172 cup vs ek9 part 2

[Pasty]

one ran 15.3 second quarter, one ran 15.4

guess which was quicker?

 

[Fletcher]

The cup?

 

[mx1_champ]

the tortoise , cup ?

 

[123stevevw]

ek

 

[SBV116]

Neither? one got on the loud pedal first!

 

[Pasty]

EK9

 

[Russ_16v]

your sad about .1 of a sec? lol

 

[chris_p]

your sad about .1 of a sec? lol

lol, that is a little bit sad.

 

[Chris205]

not bad then considering the rep they have

And on the road i cant see there being anything in it

Btw was your mates ek9 at ed38? im sure i saw it there and at trax

 

[Christopher]

Not bad for a 1598cc eh?

 

[Turkish]

1.6 FTW! now where's that dick on here with the Dynamique who thinks he can roast RS's ? lol

 

[J0sh]

1.6 FTW! now where's that dick on here with the Dynamique who thinks he can roast RS's ? lol

LOL.


Remember, its stripped with an ITG.


Ferrari slayer.

 

[Tav]

Not bad for a 1598cc eh?

With the l lairiest cams evaaaaaaarrr!

 

[Christopher]

Slightly more than lairy cams. Monster engine.

 

[Munson]

Honda engines make Renault lumps look coal powered.

 

[Christopher]

Yep.

 

[Pasty]

Nothing in it at all in everyday conditions tbh

 

[Pasty]

Yeh it was the my mate Phil with the car and he was at Ed38 and Trax running BBS RS. Here's some pics from our day at the races anyway...

 

[.Ben.]

Your mate's spoiler is slowing him down! The drag that thing must produce above about 50mph must be horrible!

:dead:

 

[Guppy]

BBS wheels make the EK9

Not a fan with the standards on it

 

[Tav]

Slightly more than lairy cams. Monster engine.

That is the basic premise of the engine. High lift + long duration cam shafts that would be unsuitable for a road car were it not for VTEC. Everything else is build to suit the concept, the short stroke, high piston speed and short runners on the inlet.

You can get 185bhp+ out of Clio 1.6 16v/Lupo GTi if you wanted, it just wouldn't perform well in the low RPM range or have the ability to return good MPG.

I love Honda engines, I think they are the best N/A road car engines available. The basic concept is pretty straight forward and as with all N/A engines more power is available in one of two ways...more displacement or more RPM.

The VTEC advantage is lessened in a race car as the need for good low RPM driveability and good MPG go out the window. It's possible to make a 1300cc Polo engine produce 180-200bhp with enough RPM and cam lift.

So the advantage does come from the cams. It just so happens the rest of the engine is pretty well put together as well. Audi are now using a sliding cam shaft that brings the same benefits, with the engine having a split personality for economy/power.