Top 3 Ways Honda Improved Fuel Efficiency Of Its I-vtec Engine
Honda a leading Indian car manufacturer had introduced a revolutionary car engine in the global car market. The engine was designed to meet the increasing demand of improved performance and fuelefficiency. The new engine was first fitted in the Honda Civic to achieve a perfect blend of power performance and fuelefficiency.
After the engine was fitted in the Civic it was modified and altered to have better power and performance. The evolution of the VTEC engine proved a blessing when fitted in the allnew Honda City. The intelligent VTEC Variable Valve Timing and Electronic Lift Control system ensures maximum efficiency by switching the valve timings of inlet and exhaust valves of the car engine. It is also considered to be one of the best engines that deliver powerful torque performance and excellent mileage.
The allnew Honda City with the advanced iVTEC engine carves its own niche in the Indian car market. It has been a great success in winning hearts of car consumers. It is designed with innovative technologies and technical precision that ensures excellence in all arenas including driving pleasure engine performance and low fuelconsumption.
The key factor that contributed to the success of the new City is its powerful and effective iVTEC engine. Hondas engineers have fine tuned every engine component of the car engine make its more efficient than the traditional car engines.
Following are the top 3 ways Honda improved fuelefficiency of its iVTEC engine:
Patterned Piston Coating
One of the best ways to improve fuelefficiency is to reduce friction. Honda engineers tuned the engine components including the piston to help improve fuelefficiency. In order to do so the engineers have modified shape of the area around the piston and also made minor adjustments in the surface configuration. They gave a patterned surface to the piston coating to ensure reduction of friction and enhanced fuelefficiency.
AutoTensioner with DriveBelt
Auto tensioners help automatic regulation of the closing and opening of the intake and exhaust valves of the engine. When fitted with the drive belt it helps in controlling the tension of the timing belts which further monitors the ignition timings. Honda engineers fitted the autotensioner with the auxiliary drive belt that connects the crankshaft and the camshaft. The tensioner in connection with the drivebelt absorbs all variations in the tension created due to speed changes. This regulation eventually helps improve fuelefficiency.
Plastic Covering
Its a fact that the car weight plays a significant role in increasing or reducing fuelefficiency. If the weight of the car is more the engine will need more power to pull the car and if the weight is reduced comparatively less power is required for acceleration. With this fact Hondas engineers decided to reduce the car weight by replacing aluminum engine cover with plastic covers. This has reduced the weight of the engine by about one kilogram thereby reducing overall weight of the car and increasing fuelefficiency.
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