stock B series honda got power meh? been head to head wit moded B series wit my puny 1.3, havent seen any dat can forced me out of 3rd. FYI, my 3rd is alredi 180km/h. in sum cases, i have to wait for their VTEC system to activate, even then if i floor it, i'll ram through them. ive been demolished by VTECs, no doubt but they were HYBRIDs, and those highly modified (i mean HIGHLY!!) B series, not a very fair fight werent they?
i dont know where u got the thinking dat a std VTEC can do as fast as 250kmh, ive tried driving many VTECs wit B series, be it 16 or 18R, they have short ratio which i dont think will go beyond 220kmh if redlined in 5th. VTECs have good accleration because they have short and close ratio, high end power doesnt give u G, only high torque from lower part of the revv. so, the only thing dat gives u dat G-as-turbo-kicking-in feeling is d ratio. if any of u can find a std GB of any VTEC engine dat can do 180kmh in 3rd, do tell.
VTEC engine is as fuel saving (edited) a charged engine? compare dis, i can travel about 200km on highways wit about 6.4 liter of petrol (about RM10 when it was RM1.52/liter) wit my puny 1.3. dis was proven when i was on my way back home from kuantan, and i maxxed d speedo countless times. wasnt fair because of the cc difference? well, how about dis? i drove my fren's GSR and got nearly the same mileage. took about RM15 from kuantan to kl wit d GSR, blasting on the way wit a 7 series, a MIVEC iswara, full blast a/c, but still managed to use lil amount of fuel.
if its speed cut is removed, a GSR wud hit 240kmh no problem imo, not just because of its ratio but its power as well. high end power is good for top end, as the power is used to counter all the drags dat r being applied to the whole car. max speed is reached when all dat drag is the same value of the engine's hp, so y wont a 180hp GSR out run a 165hp VTEC? the chasis is similar in weight.
but i must admit dat VTEC gearings r fluid, contirbutes a lot in its high performance capability. i envy u VTEC users for dis, i hope starlets came wit GB as good as VTEC does.