EJ8 vs EK1?

[steve88]

hi guys, for the first time in a long time i drove my brothers EJ8. and when i drove it seemed much zippier than me EK1, i dunno why but its like if i put my foot down it felt like it'd go harder, maybe its because my brothers car is stock and mine has exhaust? i dont know.. do you guys think perhaps my spark plugs might need replacing? id love too get it to his kinda level of response that'd be great. what do you guys think i should do

[shinji112]

well the ej8 has a single cam vtec engine.. whereas urs has a single cam non-vtec engine? i've driven my mate's gfs ek1.. and yeah i felt like 'is this going anywhere?' and that was me flat-footing it..
have u got a pod filter? that would always help engine response

[blk_shadow]

if you say Ej8, than it should be a vti model (SOHC vtec), whereas ek1 is non vtec single cam.

so of course ej8 will go faster in that sense

[steve88]

i know the heads are different but i dont think itd make THAT much of a difference?!

[blk_shadow]

i know the heads are different but i dont think itd make THAT much of a difference?!

it does actually, I'd driven an ej8 with just a muffler change. no pod filter no extractor. the response is way better than d16y4 without I/H/E.

[steve88]

would changing my spark plugs have any difference? i got the car 18months ago havent changed them at all but it starts fine?

[[ricer]]

wow didnt know there was so much difference

thought they were both nuggets lol

is ur fuel consumption heaps bad? does ur car stutter off the line?

[steve88]

nah i get between 7-8L/100km. my brother does too. he rarely flatsticks it though. i didnt realise there was such a difference. i imagine my head stuck too the car seat should i ever boost this civic

[mrwillz]

vti ftw

[Gio]

on redbook both the vti and the cxi/gli have the same kilowatage @ 88 lol so u decide.

[simonnowis]

according to redbook the ej8 has 96kw and civic gli/cxi have 88kw.
and also suprisingly the coupe is lighterweight at 1029kg and the EK hatch gli at 1037kg.

[Gio]

maybe i should have double checked that lol... i was looking at the 4 door oops

[simonnowis]

exactly which in reality is lighter coupe or EK hatch?
diff sources say diff weights, like carsales site have some diff weight for civics to redbook.
any ideas?
according to carsalse specs the EK hatch gli is lighter at 1035kg kerb mass and the ej8 coupe is 1055kg kerb mass.

[Limbo]

pretty sure the hatch is lighter than the coupe.
The coupe is slightly longer so i would assume that it would make it slightly heavier.

P.S VTI is still vtec and its better than no vtec

[blabla]

the coupe the hatch and the sedan are based on the same wheel base. i have an ej8 coupe. the plate where the vin is states it 1029kg. i guess that the hatch would a little less then that, but like i said they are bassed on the same wheel base.

[aaronng]

would changing my spark plugs have any difference? i got the car 18months ago havent changed them at all but it starts fine?

If you have copper plugs in them, they last only 1 year/20,000km. Platinums last about 3 years/60,000km and the iridium ones 6 years/100,000km. So I would change the ones you have on the car now.

[Gio]

wrong thread oops

[hondavti25]

on redbook both the vti and the cxi/gli have the same kilowatage @ 88 lol so u decide.

ej8 is 93kws... not much more but still

[Gio]

yeah it is, i already said that i looked at the 4 door not the ej8 by mistake.