Hey, when doe the vtec kick in on the 97 3.0's?

 

i believe it is 5000 rpms

 

i think it's 3800 ish...

 

no its 52-5300 im for sure

i have my vafc however set to 4100

 

5200?? What? It's 4300 RPM

 

for a 3.0? my performance guy told me it was like 52-5300

 

i think it's the 4k range

 

When you Floor it!

 

my mistake.. i think i'm mixing up the 3.2 and the 3.0

i think i just read in car talk yesterday that the type S engages at 4800 and the 3.2 at 5000 so i guess the 3.0 is 5200

 

thank you at least someone agrees with me

i swear on it its 5300

 

how about for the 2.2 and 2.3's

 

vtec at 5k range? that sucks. how many of us rev up to the 5k range? i thought it was around 4.5k

 

Yo my Vtec kicks in at 3500rpms and i know it for sure, i dont know that you guys are talking about 5000 ??? thats crazy

 

vtec at 5... might has we not make vtec at all.

 

AtlCl is the right its 4300, for those of you who have been fortunate enough to blow out your vtec solenoid like myself, then you would know that if you hit 4300 without your vtec youd stop making power and you couldnt go past 4300 rpms.

 

than tell me what all of 'car talk' is talking about -- i've also seen it on official webpages somewhere..forgot ..ahh.. if i can find it i will post again

 

damn i think i blew my solenoid out....cuz i cant rev past 4 right now...

 

1. what is a solienoid?
2. cant your you go pass 4.3rpm w/o vtec. my took out his gsr to show me how it feels without vtec and yeah it went pass 4.3

 

i think it could be the vtec solenoid...cuz its like it redlines at 4k...

 

can I ask how you blew the Vtec solenoid? Oil problems?

 

past 4? really? umm.. i feel the "switch" as soon as it hits around 3800 tho if it's not vtec.. what else could it be?

hg

 

You guys are confusing two very different engines. The 3.0 on the first gen and the 3.2 on the Type S are very different engines. The S can rev higher and that is why vtec kicks in at 5200 rpm. Our car does not rev as high and that is why vtec kicks in lower at around 4300 rpm. Think about it, peak hp occurs at 5500rpm, it would be kind of stupid to have vtec for only 300rpm before peak hp.

 

what is a soleniod?!!!!????

 

are we settled at 4.3rpm?

 

i personally feel it around 4-4.3 hehe but usally 4. sorry for all them posts

 

5K was what my 5Gen civic SI would kick in but it redline at 7200. But i think the CL is ~3K and you can really feel it at 3K. The engine redline at 6K so if the vtec was in at 5K you only enjoying 1K of VTEC that would suck. I think its around ~3K

 

after thinking about it 4k sounds about right

 

We need somebody to tap into the ECU and wire up a LED light to the the vtec wire and see when it really kick in

 

saying vtec kicks in at 5k is obsurd. Our engine red line at 6.5k or something.. whats the point of vtec then ?

i think mine kicks in at around 4.. maybe coz i master vtec too well ! ha ha.

ABout Rev, there is a limiter around 5k.. so i can't go over 5k.

 

VTEC engagement varies with throttle position, load, water temp, and rpm.

It does not have one setting unless you have a VTEC controller.

My VAFC shows when VTEC is trying to engage with the ecu signal...its always different.

 

hey 2.2 turbo, can you tell me on average what the 2.2 and 2.3's should hit vtec at since you're the only one who sounds like they're not guessing? (With just some bolt ons if it matters at all.)