Whats the big performance difference between dohc and sohc
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I know that in dohc one cam controls intake and one cam controls exhaust, right?
But is their a major performance difference? If you had two identical cars except one was dohc and the other was sohc, would there be any noticable difference?
But is their a major performance difference? If you had two identical cars except one was dohc and the other was sohc, would there be any noticable difference?
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in the brochure for the accord, honda actually points to sohc as a desirable feature - less weight and stuff to break, more efficient. whatever...
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You can tweak more performance out of a DOHC, but it is more cost and complication. But you can really play with the timings to a greater extent, get more overlap and such.
Notice the Prelude has the DOHC2.2 and the new CivicSi got it. The NSX get's a DOHC tweaked version of our engine..
Now.. honda can do with SOHC what it takes most other makers DOHC to accomplish.. which is why the big H doesn't do it in everything. Then drops a DOHC head on something and makes it a killer beast for a Si or Special Edition of something.
Go Honda.
Notice the Prelude has the DOHC2.2 and the new CivicSi got it. The NSX get's a DOHC tweaked version of our engine..
Now.. honda can do with SOHC what it takes most other makers DOHC to accomplish.. which is why the big H doesn't do it in everything. Then drops a DOHC head on something and makes it a killer beast for a Si or Special Edition of something.
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