# How VTEC actually works

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-vtec-actually-works/188841/10 "2007-03-27T04:16:12Z")

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> [@Anything happenin tonight???](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anything-happenin-tonight/29009/7):
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> 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?

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