Quote Originally Posted by chaseamundo
i have a 2000 civic si with the stock b16 in it. i always thought my vtec was just smooth and the crossover was just not loud until my friend told me to youtube it. their is a very distinct crossover into vtec in the video than their is in my car. why would my vtec not be engaging?
The civic that you saw on youtube probably had one of those fancy intakes.
Doesn't an intake make a Honda's vtec sound really loud?

EX: Baaaaaa/AHHHHHHHHHHH...?

Get yourself an intake and try it out. Come back with the results.