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Spoon Cam Gears
ITR Valve Cover
K&N Air Intake RC-3250 Filter
DC Sports CC 4-2-1 1-piece Header
Trust BL cat-back exhaust
Apex'i V-AFC Controller
Stock Strut Tower bar
Eibach Sportline
Koni Yellow
Tenzo R RS5 17"
Falken Ziex 205/40/17
Leather Interior (of course)
Razo Type 400 Shift Knob
DC Sports Short Shifter
Razo RA54 CF Pedal set
DC Sports Rear Lower Tie Bar
Xtreme Front Bumper
Buddy Club Rear End
M3 Side Skirts
Shaved Emblems

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The V-TEC Engineering Cons

A vehicle achives its greatest acceleration by keeping the engine RPM as close to the HP peak as possible. And for DOHC VTEC engines, this means keeping the needle at some rather lofty RPMs, and more frequent shifts to keep the RPMs up. To some people, including yours truely, this is a desirable trait: lots of driver involvement in the process of extracting excellent performance. To others, especially those accustomed to the Kansas-flat HP curves of muscle cars, the high RPM and frequent shifts become bothersome.

For a good launch off the line, such as at the start of a drag race, a certain amount of tire spin is desired. Muscle cars have torque peaks at low RPMs, and then taper off as the RPM builds. This is perfect for drag racing as the initial torque peak generates the desired tire spin, and then the lower torque at higher RPMs allow the tire to find and maintain grip. But DOHC VTEC's torque curve is very flat, so the initial tire slip is much harder to generate. And once the tire looses traction, the flat torque curve makes it hard for the spinning wheels to find traction. So to properly launch a DOHC VTEC car, the driver must slip the clutch at high RPMs to generate the initial tire spin, and then carefully modulate the clutch and gas to regain drive wheel traction while maintaining maximum acceleration.

Even though Honda's VTEC engines has lived up to the legendary reliability of Honda products, the fact remains that having the VTEC mechanism adds complexity and cost.

The V-TEC Engineering Pros

The main benefit of VTEC is that the resulting engine is very versatile. The torque curve is very flat: among the flatest of all the engines on the market. Thus where other engines are running out of breath, a VTEC engine maintains a nice and steady output of torque, making the whole RPM range usable for acceleration. So when you are just driving around at a reasonable pace, the car is very smooth and fuel consumption is similar to other engines of the same displacement. When you need more power for passing, all you have to do is down shift and take advantage of the extra power available at the higher RPMs. So you get the smoothness and fuel efficiency of a small economical engine when you drive a low RPMs, and the power output of a much larger engine at high RPMs.

Due to the greater range of usable RPMs, shorter gears can be used. Thus for any given speed or engine RPM, a VTEC engine will allow for a larger ratio multiplier, resulting in more wheel torque. Thus the benefit of the VTEC technology in terms of acceleration improvement also affects low RPM operation.

Since VTEC creates more power without increasing displacement, the engine is likely to be smaller and lighter.

Car Washing for GS-R only, not liable for other types of crappy cars!

There's a few ways to do it. You first need to buy Mother's or some sort of nice carwash, dont use your moms dishwashing soap, it will eat off your wax because it acts like an oil and that's what dishwashing soap is great at killing.... oil. Main thing to do is to make sure your car is not exposed to the sun while washing. This causes severe streaking and the spider web look (swirls) on your cars paint. So try to wash your car in the shade or when the sun is about to go down. Try to also wash it outside, then try drying it off in the shade or in the garage for better results. You will want to get a nice soft cloth to wash and scrub your car with. Then use a large towel, or terry cloth, or shammy to go over the car with and to get the main droplets off leaving you with just a little bit of water over the car. Continue on by getting a new dry towel and wipe the rest off. Then if you want an extra good look go back and Windex your outer windows and get all the water that you missed off the car. This will save the finish of your car and keep the paint from fading or even cracking. Also try to apply wax to your car whenever it looks like it needs it, if water doesn't bead then you need wax, even though the stuff may claim it lasts 6 months! For your tires, use armor all, and dont use black magic because it really eats off your tire and may damage your rims shine. Also I hear baby-oil works great on tires, or ever try plain old furniture pledge.....give it that great lemony smell. Another good idea to keep those love bugs off your car is just wax the front-end every week or more, so its slippery and the bugs cant really get to the cars paint.

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The DOHC V-TEC Engine
The Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control (VTEC) system solves the age-old trade-off between tuning an engine for high speed power speed torque and responsiveness. Until Honda engineers developed VTEC an engine could have one or the other. But not both. But VTEC has rewritten the rules.

Using a unique arrangement of three cam lobes and three corresponding rocker arms for each pair of valves, the VTEC system can alter not just valve lift, but valve timing as well in response to engine load and driver demand. VTEC operates on intake as well as exhaust valves.
This is a truly remarkable engine. It has the highest specific output per liter of displacement than any normally aspirated engine on the market. And it also has the highest piston speed of any automobile engine in the world, even faster than the World Championship Honda Formula One engines.

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