B16Ä2 VTEC "KICK" "FEELING" Non Existent?

[CB7_OWNER]

Hey Guys


I know i might get flamed on for this... But MEH..


Soo i have a EM1> B16A2 > INJEN CAI > MUFFLER


I can clearly hear vtec engage at about 5.8krpms

However i never "FEEL" the engagement of vtec. Like if i were to sit in the passenger seat with headphones on, and blocked out all sound.. i wouldnt be able to tell when vtec engages..

Now is this normal? Or i am i actually suppose to ""FEEL" a "KICK" so to say...

Im asking in relation to B16 only. Cause i sat in a b20 before,, and i actually got the "KICK"and felt it pretty obviously.

Thanks!

[Zilli]

im not so sure you feel it the way you want to feel it in a B16 to be honest...

[CB7_OWNER]

Exactly... I feel nothing.. I've been on the forums for a while, read alot about VTEC YOO. and i finally got myself a DOHC VTEC .. guess i had my expectations to high.. I know i cant put/compare the B16 in the same class as a b18/b20/k20.. But was still expecting some sorta "feeling"

Or maybe my engine is just shoddy?

[Q_ball]

If you want that "Oh what a feeling" feeling, you should buy a Toyota!

[kcokla]

this may get a few haters, but i think vtec is slightly over-rated.

ive enver driven a b16a before but i have driven a handful of others with vtec, b20 and b18c h22a and so on.
'vtec just kicked in yo'
is NOT like hyperspace(star wars reference). there is a slight tiny pull and it jumps in loudness. i wouldnt know the condition of your engine and so on but dont get your hopes up!

[saikou27]

i think u have this idea in your head that its going to be like a huge surge of power like when a turbo kicks in. dw im sure u vtec's fine, b16's dont seem to have a very agressive vtec switchover

[CB7_OWNER]

I know not to expect anthing like turbo.

But as my friend was saying last night, as he was following behind me, "I heard your VTEC, but i didnt see you gain on me at all LOL"

I dont think VTEC is "slightly" over rated. It is just over-rated on a stock engine. Something that is worked/tuned i suppose is a totally different story.

[MWAKU]

lol, in my h22z, the only time i feel the vtec is in gear 1, every gear after that, vtecs just a sound

[anfo2gig]

lol no big kick i can feel from vtec beside the sound

[TheSaint]

the b16 vtec engagement is a little more rev focused than a change in torque like its bigger brothers

remember vtec gives you optimum power curve for low and high revs rather than just one curve over the whole rev range ... not a massive kik in the pants power increase

think of it as having 2 sweet spots instead of just one in ur rev range

[Zinyo]

im not so sure you feel it the way you want to feel it in a B16 to be honest...

^^^agreed.
if ur car is fairly stock u wont be able to tell any difference in 3rd gear<

[xntrik]

You finally realised how slow honda's are.
lololol