Originally Posted by
AR
As far as I am aware the NSX is tuned right and some of the smaller Hondas are tuned to make VTEC seem reallt special.
Agreed. The 4-pot performance Hondas have the VTEC cut-over delayed until after torque starts to drop-off (only slightly), so there's a sudden 'slug' of torque when the different cam-lobes take effect.
With my NSX, I actually DO notice the change-over, due to two things:-
- 'hardening' of engine note
- increase in rate-of-change of rpm
...but there's no physical 'kick in the back' like you get with an ITR or S2000.
"No man with a good car needs to be justified"
Blue '08 FD2 CTR - big, ITR-sized shoes to fill...
Yellow '96 NSX 3.0 - oh was it worth the wait!
Black '99 ITR - well, I had to have another one, the first was so much fun. Miss this one even more than #1...
Blue '03 S2000 - SOLD, flawed but fun
Blue '04 Focus TDCi Sport - SOLD, very good fun for a diesel!
Black '00 ITR - SOLD, still missed
Red '98 Civic VTi - SOLD, probably still bombproof