Originally Posted by
infurNOS
Because, for a naturally aspirated VTEC engine, the torque curve should be one long, smooth pull from idle to redline. If it's not, and you're feeling a large jump in the torque curve after VTEC engages, you are losing power in the midrange prior to engagement - usually cause by bolt on mods not tuned to the engine.
My b18c civic was tuned with a 3800rpm VTEC engagement, you could not feel any VTEC surge or switchover noise, just a very nice and smooth power delivery which pulled all the way to 8200 rpm. It was beautiful.