At 11:51 AM 11/10/99 -0500, dg50@daimlerchrysler.com wrote:
>Craig Blome <cblome@yahoo.com>
>
> > there are too many
> > cars with computer controlled camshaft timing
> > available today.
>
>Uhh, there aren't ANY cars with "computer controlled camshaft timing" out
>there,
>in the sense where a computer directly controls the lift/duration of the
>valves.
>What you get is multiple camshaft profiles (normally two), with the switchover
>point between profiles computer contolled.
>
>That's a HUGE difference - a VTEC controller cannot get you any more lift or
>duration (that's controlled by the immutable, cast-in-metal profile of the
>camshafts) it can only change the RPM point where one switches from the
>low-end
>cam to the high-end cam.
>
>It's something not really accounted for in the rules, but changing the
>switchover point is most definately NOT the equivelent of swapping out
>camshafts
>for different profiles.
>
>DG
>
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If anyone knows where I can buy a VTEC controller for my '93 Prelude
that_will_fit_inside_the_oem_ecu_housing, let me know; I'll buy it.
Vince Bly #49 Street Touring (R
in '00)
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