Do cobalts have a vtec kick like hondas?
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I couldn't stop laughing, especially with that stupid reving sound in it, it sounds like a big fart can
VTEC is something that Honda design to kick in in WOT after a certain rpm to provide a more efficient combustion and to save gas mileage. In no way was VTEC ever designed to solely provide performance.
Its best to think of Vtec cars as being completely unefficient before a certain rpm at knot-WOT... lol.
you know.... some of those cars they pictured in that song were not that bad at all, lol.
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Viking its okay. You didnt know. VVT is superior to VTEC. VVT works all the time so you will never notice a "kick" you just have an increase hp output throughout the whole power band as compared to what the engine would be like without VVT.
VTEC is something that Honda design to kick in in WOT after a certain rpm to provide a more efficient combustion and to save gas mileage. In no way was VTEC ever designed to solely provide performance.
Its best to think of Vtec cars as being completely unefficient before a certain rpm at knot-WOT... lol.
you know.... some of those cars they pictured in that song were not that bad at all, lol.
VTEC is something that Honda design to kick in in WOT after a certain rpm to provide a more efficient combustion and to save gas mileage. In no way was VTEC ever designed to solely provide performance.
Its best to think of Vtec cars as being completely unefficient before a certain rpm at knot-WOT... lol.
you know.... some of those cars they pictured in that song were not that bad at all, lol.
Essentially, I refer VTEC to the Quadrajet. lol After a certain amount of vacuum (or in VTEC's case, RPM's), a second set is opened up, and you take off.
ZOOM! lol
Except the Quadrajet is junk. Ask my Olds.
ZOOM! lol
Except the Quadrajet is junk. Ask my Olds.
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Im not sure where you are getting your facts from but you are wrong. It is for efficiency. Without the two cam profiles, the hp would drop off because it is "suffocating" so to speak. With VTEC, it engages right before the HP drops off and allows for the higher lift cam to get more air into the combustion chamber. The Newer I-VTEC on some models is just computer controlled variable valve timing like on the EP3 and RSX base, TSX and Accord. That is more for gas milege and not so much for performance, however it is exactly the same as what the LAP and LNF uses. The K20 in the RSX type S has both computer controlled variable valve timing and it has the dual profile cam shafts. That is for pure performance. If only GM could make an NA motor get 100hp/liter...
Mr. viking-101, what you've just typed is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever read. At no point in your rambling, incoherent post were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this forum is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Thank you dude from billy madison
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i find it funny that people are bashing. Yes he could have researched and found the answer. But in short Honda was the first to come out with VTEC. AKA Variable valve timing. They have been using it for years. The other auto manufactures have just in the recent years caught on and basically VTEC has been refined in VVTC. The difference in the older honda systems that use a VTEC solenoid and a second set of rocker arms that open up at higher RPMs (Insert vtec kick in here) Is that now the engines use VVTC all the time. Hell i had a car at the shop that had Dual VVT. (try doing a timing chain on those cars). So in short is it the same? Yes and no. Its the same concept just better designed for power and efficiency throughout the powerband.
I kid you not:
Variable valve timing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But to answer this poor guys question, no, there is no "kick" to it. The cam phase is changing all the time when you are driving, it advances and retards for the best fuel economy and power.
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