Lately, it's been all about the head swap. In November '04 we constructed a 2.0-liter CR/VTEC motor that never had the chance to dyno. Then, in the 2005 March and April issues we let loose our ...
I'd heard the jokes about VTEC kicking in. I'd come across a meme or two. But until I was sitting two feet from a mid-mounted VTEC motor in a 1,950-pound Italian roadster, I didn't understand how life ...
Ever heard your fanatic Honda buddy say, "VTEC just kicked in!" and not had a clue what they're talking about? At this point, VTEC almost feels like one of those memes that's been parroted so many ...
When Honda rolled out its new Prelude sports coupe a year ago, we found the styling debatable and the instrument panel disappointing, but we loved the character of the Si's 160-hp engine, the poise of ...
The classic problem facing high-performance street cars has always been how to maximize performance without sacrificing driveability. Short of power-adders like turbos or nitrous oxide, significant ...
Soon, you won’t have to be running a race team to get a sweet Honda V8 engine. The 5.0-liter, four-stroke SOHC VTEC BF350 was announced today as the company’s first commercially available V8 and the ...
View post: Gas Is Expensive, and EVs Aren’t: The Best Used EVs On Sale Right Now Honda’s engineers have been busily figuring out how to make their VTEC engine better, and today the auto giant released ...
Honda ain't kidding when it says that its proprietary VTEC technology was sort of a wake-up call to a new breed of enthusiasts, proof that small engines can blow the doors off your standard V6 or ...
Car fans of a certain age will reminisce wistfully about the golden era of VTEC-powered Hondas and their screaming naturally aspirated engines. But sometimes, the very thing that defines a brand may ...
While Honda wasn't the first car brand to introduce variable valve timing (VVT) to the motor world, it certainly took it to another level. Honda's iconic VTEC (Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control ...