How often do you redline? What's your normal shift?

[aaronng]

who here ACTUALLY notices vtec????

On a stock Euro, it's a bit difficult to notice.

[luxobarge]

who here ACTUALLY notices vtec????

Cant really tell the difference in 1st, 2nd its easily noticable (IMO).

[tron07]

2nd gear in manual is almost 100 already.... I think around 80-90. I havent try 4th or 5th vtec before, racing track not long enough. If you did that in the long straight tracks then should be no prob.... :P

[Merlin086]

Great to watch the tacho hit 6k then do 6-7k in half the time it took from 5-6k
(2nd gear vtec is where all the action is)

[80057]

for those driving automatic, what's the speed of the car when VTEC engages in second gear? should be > 100kmh right?

yeh around there,

who here ACTUALLY notices vtec????

1st gear is over with in a hurry so cant really, second gear, windows down stereo off i think u can.

Cant really tell the difference in 1st, 2nd its easily noticable (IMO).

tho alot less noticable then in my B16a crx.

[aaronng]

One thing I don't like is that I can do 4000-5000rpm quicker in 3rd gear than 6000-7000rpm in 2nd gear. Was very slow on the wakie straight I tell you. Only hit the end of 3rd gear when I had to turn.

[xiang]

shift at 2.5 k normal driving, vtak when ever im in a tunnel!

[eurofan]

On a stock Euro, it's a bit difficult to notice.

true for 5AT, imo.

for 5AT drivers, do you manually up-shift when in VTEC, or just let the auto box do its thing? given the narrow VTEC band, i tend to just rely on auto - it shifts at around 6800rpm for first gear, which is where peak BHP output is, i think.

[aaronng]

The autobox does a good job. Not much point using tiptronic except to hold it in gear when on twisties or when you are at the drag strip and 95% power is just not enough.

[80057]

true for 5AT, imo.

for 5AT drivers, do you manually up-shift when in VTEC, or just let the auto box do its thing? given the narrow VTEC band, i tend to just rely on auto - it shifts at around 6800rpm for first gear, which is where peak BHP output is, i think.

auto most of the time

The autobox does a good job. Not much point using tiptronic except to hold it in gear when on twisties or when you are at the drag strip and 95% power is just not enough.

as aaron said, i only use tiptronic on twisties, i like the pull back and then power out of turns, the auto is allitle slow and jerky at time here, only on spirited drives, the auto is quite good IMO

[DLRioM]

Isnt the reason for lack of VTEC kick because the i-VTEC has continuously variable camshaft phasing on the intake cam as opposed to just switching between camshaft phases?

[aaronng]

Isnt the reason for lack of VTEC kick because the i-VTEC has continuously variable camshaft phasing on the intake cam as opposed to just switching between camshaft phases?

No, the reason for it on the Euro is that the highcam is not as aggressive. Lowcam on the other hand is very lumpy, even lumpier than a RSX-S, so the transition is very small.