i recently talked to the guy who does my motor work and he told me if i want my vtec to kick harder buy the '00-02 Honda Civic 1.7 liter, Oil Filter' i asked why and he said that the smaller oil filter will bump up my oil pressure which would make my vtec kick harder, doing it today.. i'll let you guys know how it is.

Just letting my fellow itr owners know. so shhh...


[Modified by 00 FBP ItR, 2:16 PM 1/30/2003]

 

Same as the RSX oil filter. Do a search and you will find it has been debated.

 

woooooooooooooooooooooooo-doggy!

 

this could be interesting

 

Pressure = F/A, or in this case F/V

Given the total volume of the oil system (filter, galleys, sump, pump) i dont expect that taking a small amount out of the oil filter volume is going to change anything in your system pressure. You're probably limited elsewhere anyways.

I dont know what you mean by "kick harder" either....... its a pressure actuated switch, operated with a solenoid. While every elegantly engineered its not terribly complex. Maybe you should test it on a dyno.

Ho-hum.....

 

You may want to find someone else to do your "motor work" in the future.


[Modified by Padawan, 5:32 PM 1/30/2003]

 

Assuming it will increase the oil pressure, which I think it will, I would think it would make vtec kick in at a lower rpm. Should be interesting... Let us know what happens.


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would the same thing happen if added more oil? but i guess you can only have so far to keep it at safe level.. i think its better than getting a smaller filter.. or better yet, keep it at recommended level and tune the car or something..


[Modified by vtec.dc2, 5:28 PM 1/30/2003]

 

Yep, but thats not good for the engine.

 

wtf are you guys talking?

Vtec is on or off...like with digital codes 1 or 0 ..........if it is 1 it is 1...if it is zero, it is zero. There is no thing like a little or a harder Vtec.

That is completely sonsense if you ask me.

 

 

 

Right. But you can turn it on at 5,000 rpm instead of 6,000 rpm right?

 

You may want to find someone else to do your "motor work" in the future

ditto

 

engine needs oil pressure, low oil vs normal oil pressure - what doesn't make sense here?

 

you can set vtec at whichever point you want, although oil pressure has nothing to do with it.

 

Oh okay. I thought it did...

 

This is arguably one of the stupidest things I have ever heard in my entire life.

 

combine that with the nsx/90-91 b16a vtec solenoid and you got MAD VTEC Y0

 

...and HCI will probably quote you on that

 

Might as well try a Valkyrie filter...

 

Hell yeah! It's like getting a turbo for the price of an oil filter.....nevermind

 

does this actually do anything?

 

no

 

At first i thought this post was a joke....
urgh