Sounds like the engines in hondas have more balls or torque to them then Suzuki? I know Japanese made engines are funny about spark plugs and love to rev. I have experience with Suzuki sidekicks 2&4 doors, swifts and gem metros with 3 and 4 cylinders.
So, for the suzukis it seems they are rather gutless til about 3 grand, then the power band starts about 5. In my zukis I use a 5-10 degree advance on the cam to drop that.
The Honda insight I have has the IMA assist and vtec that kicks in at 2700 rpms. It does rev rather low than some 6 or 8 cylinder engines in vehicles I have driven. Then again it has the ima for the lower speeds and lower end.
Yeah, I agree. If you can accelerate in that gear, its fine. I try to stay around where the max torque is in the rpm band vs the BSFC.
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