I really like the 2.4 l Ecotec engines. They have decent low end torque, are smooth and at least I find, its gets good gas mileage.

Saying that however, for the power I think it's sad I have to put premium in it. I tried regular and the car hated it.


Just looking at the specs for the 08 Honda Accord:

[I The base engine is a 2.4-liter i-VTEC inline four-cylinder powerplant in the LX Sedan and LX-P Sedan. With 177 horsepower, this engine delivers an increase of 7% in horsepower compared to its predecessor, while operating on regular unleaded fuel (as before). The highly-efficient power plant meets Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle (PZEV) (AT only) or ULEV-2 emissions standards*

In the Accord LX-S Coupe and all EX and EX-L models, an even more powerful inline four-cylinder engine is standard. With a high-flow muffler and reprogrammed Powertrain Control Module (PCM), the 2.4-liter inline four-cylinder generates 190 horsepower at 7000 rpm and 162 lb-ft. of torque at 4400 rpm. Though it's by far the most powerful four-cylinder engine ever offered in a North American Accord, this powerplant is designed to run on regular unleaded fuel, and also meets PZEV (AT only) or ULEV-2 emissions standards.* ][/I]

GM needs to step up. If they put forth the effort I bet they can bring up the power, decrease emisions--and run it on regular gas.

 

The 2.4L could easily have 200hp. Gm is just retarded

 

well why dont they?

 

it costs $$

 

Agreed! some of the 2.4s comming out now are a smarter engine.

 

yeah but it cots Honda--a much smaller company too. If you wanna play, you gotta pay.

And when the 2.4L honda puts out more HP on 87 octane it makes the 2.4L Ecotec look bad.

 

the 2.4 ecotec has loads of potential but gm doesnt care about making the power.

 

doesn't the ecotec make most of it's power around 5400rpm? i may be comparing the 2.4 to the 2.0 and may be wrong. but one thing that stood out in the honda specs, you don't get 190 hp till 7,000rpm. thats a lot of power, but thats also really high rpm (which i know is typical of honda).

just noticed the torque is at 4400rpm. so my point is slightly, how shall i say... not as good as i thought 10 seconds earlier!

 

The 2.4L could probably make 200-210 at the crank with a nice race ported head.

I could see 220-230 with cams/ported head, full exhaust and a nice cai