Honda's new life without sports

[aaronng]

Ah ! yes ,You are right about Honda in the nineties.Back then ,other car companies didn't know what variable timing was or how to implement it in their engines.

Mate, Fiat made variable valve timing and lift back in 1960s. They filled the patent for it in 1970. Fiat patent

The reason why Honda used 2 separate profiles for timing and lift was because the continuously variable system was already patented. Different methods of doing it were developed by other companies like Alfa Romeo and Nissan before Honda jumped in with VTEC.