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Originally Posted by Cobb
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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My car isn't exactly happy below 2500 RPM, but I've learned to sacrifice speed and power for fuel economy. I try to shift below 2500 RPM, but I accelerate with about 80% load so I can get to top gear as quickly as possible.
Many Honda's come with shorter gear transmissions which encourage higher RPM driving to compliment the VTEC system. But for the VX, HX, HF, CX, and some DX/LX models, the longer geared transmissions make it pretty easy to drive like a grandma. It might not be exciting or fast, but thats where the better fuel economy is.