Personally, I won't miss old school DOHC VTEC. At least not the small displacement stuff. Revving out to 8-9K is cool... with like 4-5 liters of displacement. Something like a B16 HAD to be revved that high just to keep up with traffic. And they always geared them super short, so 80 on the highway would be at like 5K. The DOHC VTEC engine we really needed- an 8-9K K24 or K25- had to be built in the aftermarket.
My only fear with these new turbo engines is that response will be shit. The 1.5L runs like 20PSI of boost, the 2.0L runs as much as 23PSI (!!!!). I suppose with all the breathing tech (twin scroll turbo, VTEC and VTC on both cams) they can spool up quickly but back in my day that kind of boost took forever to come on.
New Accord 2.0T is legit though, the 10AT is a 13 second car I think. No LSD or double pivot knuckle from what I remember like the CTR.
My only fear with these new turbo engines is that response will be shit. The 1.5L runs like 20PSI of boost, the 2.0L runs as much as 23PSI (!!!!). I suppose with all the breathing tech (twin scroll turbo, VTEC and VTC on both cams) they can spool up quickly but back in my day that kind of boost took forever to come on.
New Accord 2.0T is legit though, the 10AT is a 13 second car I think. No LSD or double pivot knuckle from what I remember like the CTR.
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