Here is a quick note on VTEC.

Its not all its cracked up to be. It adds top end HP at the very top of the RPM band ONLY. Thats all you get.

And what you end up with is a high hp car with no torque, small brakes, and alot of lead because of the high peak HP.
IMVHP THATS whats killing the Honda and Acuras under the current process. The benefits of that peak HP can't compete with the cost of that weight on corner exit, upshifts, and braking.

I imagine that the Type R (which was just rejected) would come in at something like 2900lbs under the current process. It wouldn't even be competitive there. Sure, it's got 195whp at 8000rpms, but 130lbft of TQ ain't gonna lug 2900lbs off a corner.
As I mentioned before... small displacement is small displacement.
And I think thats the hole in the system.

FWIW.

PS - I own none of the cars being discussed, I just think it benefits all of us if cars are properly speced, especially newer, popular ones.