I was wondering how to change the RPM that V-Tech kicks in at from 5,500 to probably 4,000 or so? What RPM do most people change it to if they change it at all?

 

I thought that they do kick in at 4000rpm. Atleast for year 94

 

i have a 04 ex 5spd and i think my v-tec kicks in at 4000 rpm but i might be wrong...

 

For the 75892017839201656421043092167895649310675329109879 th time it's vtec not vtech.

I wouldn't recommend changing it. It's made to make your car produce more power and be more efficient while doing it only in the higher rpms. It'd just be bad for your engine to lower it too much.

 

it kicks in at 5500 for a reason, the cams are made for the RMPs... when the RPMs are low the normal cams can keep up with it and its almaot perfect, but at high RPMs thats when it changes to a different profile to help your engine out. There's no power to be found that low without alot of engine work. Im not sure how your V-TECH engine works though

 

have you ever heard a V8 with a big beefy cam idling? it lopes really hard and almost wont run. thats because the cam lobes are too aggressive for the low rpm, it is bleeding off compression before the engine has time to make any power with it. if its bad, it will actually not work every other time and is called 8-cycling (vs. the normal 4-cycles of an engine). the pistons have to be moving faster to make power with bigger cam profiles, so until it gets to a certain rpm, the bigger lobes of vtec will HURT your power. when dyno tuning vtec controllers, they run a full run with the big lobes, then run a full run with the small lobes. then look at the superimposed graphs and set the changeover to when they cross. thats the best way to gain power with a vtec controller. different cam and compression setups will require different timing as well.