LSD Motorsports

No your totally right... however 1 gear at a time... The engineers keep the gear ratios in mind when they design that particular engine. Most vtec engines that are high rpm power are geared short so the car doesnt drop out of vtec and the ideal power band.

dragon

acutally i think with every vtec honda besides the type r (correct me if im wrong) when we shift we drop down to 5k rpms and we dont reach vtec until 55k rpm or 57k rpms. so we do get out of vtec

LSD Motorsports

Whoa im a lil lost, Do u have a unique honda that i dont know about... b16 always has vtec engage below 5k, usually 4800 or so. The gsr has 2 vtecs, first one is way below 5k. sohc vtec engages about 5k as well. and depending when u shift, if its high you shouldnt drop out of vtec, ive done several tests like this in my friends car and it does not drop out of vtec

dragon

well im refering to sohc vtec really the type r is a b series so any b series dont really count. And it varies with hondas when vtec comes in and i think everyone here has there own opinion when vtec kicks in. I drop down to 5k rpms when i shift no matter how much im past the redline. I know that my vtec dont kick in until 55krpms

LSD Motorsports

Whoa thats weird, Thats pretty high 2. That doesnt make sense though that u drop to 5k automatically.... u can have an engine that rev to 10k, redline might be at 7 but if u go to 10, u better believe ur gonna be higher then 5 in the next gear. Its relative to the speed ur going.

projekteg

my b16's vtec doesn't engage until 5700 either, this is a stock engine, stock ecu, everything. when i shift at redline, it does drop out of vtec, but only for about 300 rpms.

davcivic

I've never heard of a vtec coming in before 5500rpm's unless the car has an egay chip or something. All of my SOHC Vtec cars have always have a vtec crossover point @5500. Not sure with the B's

dragon

well i redline around 72 which is past 7 so it does goes back to 5 our a little up but yeah im out of vtec. I dont know about the b series but i think teg says he drops out of vtec too. And there no way i can get to 10 cuz my fuel cuttoff is around 73k or 74 and my car starts to jerk like a hoe being choke by her pimp. I've tried my friend and i always go out of vtec when i shift.

sohcrxsi

the wifes 99 ex hits vtec at 5.5 you cant feel it but you can hear it, if you pull the intake pipe off the air-filter box.

projekteg

turbo lag + hype - turbo = vtec!