someone asked me the other day, and i have no clue! i dont even know what the ecotec stands for or if its another badge that doesnt mean anything? is it variable valve or cam timing? what exactly is it? i searched on the internet and all i found was a buncha reviews about the engine, but nothing explaining how it worked. if anyone has time and can answer my stupid noob question, i would be honored. i have had this car a month and dont even know how the ecotec works.
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ecotec is just the name for the series of engines (economical technology is my guess)
just a good ol dohc setup
the 2.4 ecotec thats coming outsoon is vvti which is like vtec
ecotec is just a marketing name
vtec is short for VVTT or variable vavle timing technology letting the use of changing the vavletrain to allow a longer powerband, higher rev, and a quicker rev.
-Borsty
ahhhhh! i wondered....so no varaible anything on the 2.2 eco....how lame!!!!!!!!!!!!
stupid GM marketing basterds...it worked, i have owned a j for 4 years and i didnt even know that it was just a stupid badge. i wonder how hard it would be to swap the head off the new SS cobalt 2.4l variable onto a 2.2 eco...(im scheming already)
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probably almost impoosible. but well see.
-Borsty
borsty sorry but for the first time youre retarded
it means what he posted
economic technology
NOT a marketing scheme because it has actual meaning behind it
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quickBOOSTEDecotec wrote:borsty sorry but for the first time youre retarded
it means what he posted
economic technology
NOT a marketing scheme because it has actual meaning behind it
harsh man, calling him a retard, because of what he said
lol him and I are good friends he knows I am screwing with him
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Borsty wrote:ecotec is just a marketing name
vtec is short for VVTT or variable vavle timing technology letting the use of changing the vavletrain to allow a longer powerband, higher rev, and a quicker rev.
not, close tho,
variable valve timing and electronic lift control
reving higher has nothing to do with it either, any car with stiffer valve springs can rev higher, but none will make power by doing so. it will allow you to make power in higher rpm by having 2 cam profiles. doesnt really do anything to the speed of your revs either
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616whp@9,320rpm@27psi and 115octane
374ft/lbs@7,500rpm...i know its all action, no torque
11.187@130.73mph
95tt supra
stockish
ahhhh....so in my case, should i even look at switching heads when the new engine comes out in 06, or should i just spend thne money on other mods for the non variable ecotec?
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turboGSR wrote:Borsty wrote:ecotec is just a marketing name
vtec is short for VVTT or variable vavle timing technology letting the use of changing the vavletrain to allow a longer powerband, higher rev, and a quicker rev.
not, close tho,
variable valve timing and electronic lift control
reving higher has nothing to do with it either, any car with stiffer valve springs can rev higher, but none will make power by doing so. it will allow you to make power in higher rpm by having 2 cam profiles. doesnt really do anything to the speed of your revs either
eh watever ill never own,work, or need to know anything about vtec so im good.
so philly? what about in the middle east where they slap that badge on alot of motors? no marketing?
-Borsty
Im gonna put vtec stickers on my fiero!. lol yea vtec is the stuff tho.
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Redrocket wrote:ahhhhh! i wondered....so no varaible anything on the 2.2 eco....how lame!!!!!!!!!!!!
stupid GM marketing basterds...it worked, i have owned a j for 4 years and i didnt even know that it was just a stupid badge. i wonder how hard it would be to swap the head off the new SS cobalt 2.4l variable onto a 2.2 eco...(im scheming already)
the 2.4 has a bigger bore and different electronics than the 2.2
quickBOOSTEDecotec wrote:borsty sorry but for the first time youre retarded
it means what he posted
economic technology
NOT a marketing scheme because it has actual meaning behind it
Are you sure, i thought if was "Emissions Control Technology"?
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turboGSR wrote:Borsty wrote:ecotec is just a marketing name
vtec is short for VVTT or variable vavle timing technology letting the use of changing the vavletrain to allow a longer powerband, higher rev, and a quicker rev.
reving higher has nothing to do with it either, any car with stiffer valve springs can rev higher, but none will make power by doing so. it will allow you to make power in higher rpm by having 2 cam profiles. doesnt really do anything to the speed of your revs either
beat me to it. lol
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