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*BlackDeuceCoupe* · 09-14-2001, 04:24 PM

I applaude you for this effort, bro, but I think you are working under some HUGE misconceptions if you think the LS/VTEC hybrid combination doesn't "fit all together."

Here's a dyno chart for Steve "Omniman" Rothenbuehler's all-motor LS/VTEC. He is one of the originators of the idea.

For those of you that can't read a dyno chart, that's 186.7-HP and 144.2 lb/ft Torque to the wheels. In a Honda brochure that would equate to about 215-HP [15% drivetrain loss]. Not too shabby for a 1.8L motor IMO...

Now, watch this classic video of his LS/VTEC CiViC kicking a F355 Ferrari's ass in the REAL world.

Not bad for a "fad" engine, huh?

After seeing this chart and watching this video, do I really need to explain to anyone on this web site why Honda Corp doesn't want to build these engines and/or put them in 2300 lb. CiViC sh!tboxs --- an 'economy' car that is basically designed for and marketed to white yuppie females??? If so, I'll be glad to...

Come on, bros! Use your heads a little...

09-14-2001, 04:24 PM	#11
BlackDeuceCoupe The Great Ape Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Skull Island Posts: 774	Re: What is R/S? I applaude you for this effort, bro, but I think you are working under some HUGE misconceptions if you think the LS/VTEC hybrid combination doesn't "fit all together." Here's a dyno chart for Steve "Omniman" Rothenbuehler's all-motor LS/VTEC. He is one of the originators of the idea. For those of you that can't read a dyno chart, that's 186.7-HP and 144.2 lb/ft Torque to the wheels. In a Honda brochure that would equate to about 215-HP [15% drivetrain loss]. Not too shabby for a 1.8L motor IMO... Now, watch this classic video of his LS/VTEC CiViC kicking a F355 Ferrari's ass in the REAL world. Not bad for a "fad" engine, huh? After seeing this chart and watching this video, do I really need to explain to anyone on this web site why Honda Corp doesn't want to build these engines and/or put them in 2300 lb. CiViC sh!tboxs --- an 'economy' car that is basically designed for and marketed to white yuppie females??? If so, I'll be glad to... Come on, bros! Use your heads a little... __________________ Posted by BlackDeuceCoupe - 2oo0 Honda CiViC FBP HX cOUPe "Pay special attention to posts by BlackDeuceCoupe, the instigator of the forum, who does a nice job of breaking my column and responses down." - Paul Brink, ASU State Press DISCLAIMER The existence of BDC is disputable. The existence of views, in the absence of anyone to hold them is problematic. The existence of the reader is left as an exercise in the second order coefficient. Last edited by BlackDeuceCoupe : 09-14-2001 at 04:48 PM.

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