Vvtl-i Vs V-tec

[theenemywithin]

I was watching an old episode of Topgear last night.

Mr Clarkson made a comment that over 15,000,000 V-tec engines have been manufactured and not one has failed.

This is obvioulsy very impressive statistics for Honda power plant.

So i was wondering if any such stats have been annouced for our VVTL-i engine.

Anybody know anything???

[ballist1x]

I was watching an old episode of Topgear last night.

Mr Clarkson made a comment that over 15,000,000 V-tec engines have been manufactured and not one has failed.

This is obvioulsy very impressive statistics for Honda power plant.

So i was wondering if any such stats have been annouced for our VVTL-i engine.

Anybody know anything???

yes its a half truth. i know people who have blown, for example, an Accord Type R engine (2.2 Vtec)

what they mean is that the VTEC unit hasnt broken/caused catastrophic failure...but that doesnt mean that the engine cant blow a head gasket, or

spin a bearing like everyone elses....

[SF695]

The VVTL-i system was only found in the 2ZZ-GE engine. Difficult to get good statistics to compare with hondas V-Tec, which is installed in most of the Honda lineup. If you want to compare, get statistics for the vvt-i system, without the L

[farhanali89]

probably wont be as good as the v-tech the vvti reason being is most of the avensis etc that used the standard vvti had alot of problems in the past.

from my knowledge that is.

[orcrist_1986]

I was watching an old episode of Topgear last night.

Mr Clarkson made a comment that over 15,000,000 V-tec engines have been manufactured and not one has failed.

This is obvioulsy very impressive statistics for Honda power plant.

So i was wondering if any such stats have been annouced for our VVTL-i engine.

Anybody know anything???

take it you mean i-vtec, vs vvtl-i

but the i-vtec has never had a technical failure because they have always blamed it on owner/driver error rather than on a mechanical failure on the engine.

i have heard quite a few cases on the vvtl-i engine of the oil pump making a rather nice hole in the side of the block, but again this is due to driver/owner error, so due to neither manufacturer not releasing truthful information, it is hard to discover the true figure of manufacturer error, ultimately leading to engine failure

[cabcurtains]

All V-TEC engines have lobes that extend off the cam, this is why the 15m figure is quoted. So even a 1.4 Jazz has V-TEC in the same way as a Integra DC5 ot CTR, the VVTLI is a very rare engine by comparison. The VTE-C system is quite simple really, this could account for the lack of failures, comparing V-TEC to VVTL-I isnt really possible due to the numbers involved.

[eiriksmil]

All V-TEC engines [...] The VTE-C system [...]

Spelled VTEC mofos. That it's a more common unit means information is easier, but it also means it could fail more often than the rare VVTL-i.

How is it actually driving a T-Sport? I read some about it when it was launched, narrow powerband and that it needed chasing..

[maddatta]

Thank you for correcting people. Is it that hard to put VTEC?

This is a VTECH...

[farhanali89]

haha! i had a vtech computer when i was about 5 spent ages on it.

[SF695]

All V-TEC engines [...] The VTE-C system [...]

Spelled VTEC mofos. That it's a more common unit means information is easier, but it also means it could fail more often than the rare VVTL-i.

How is it actually driving a T-Sport? I read some about it when it was launched, narrow powerband and that it needed chasing..

Never driven a T Sport, but imagine you'd have to stay above 5000 rpm, to benifit from the horsepower and i for one, prefer to have a wide powerband

[borodaz]

depends what you want, if you want a high reving FUN car that just goes crazy when you floor it, or if you want a steady and slightly progressing powerband. different ppl have different opinions and i want a sport hatch to be as fun as possible , and they aint anything as fun as when that lift kicks in through first and second etc or even better the i-vtec

ppl say you have to work hard for the power, but it doesnt take long at all to hit lift , what a couple of seconds if your in 3rd or 4th sat at low revs? and maybe 1 second ish if you in 1st or 2nd sat at low revs (these ppl dont know what hard work is)

[cabcurtains]

All V-TEC engines [...] The VTE-C system [...]

Spelled VTEC mofos. That it's a more common unit means information is easier, but it also means it could fail more often than the rare VVTL-i.

How is it actually driving a T-Sport? I read some about it when it was launched, narrow powerband and that it needed chasing..

Honda claim is no failures from 15m units, the VVTL-I powerband is narrow but it easily keeps up with normal traffic then blows them away at the top of the rev range.