Vtec engagement
05-06-2004, 08:14 AM
#1
0.0 BAR
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 0
Vtec engagement
Im always around B series motors. I have a D16Z6. When my vtec engages it's not noticed sounding wise...If I disconnect my Vtec I can tell a power change, but it sounds the same. Im runnin' ghetto intake, and ghetto exhaust, could that be why? I have 16x,xxx miles....could something be messed up or just worn-out internally?
05-06-2004, 08:18 AM
#2
3.0 BAR
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 3,703
Re:Vtec engagement
D-series vtec is not as loud or noticeable as B-series vtec. With a B-series it pretty much screams but d-series is really hard to hear over all the other sounds in the engine. But if you can feel a difference when you disconnect it, then it's working.
05-06-2004, 09:31 AM
#3
0.0 BAR
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 0
Re:Vtec engagement
The only time the vtec sounds good is when im haulin *** through a tunnel or a construction zone with cement slabs on both sides 
I just wondered if there was something I could do to really make it noticable. 
I just wondered if there was something I could do to really make it noticable.
05-06-2004, 09:47 AM
#5
3.0 BAR
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 5,708
Re:Vtec engagement
boost it....and you'll know when it comes on 
. i can hear my vtec change over on my z6. not fucken screaming but you can hear it. and i can feel it pull. but with turbo. when i punch it from like 3k in second. once i hit 5800 i can feel it pull. that was at 11 psi. at 15. u cant even tell. maybe thats why my motor went. :P. nah but you can barely hear it. and there is a big power loss if it didnt have vtec
. i can hear my vtec change over on my z6. not fucken screaming but you can hear it. and i can feel it pull. but with turbo. when i punch it from like 3k in second. once i hit 5800 i can feel it pull. that was at 11 psi. at 15. u cant even tell. maybe thats why my motor went. :P. nah but you can barely hear it. and there is a big power loss if it didnt have vtec
05-06-2004, 10:02 AM
#7
0.0 BAR
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 0
Re:Vtec engagement
Yeah that's pretty normal not to hear vtec on a sohc. I hear it sometimes, but like you it's when I am in a tunnel or something like that. I wish my vtec sounded cool like all you b-series guys. 
I still don't want a stupid b-series though.
I still don't want a stupid b-series though.
05-06-2004, 11:14 AM
#9
3.0 BAR
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 8,155
Re:Vtec engagement
Originally Posted by beerbongskickass
Yeah that's pretty normal not to hear vtec on a sohc. I hear it sometimes, but like you it's when I am in a tunnel or something like that. I wish my vtec sounded cool like all you b-series guys.
I still don't want a stupid b-series though.
I still don't want a stupid b-series though.
