYONE should know this - I'm just posting it up because I always remembered when I was newbier, it helped my decisions on my car modifications ALOT.
"OK, I see a lot of posts with people asking questions about intakes and headers, etc....So here is the real deal.
Our cars have VTEC Engines....a VTEC engine has most of it's power, if not all, in the upper RPMs, after 3500.
That's why a VTEC engine is called a "High-Reving" engine. So to make a long story short, our cars don't really get up and go until the RPMs reach over 3500. The powerband lies between 3500 / 4000 to Redline on a VTEC engine. So with that said, here's the break down.
A short Ram Intake will get you more power from 3500 RPMs to Redline.
A Cold Air intake will give you a little more torque, but power in the lower bands...Idle to 3500 RPMs.
4-2-1 Headers will give you lower end power, and a little more torque.
4-1 "Race" headers will give you more power from 3500/4000 RPMs to Redline.
A Cat back Exhaust gives you power throughout the power band...Idle - Redline.
Pulley Kits, whether Accessory or Crank, will give you power throughout the power band, Idle - Redline.
A supercharger will give you more torque and lower end power....idle - 3500 / 4000 RPMs.
A turbocharger will give you higher end power...4000 RPM to Redline.
Crankshafts and cam-gears will give you power throughout the powerband.
And for you that are concerned with handling.....To produce understeer (our cars come stock with tons of it) you would loosen the front suspensin and tighten the rear.
To produce oversteer (fish-tailing) you would tighten the front suspension and loosen the rear.
And I think that about sums it up.
Hope this helps some of you.So, in a nutshell, if you want quickness off the line, go for the lower end power creators....if you want to just go fast period, go for the high-end power creators. Remember, our cars have VTEC engines, they don't power up until 4000 RPM anyways !!
Take Care All !!
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Rolling through Dallas with Red Eyes "
k - that's the info, make it common sense/knowledge to you, and your good to go!
-Kairi[hr]
You should not take this to be holy writ, however, as there are many other factors at play which would affect how much power--if any--the above mods produce, as well as how that power is put down to the road.
A good tuning regimen would combine dyno and road testing.
It is, however, a good start.
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[hr]Originally posted by: IronFist
What's the difference between VTEC and iVTEC?
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[hr]Originally posted by: IronFist
What's the difference between VTEC and iVTEC?
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VTEC explained
i-VTEC explained
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You should not take this to be holy writ, however, as there are many other factors at play which would affect how much power--if any--the above mods produce, as well as how that power is put down to the road.
A good tuning regimen would combine dyno and road testing.
It is, however, a good start.[hr]
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You should not take this to be holy writ, however, as there are many other factors at play which would affect how much power--if any--the above mods produce, as well as how that power is put down to the road.
A good tuning regimen would combine dyno and road testing.
It is, however, a good start.
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It doesn't say how much power each mod. gives, it's just to help understand where the power is given
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What's the difference between VTEC and iVTEC?
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What's the difference between VTEC and iVTEC?
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Hope that helps
-Kairi
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