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Originally Posted by ryker
Umm "hitting vtec" doesn't provided a huge increase in power.. Check out the flat dyno curve.
The only cleaning that is done is from the wallet as you toss away MPG's.  |
He was talking about the SI... and there is a huge bump in power after the VTEC cam shift. Look at the chart.
Performance cam engages at 5800RPM, @ ~125hp and by the time it hits 6800RPM we see a near 40HP jump to ~162hp followed by the max 180hp found at 7800RPM.
Bigger one here:
http://image.automobilemag.com/f/fea...dyno_chart.jpg