# How VTEC actually works **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 26, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841 "2007-03-26T18:18:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![04Mustang232](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/df788c/32.png) [@04Mustang232](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/04Mustang232)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/1 "2007-03-26T18:18:41Z")
i never could visualize how vtec actaully worked untill now, sadly i bet over 1/2 the people who have a vtec motor have no clue how it actually works pretty sick peice of animation right here [http://videos.streetfire.n](http://videos.streetfire.n) et/video/ddd90961-2de2-4ac c-b5f4-7752f982ed3a.htm ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/2 "2007-03-26T18:52:37Z")
[http://videos.streetfire.net/video/ddd90961-2de2-4acc-b5f4-7752f982ed3a.htm](http://videos.streetfire.net/video/ddd90961-2de2-4acc-b5f4-7752f982ed3a.htm) \<–full link i always wondered how that noise was made.😉 ---
**Author:** ![85TransAm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/e68b1a/32.png) [@85TransAm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/85TransAm)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/3 "2007-03-26T19:00:17Z")
cool ---
**Author:** ![jcxcr4000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jcxcr4000/32/5980_2.png) [@jcxcr4000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jcxcr4000)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/4 "2007-03-26T19:24:12Z")
vtec what is that ? i think i need to get some gtr badges for it to work on my car 😕 ---
**Author:** ![imported\_Sleeper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_sleeper/32/5939_2.png) [@imported\_Sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Sleeper)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/5 "2007-03-26T19:34:59Z")
VTEC FTL ---
**Author:** ![4doors5gears](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4doors5gears/32/6006_2.png) [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/6 "2007-03-26T19:39:46Z")
Just buy a car with a motor that makes HP all the way through and not just above a given RPM… JK but it took me a while to figure out how that shit worked… Had to watch a few vids too. ---
**Author:** ![Sinner6.0L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sinner6.0l/32/6016_2.png) [@Sinner6.0L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sinner6.0L)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/7 "2007-03-26T19:45:05Z")
torque is where it’s at ---
**Author:** ![jcxcr4000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jcxcr4000/32/5980_2.png) [@jcxcr4000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jcxcr4000)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/8 "2007-03-26T19:47:29Z")
> [@Happy Birthday Akvile](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/happy-birthday-akvile/28995/21): > > torque is where it’s at torque i got some it just doesnt happen till about 7800 rpm i love it ---
**Author:** ![RabidGoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a587f6/32.png) [@RabidGoat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RabidGoat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 3:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/9 "2007-03-27T03:36:06Z")
ok although this might be a little off topic, why dosent someone put the technology that goes into ricer engines into a big 500 block and just dominate. or maybe im an idiot. but nonetheless that is a really good vid and it explains alot. ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/10 "2007-03-27T04:16:12Z")
> [@Anything happenin tonight???](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anything-happenin-tonight/29009/7): > > ok although this might be a little off topic, why dosent someone put the technology that goes into ricer engines into a big 500 block and just dominate. or maybe im an idiot. but nonetheless that is a really good vid and it explains alot. why is it a ricer engine? cause some can spank ur car? ---
**Author:** ![Sinner6.0L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sinner6.0l/32/6016_2.png) [@Sinner6.0L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sinner6.0L)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/11 "2007-03-27T05:01:03Z")
> [@Anything happenin tonight???](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anything-happenin-tonight/29009/7): > > ok although this might be a little off topic, why dosent someone put the technology that goes into ricer engines into a big 500 block and just dominate. or maybe im an idiot. but nonetheless that is a really good vid and it explains alot. this is why > [@FS-FT: feeler '95 Integra GSR/b18c5 swap](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-ft-feeler-95-integra-gsr-b18c5-swap/21639/116): > > Just buy a car with a motor that makes HP all the way through and not just above a given RPM… ---
**Author:** ![marks\_lude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@marks\_lude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/marks_lude)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 5:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/12 "2007-03-27T05:24:27Z")
ive never seen that one before… this is the one ives seen posted all over the place: [http://videos.streetfire.net/video/33AFEA46-D732-479C-A4AB-22E74118BB4A.htm](http://videos.streetfire.net/video/33AFEA46-D732-479C-A4AB-22E74118BB4A.htm) ---
**Author:** ![jcxcr4000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jcxcr4000/32/5980_2.png) [@jcxcr4000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jcxcr4000)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/13 "2007-03-27T12:40:48Z")
> [@Anything happenin tonight???](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anything-happenin-tonight/29009/7): > > ok although this might be a little off topic, why dosent someone put the technology that goes into ricer engines into a big 500 block and just dominate. or maybe im an idiot. but nonetheless that is a really good vid and it explains alot. ricer engine :squint: just cause honda can build n/a and hold the title for the most hp per lt means its a ricer engine see your the type of guy that give muscle car drivers a bad name ---
**Author:** ![imported\_gearhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_gearhead/32/5957_2.png) [@imported\_gearhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_gearhead)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/14 "2007-03-27T12:52:41Z")
If you could create a dual cam cylinder head with ‘VTEC’ and put them on a small block chevy, the industry would turn upside down. …quick food for thought: good example - -1981 Corvette, standard 5.7l engine rated 190hp. 4" bore x 3.48" stroke -1993 Prelude VTEC, 2.2l engine rated at 190hp. 3.425" bore x 3.57" stroke now ask yourself, how does an engine with **less than half** the displacement make the same horsepower? Simple. Cylinder head design. Figure out how to put a pair of dohc vtec heads on a v8 and i guarrentee it will make power. ---
**Author:** ![jcxcr4000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jcxcr4000/32/5980_2.png) [@jcxcr4000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jcxcr4000)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/15 "2007-03-27T13:30:36Z")
> [@Bar Tabs](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bar-tabs/28986/36): > > If you could create a dual cam cylinder head with ‘VTEC’ and put them on a small block chevy, the industry would turn upside down. > > …quick food for thought: > > good example - > > -1981 Corvette, standard 5.7l engine rated 190hp. > 4" bore x 3.48" stroke > > -1993 Prelude VTEC, 2.2l engine rated at 190hp. > 3.425" bore x 3.57" stroke > > now ask yourself, how does an engine with **less than half** the displacement make the same horsepower? Simple. Cylinder head design. > > Figure out how to put a pair of dohc vtec heads on a v8 and i guarrentee it will make power. ive heard that the rl should be seeing a v8 in the near future i could only imagine what a blast that would be in a s2000 shell here is a little more indebt explaination of vtec[http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1689966](http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1689966) ---
**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/16 "2007-03-27T13:36:32Z")
A 3.8 Liter v8 with DOHC VTEC would be about 250 lb-ft tq and 400 hp, rev to 8K and would sound like a Ferrari v8? ---
**Author:** ![RabidGoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a587f6/32.png) [@RabidGoat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RabidGoat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/17 "2007-03-27T13:39:02Z")
> [@jcxcr4000"](#): > > ricer engine :squint: just cause honda can build n/a and hold the title for the most hp per lt means its a ricer engine > > see your the type of guy that give muscle car drivers a bad name I’m sorry you mistook what i said. I meant to ask a question, and thats all, not to bash ricers. I actually respect the ability to create so much power from such a small source (as in displacement not stature). For your information i use the term ricer as a joke, not an insult, don’t get all uppity because you feel like you need to defend yourself from the world. Just for the record though, of all the vtec engines i have seen(albeit very few) they have only been in “foreign” (p.c. term for ricer) cars. ---
**Author:** ![jcxcr4000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jcxcr4000/32/5980_2.png) [@jcxcr4000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jcxcr4000)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/18 "2007-03-27T13:39:46Z")
> [@FS: 93' 240SX S13 SR20 Redtop...SOLD](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-93-240sx-s13-sr20-redtop-sold/27978/72): > > A 3.8 Liter v8 with DOHC VTEC would be about 250 lb-ft tq and 400 hp, rev to 8K and would sound like a Ferrari v8? i know it would be great i would love that ---
**Author:** ![jcxcr4000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jcxcr4000/32/5980_2.png) [@jcxcr4000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jcxcr4000)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/19 "2007-03-27T13:42:07Z")
> [@My new lens for the D40X](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-lens-for-the-d40x/29010/13): > > I’m sorry you mistook what i said. I meant to ask a question, and thats all, not to bash ricers. I actually respect the ability to create so much power from such a small source (as in displacement not stature). For your information i use the term ricer as a joke, not an insult, don’t get all uppity because you feel like you need to defend yourself from the world. Just for the record though, of all the vtec engines i have seen(albeit very few) they have only been in “foreign” (p.c. term for ricer) cars. im not all uppity about it i just dont understand you newbs who come on here and start your shitty drama :itr41: o and just for the record my so called foreign car is built more in this country then any ford or chevy is :doh: ---
**Author:** ![RabidGoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a587f6/32.png) [@RabidGoat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RabidGoat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/20 "2007-03-27T14:03:46Z")
I’m not trying to start any drama, if you look at my original post i only asked a question. I did just compliment your car and its makers. Please calm down you are scaring the children. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841.md?page=2)