I just test drove a 1997 VTEC Prelude. I can't say I noticed any huge performance gap between it an

Prelude may be too much car to feel any diff.
Try a Del Sol VTEC if you can find one. You will be surprised what a
difference 200 hp in that little thing.

 

Prelude may be too much car to feel any diff.
Try a Del Sol VTEC if you can find one. You will be surprised what a
difference 200 hp in that little thing.

 

Oh god yer right. I remember him explaining why it was theoretically
impossible for a Honda ignition system to operate beyond 3000 rpm.

 

Oh god yer right. I remember him explaining why it was theoretically
impossible for a Honda ignition system to operate beyond 3000 rpm.

 

Dont forget the magnet to align the fuel molecules.

 

Dont forget the magnet to align the fuel molecules.

 

correction : Mercedes C200K 's super charger gives 21% extra torque.

| Where did you dyno it
No need to use elaborate equipment to estimate %age torque rise ;
Newton's law says acceleration (m/s²) = force ( N ) ÷ mass (kg), I
modify this to = ( force - friction / resistance ) ÷ mass. If acceleration
( esp when climbing hill / slope ) rises by 15%, mass & friction remain
constant, then torque must have risen by nearly 15%.

 

correction : Mercedes C200K 's super charger gives 21% extra torque.

| Where did you dyno it
No need to use elaborate equipment to estimate %age torque rise ;
Newton's law says acceleration (m/s²) = force ( N ) ÷ mass (kg), I
modify this to = ( force - friction / resistance ) ÷ mass. If acceleration
( esp when climbing hill / slope ) rises by 15%, mass & friction remain
constant, then torque must have risen by nearly 15%.

 

| you will find no difference in power beyond normal dyno errors.
Honda prescribes plug gaps of just 1 to 1.1mm, because the built-in
coil is small [ii] the Sumitomo carbon-core cables ( 6323 ohm/ft )'
efficiency is low www.magnecor.com/magnecor1/truth.htm .
My plugs ( fed by these hi-eff cables, 2 ohm/ft, in a F20A )' gaps are 3mm
, to get a 3mm long spark to burn petrol vapour fstr = more torque. This
must not be done on any 4 cylinder engine with just a small built-in coil &
plain carbon-core cables ; a 1mm gap needs just 4.46kv, but a 3mm gap
needs 12kv to produce a spark.
My hi-eff cables can feed enough voltage & ampere to my 3mm gaps with
out any fst drop in torque, or noise rise, up to 3350rpm ( no chance / need
to spin fstr ; legal speed limit = 110kph ).
Skeptics can set their gaps to 3mm, then feel how fst torque drops & hear
how fst exhaust noise rises, @>3000rpm, because voltage & ampere across
gaps will both be too low, engine will likely stall by 4500rpm.

| You don't get any extra power to speak of on a modern normally
| aspirated engine without messing with the internals.
Bullshit. My brother's '94 Mitsubishi 6G72 engine's coil got a 1' long hi-
eff cable ( fr me ) to feed high voltage to distributor cap's 6 carbon-core
cables, the # of ohms reduced was just 2890, yet acceleration ( & torque )
rose by 10% ( he estimated ).
In '94 a similar change I did to a '89 Nissan sentra's 1' long coil-cable
reduced # of ohms by 6000, torque rose 10-15% per the chauffer who
drove it daily.

| It's all about the revs (and thus power) in a V-tec motor
| rather than providing torque.
On roads with speed limit, an engine with auto gearbox have no chance to
spin @>3500rpm, so torque is relevant, power is not.

 

| you will find no difference in power beyond normal dyno errors.
Honda prescribes plug gaps of just 1 to 1.1mm, because the built-in
coil is small [ii] the Sumitomo carbon-core cables ( 6323 ohm/ft )'
efficiency is low www.magnecor.com/magnecor1/truth.htm .
My plugs ( fed by these hi-eff cables, 2 ohm/ft, in a F20A )' gaps are 3mm
, to get a 3mm long spark to burn petrol vapour fstr = more torque. This
must not be done on any 4 cylinder engine with just a small built-in coil &
plain carbon-core cables ; a 1mm gap needs just 4.46kv, but a 3mm gap
needs 12kv to produce a spark.
My hi-eff cables can feed enough voltage & ampere to my 3mm gaps with
out any fst drop in torque, or noise rise, up to 3350rpm ( no chance / need
to spin fstr ; legal speed limit = 110kph ).
Skeptics can set their gaps to 3mm, then feel how fst torque drops & hear
how fst exhaust noise rises, @>3000rpm, because voltage & ampere across
gaps will both be too low, engine will likely stall by 4500rpm.

| You don't get any extra power to speak of on a modern normally
| aspirated engine without messing with the internals.
Bullshit. My brother's '94 Mitsubishi 6G72 engine's coil got a 1' long hi-
eff cable ( fr me ) to feed high voltage to distributor cap's 6 carbon-core
cables, the # of ohms reduced was just 2890, yet acceleration ( & torque )
rose by 10% ( he estimated ).
In '94 a similar change I did to a '89 Nissan sentra's 1' long coil-cable
reduced # of ohms by 6000, torque rose 10-15% per the chauffer who
drove it daily.

| It's all about the revs (and thus power) in a V-tec motor
| rather than providing torque.
On roads with speed limit, an engine with auto gearbox have no chance to
spin @>3500rpm, so torque is relevant, power is not.

 

Dammit! We got internet macho competition. Let's make a macho campaign and
make some money by teaching internet users how to be hardy and macho on the
internet by ridding themselves of any smileys. This would prevent electronic
abuse of "softies." KEWL OR WOT!

--Viktor

 

Dammit! We got internet macho competition. Let's make a macho campaign and
make some money by teaching internet users how to be hardy and macho on the
internet by ridding themselves of any smileys. This would prevent electronic
abuse of "softies." KEWL OR WOT!

--Viktor

 

Dammit! We got internet macho competition. Let's make a macho campaign and
make some money by teaching internet users how to be hardy and macho on the
internet by ridding themselves of any smileys. This would prevent electronic
abuse of "softies." KEWL OR WOT!

--Viktor

 

That's the biggest load of tosh I've ever read in my life !

The manufacturer of your car ALREADY fits plugs with the correct gapping,
and leads that are more-than upto the job - why on earth would they do
otherwise ?!?!?

 

That's the biggest load of tosh I've ever read in my life !

The manufacturer of your car ALREADY fits plugs with the correct gapping,
and leads that are more-than upto the job - why on earth would they do
otherwise ?!?!?

 

"Magnecor does not claim its Race Wires increase horsepower, and any
horsepower gained by the use of Magnecor Race Wires results entirely from
the ability of the wires to maintain full conductance and suppress EMI that
previously robbed the engine of horsepower"

From their own website!

 

"Magnecor does not claim its Race Wires increase horsepower, and any
horsepower gained by the use of Magnecor Race Wires results entirely from
the ability of the wires to maintain full conductance and suppress EMI that
previously robbed the engine of horsepower"

From their own website!

 

Only mental giants black-out their headlights.

 

Only mental giants black-out their headlights.

 

Only mental giants black-out their headlights.