Toxygene

Oh, I'm sorry. Where was the "actually, I believe you are mistaken..." as apposed to the "look here, dumbass" you laid out. I will apologize, however, for returning fire with fire. I am above that usually. I let my emotions get the best of me and for that I apologize. Now onto the facts.

I am actually curious about this valve tuning you talk about as a cause for blow by. Do you mean the seating of the valves or the timing of the valves in relation to the combustion cycle?

Also I know that the whole idea behind the B series motors was for small displacement, and high revving features. However, and this is the important part, Honda knows that these motors are not going to be raced everyday all day long. These are after all motors that were made for pedestrian cars, not race cars. So to offset the extreme power gains in the higher RPMs they made some concessions to make for a decent power delivery in the lower to midrange RPMs. Also VTEC was also advantageous for yes having extra power in the higher RPMs but it was also looked at a way to get around smog issues in North America. Honda knows that the smogging of the cars in North America consists of a hard pull to 55mph followed by a short consistent run at that speed and I believe also 65 as well. If done conservatively this won't even engage the VTEC camshafts. Honda, knowing this, optimized the lower end for cruising, efficiency, and mid range power. All the while tuning the higher RPMs after VTEC engagement for all out power. In fact this was one of the reasons that the Type R took so long to get here. This was because the power delivery before VTEC was optimized for more power in its midrange and as a result would not pass smog. Now even in Japan the motors were still given a decent power delivery so that the car would not exhibit a Jekyl and Hyde characteristic during hard runs. After all, the switchover to VTEC is pretty drastic as is and that can lead to problems when driving at the limit and trying to handle a car in those conditions. After all I don't think Honda would have made the switchover so drastic so as to upset the delicate balance that they have in the handling characteristics of the car. And as a credit to the Honda engineers I believe knowing this they designed the engines to at least have some modest midrange power. Which would be lower than the VTEC switchover. One of the ways to offset this was to have a longer intake manifold for the Type R. Now the CRV that you refer to would have been overkill in this application and that's why it isn't used. The Type R is after all a high revving motor. And interestingly enough if the GSR intake manifold was the best then why do you admit that the Type R intake manifold is better and has been retrofitted to the GSR motor for years. You said it yourself that the GSR intake manifold was the shortest and fattest of ANY B series motor. Not that I agree with you but you’re the one who is contradicting yourself.

Although, I admit to a slight wording error, I didn't mean to say the bottom end of the RPM band but rather lower than VTEC. I was after all tired and upset.

Also, you say, as a parting shot, that the AEM intake makes power strictly because of the cold air. Despite the fact that Sport Compact Car dynoed the AEM intake verses several other intakes and noticing the biggest increase in torque over the other brands in the lower to midrange RPM band despite even including a ram air intake in the line up (which would in theory have the coldest most dense air (just for clarity it was the iceman intake with the headlight replacement ram air scoop for the 92-95 Civic)). Yes they also noticed power gains in the higher RPM bands but not any more than the rest despite the other shorter intakes drawing in hot air from the engine bays.

In hindsight I wasn't as contradictory as you claim. Although I was perhaps not as clear, as I should have been. In conclusion, my opinion is that although the B series motors are made to make their power in the higher RPM bands with some power to be found in the mid range and lower RPM bands because it was engineered to be there.

Now please don't take me off these boards just because you poked and I poked back. That would be a gross abuse of your power. But rather respect me and I'll respect you. As you can see I don't always "lay into people" and I can after all learn a thing or too also. Perhaps realize that most actions are not unprovoked but instead re-actions to attitudes around us.