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Old 09-21-2003, 02:34 PM
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I have 99 Accord 4cyl with T3/T04 FMIC and i was wonderin when you guys have your VTEC engagin? At a tune hsop they had my VTEC engaged at 2700. I thought that was ridicuolously low so i put it up to 3800. Any ideas... BTW i believe that Honda had VTEC engaged at 5200 on 6th Gen 4cyl Accords.
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Default Re: VTEC engagement? (JPLockwood)

that seems really low for vtec engagement...you should just leave it at factory specs untill you get it tuned
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I would say around 4000rpm on a f23, no?
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engage it at idle, 24/7 VtEcH y0. No actually put it back to stock.
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i've actually seen a lot of vtec cars that have been tuned, set their vtec engagement point higher than stock to avoid that 'limp' associated with vtec engagement.
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Default Re: VTEC engagement? (JPLockwood)

any other ideas? i mean the car runs well with the VTEC set at 3800... i just was wonderin if that would cause any problems?
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i have my vtec engage at 3100 rpms.....so vtec engages when the turbo spools and goes into boooooooost.
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