Big reason they are popular is because they are so cheap. Not because they have HP, thats not a very incorrect statement saying that Honda's have horsepower.... well many FWD's for that matter.

I think it would be wise to listen to Mike Nostra. I have seen Honda dyno's they are nothing spectacular and deffinatly don't belong in a race engine...

Here is a dyno of what a race engine should look like, granted it's not perfect and depends on how you drive but this would be very drivable

http://www.dragtimes.com/2004- ... -Results-Graphs-8832.html

That's a nice curve there. It actually has power under the curve, instead of just a peak number.

Quote from Michel 4AGE :

That's a nice curve there. It actually has power under the curve, instead of just a peak number.

Yup I LOVE it! sooo smooth even with the turbo, there is minimal turbo lag partly because of the torque generated on top of having a tiny turbo that boosts 14PSI. It's an awesome engine in general too having all internals suitable to run up to the stage 3 turbo kit via the factory for 355 HP. People say that turbo engines don't last... this engine for people have been ticking perfrectly at over 100k miles! I also have a 7 year factory warrenty with my 05 SRT-4 ACR. Not to mention it's the fastest production FWD you can buy in the world =)

Most cars you get a kick in the butt at 3k when you ramp up the cam but this engine is perfectly smooth and pulls just like a V8, you can't beat it. And I still get 30MPG cruising. I have yet to downshift for hills, not once. Even when I went from Wisconsin to Florida through the mountains. You cannot beat this engine.

After reading most of the comments from people on this thread it seems like it's a bit off topic, all the kid wants is a CSR pack where VTEC would kick in around 4,000-4,500 rpms. Coming from a honda builder it's impossible to make a sufficent pack for a VTEC sound, I'm sure you can have the sound of VTEC engaging but it wouldn't be realistic, the car would seem to have power thats not there If there were a pack for VTEC I my self wouldn't get it.

when this thread started CSR wasn't out

i wanna know What the Hell is CSR and How does it works...

CSR is a sound pack you download and you can change sounds, blow off sounds, different gear shifting sounds and some other stuff, it's pretty kewl, until it lags in game play but that can be fixed

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Is there anything released yet for the "VTEC" sound ?

*ahem* http://www.lfsforum.net/search.php

OK this rules, this is someone routing a induction kit into the cockpit! listen to this!! u can clearly hear the vtec switch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... ;mode=related&search=