Photo: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Although more than three decades have passed since its launch, the B16 is still one of the greatest engines ever built. It pioneered VTEC (Variable Valve Timing & Lift ...

If you're building a project tuner car or are into car culture, you've probably heard of the Honda B16 engine. This motor is popular among car enthusiasts, with many gearheads installing it in old ...

This 1998 Honda Civic isn’t just a classic — it’s a high-revving legend. With a B16 VTEC engine swap screaming all the way to 9000RPM, this lightweight pocket rocket delivers pure JDM adrenaline. Join ...

Honda ain't kidding when it says that its proprietary VTEC technology was sort of a wake-up call to a new breed of enthusiasts, proof that small engines can blow the doors off your standard V6 or ...

Honda's Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control (VTEC) is arguably the most well-known engine type in the world. The essence of Honda's VTEC system lies in its ingenious approach to valve control — ...

Though it's been called many things, the VTEC acronym stands for Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control. VVTLEC doesn't quite roll off the lips, but the adjectives one tends to spew out ...

Bruno started at Top Speed in 2022 and now serves as Senior Editor for ICE while also training writers across CarBuzz, HotCars, and TopSpeed. A car and motorcycle enthusiast, he enjoys writing about ...

VTEC stands for Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control and represents a variable valve control system developed by Japanese car manufacturer Honda for its gasoline engines. The system was ...

Honda did not invent variable valve timing or variable valve lift. In fact, Cadillac had a driver-operated variable valve timing system in production in 1903, three years before Soichiro Honda was ...

Davies has had a keen interest in cars from a very young age. It didn't matter what kind of car it was, as long as it had four wheels and made some cool noises, he was into it. His interest in cars ...