Hello a few weeks ago i dropeed a B16 in to my civic, and YES i do have a short ram intake, however my v-tec is not very loud at all, i mean it works and i can hear it kick in but barely (its way louder on my buddys D16).

Now ofcourse i want to get a header for performance reasons however will it make my v-tec louder at all? Maybe a bit? or a good amount, noticable difference?

Thanks

 

a header shouldnt make your vtec engagement any louder

 

maybe you should try using a p72 ecu (gsr) and getting bigger piping. there are a lot of ways you can make the vtec scream man

 

well it should make it louder because of the restriction before, since u have less of a restriction. u can hear it better. when i ran with a stock header, i couldnt hear it. after i put DC headers on my SOHC and an intake, i heard it more. but it wasnt that much louder, but atleast it was noticeable. if u wanted to make it scream. u need better cams

 

header exhaust intake alll make vtec louder

 

just get some cams.

 

bigger exhaust piping, no cat intake, and all that will make vtec louder, but just as long as it works thats all that matters really... just like if you had a quiet blow off valve, as long as the valve is opening and its working is all that really matters

 

does it really matter how loud it is? as long as it works like it suppose to thats all that should matter lol

 

just gap the header and u will be satisfy

 

typically the louder your vtec is the worse your tune is.

a properly tuned vtec motor should transition smoothly from non vtec to vtec.

big cams (i.e. stage 3 or bigger) which have a big variations from low lobe to high lobe will make the transition louder but you should still be looking for the smoothest transition possible.