Interesting read on GM's VVT and Honda's VTEC

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Jan 31, 2006 | 02:30 PM

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andryuha

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RE: Interesting read on GM's VVT and Honda's VTEC

btw, when did honda introduce vtec?

Jan 31, 2006 | 02:47 PM

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dj_ipirate

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RE: Interesting read on GM's VVT and Honda's VTEC

guys i hade a daewoo as a rental car... i poped the hood and the thing said "Z-tec" on the engine. off topic, but its funny.

Jan 31, 2006 | 03:59 PM

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uk civhead

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RE: Interesting read on GM's VVT and Honda's VTEC

I think the JDM spec CRX VT first got v-tec in 1989.

Jan 31, 2006 | 09:05 PM

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andryuha

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RE: Interesting read on GM's VVT and Honda's VTEC

BMW introduced VANOS in '92 on their M50 motors, which are used in 5 and 3 -series. Here's a good read, if anybody is curious http://www.bmwworld.com/technology/vanos.htm

Feb 1, 2006 | 03:23 AM

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Marty

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RE: Interesting read on GM's VVT and Honda's VTEC

The first VTEC system was the B16A1 in the early intagra's, the first vtec equiped car in the U.S. was the 91 NSX

Feb 1, 2006 | 10:42 AM

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bobbytonic

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ORIGINAL: uk civhead

Ecotec's are largely crap, we've had them for years over here in our vauxhalls and they break, warp, burn, and leak. I should know my Dad has one in his car.

Defines years...considering GM didn't introduce the engine till 2003

Feb 3, 2006 | 02:31 AM

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Kappa22

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ORIGINAL: bobbytonic

Did I say the ecotech was better? I didn't think so....I'v heard alot of talk amongst my car buddies around town that GM is "just trying to rip off honda's design and slap a new name on it" Which I didn't know the differance, I came across this article, figured some of you might be interested, so I shared. Don't like it, don't read it

Nail Bunny:

It does, in that article under the Vtec explaination it states that.

Once again... I guess I aimed a little too high with my sarcasm.[:'(] I didn't accuse you of shameless GM promotion on a Honda forum, so there's no need to get stand-offish.

I'm not under the impression that GM is "trying to rip off Honda's design..." People have already been doing that for years, so it would hardly be news if they were. Hell, most people don't know that blacktop SR20s have VVT on the intake cam simply because they never really advertised it.