I just picked up a 99 accord 2dr w/ a sohc vtec motor....I was wondering if anyone can actually hear the vtec kick in???My brother has a 95 civic ex, and I can barely hear it, but it is there...Not looking to do any mods to this car, just a daily driver, but since I seen the vtec logo on the valve cover, I just had to be a little curious.....I cant hear **** with this car though....Any expierences????Please share...

 

Its a single cam so no

 

I don't even remember hitting VTEC before putting my intake in. And the intake went in just about a month after I actually got the car.

But with the intake, I can definitely hear it.

 

corno is right..

variable vtec engagement point on the 6th gen

 

i never heard it or felt it even with intake

 

you can hear it with boost though

 

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boost *****

 

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he isn't lying about that :D
you can actually feel it when it kicks in.

 

I guess I will just boost her then.....You know, so I can hear that vtec sound....Thanks for the repiles fellas....This wasnt a big deal, it was just something I was curious about......Damn, I wish this thing had the v6 though....The four banger isnt that bad, but I heard the 6s rock pretty good...

 

After I put my intake on I can hear it pretty loud. Now that I have a turbo I can't even hear it over the turbo spool.

 

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And thats a bad thing how?????? I would trade vtec sound for turbo ANY day of the week.

 

Never said it was a bad thing. Just saying when I could hear it.

 

It was a retorical question..... on the turbo accord

 

Damn b_ron007, your IC is hanging just like Paul's was when he first had his installed. Need to ghetto-rig that **** like he did.

 

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lmao......na....no where even close to how shitty paul's was. it wont go up any further without hacking into the bumper support, it's bolted to the bumper support. a lip kit will fix it, but i dont think it's really bad, i'ma invest in more boost b4 i get a lip.

 

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bowahhh

 

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I have high flow intake, and it gets really loud when vtec kicks in.

BTW, the v6 also have the prematurely failing auto tranny as well-- some people got Honda to fix the problem, others forked $4000 to get it fixed themselves.

 

Thanks for the info guys.....Damn that sucks about the v6 trannys.....

 

Hmmmm...
I know what he is talking about first hand. I am gonna put mine in the shop for a new auto soon and keep searching for the one i want.