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  The Webpage "What is Honda vtec and how it works" (Hevesy, 2023) introduces the concept of VTEC (Variable Valve Time and Electronic Lift Control), which is mainly used in the Japanese automotive maker, Honda. VTEC makes use of rocker arms and camshaft to control the power which the engine is outputting. Principally, at low RPMs, the rocker arms are engaged with the camshaft lobes which are of a less aggressive profile, which in this case of the article, 2/3 of the rocker arms are engaged to the camshaft. Higher RPMs would see all 3 rocker arms on each cylinder fully engaged and performing at its peak potential. VTEC was essentially made with the idea of maximising your mileage (Km/L) while still ensuring the vehicle is still able to eke out every bit of performance that is available in the engine through the activation/deactivation of the rocker arms and camshafts. VTEC is truly an engineering marvel , bridging the gap between street and track (Performance) in the same eng...

  Subject: Descriptive Reflection Dear Prof. Blackstone,     My Name is Muhammad Zaki, but people normally just address me as Zaki. I'm a Mechanical Engineering student attending your critical thinking and communication class. I graduated from Singapore Polytechnic(SP) with a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering. My interest in Engineering begins ever since I started riding a motorcycle, which has slowly developed into an interest of tinkering/repairing/fixing of the motorcycle which now includes general knowledge of how a motorcycle engine works.       My strength which I am proud of   is that I take an active role in listening. What this means is that I tend to listen and allow others to speak first or provide their POV before providing my input. This is so that whatever I am about to say, I have already taken into account their argument/point and I can craft my sentence around that. This helps to bring the discussion forward and provide meani...

 The Webpage "What is Honda vtec and how it works" (Alex Hevesy, 2023) introduces the concept of VTEC(Variable Vale Time and Electronic Lift Control), which are mainly used in the Japanese's automotive maker, Honda. VTEC makes use of rocker arms and camshaft to control the power which the engine is outputting. Principally, at low RPMs, the rocker arms are engaged with the camshaft lobes which are of a less aggressive profile, which in this case of the article, 2/3 of the rocker arms are engaged to the camshaft. Higher RPMs would see all 3 rocker arms on each cylinder fully engaged and performing at its peaked potential. VTEC was essentially made with the idea of maximising your mileage(Km/L) while still ensuring the vehicle is still able to eke out every bit of performance that is available in the engine thru the activation/deactivation of the rocker arms and camshafts. VTEC is truly an engineering marvel, and continues to be a step ahead of its competitors, bridging the ...

     Me and Yi Han have the same idea for this topic due to our passion and interest in motorcycles. I used to ride a CB400 Super Four Revo while Yi Han currently owns and ride one.     Yi Han and Zaki both did a general google search on this bike. The articles we found are mostly from website articles, youtube videos. We did not just limit our search to the CB400 VTEC system, we searched up on how VTEC generally works to get a better idea of just the system itself, before we branch onto the motorcycle side. Zaki did a general search on google, and he found 3 articles explaining how VTEC as a system works, along with 1 video explaining how VTEC works. Yi Han obtained 3 articles and 1 video explaining how the CB400 VTEC works.      Using Chat.gpt, the team obtained a summary of how VTEC differs between motorcycle and cars. We also obtained a summary of how the VTEC system on its own, operates. 

 

 Subject: Descriptive Reflection Dear Prof. Blackstone,     My Name is Muhammad Zaki, but people normally just address me as Zaki. I'm a Mechanical Engineering student attending your Critical Thinking and Communication Class. I graduated from Singapore Polytechnic(SP) with a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering. My interest in Engineering begins ever since I started riding a Motorcycle, which slowly develops into an interest of tinkering/repairing/fixing of the motorcycle, which includes general knowledge of how a motorcycle engine works.       My strength which I am proud of   is that I take an active role in listening. What this means is that I tend to listen and allow others to speak first or provide their POV before providing my input. This is so that whatever I am about to say, I have already taken into account their argument/point and I can craft my sentence around that. This helps to bring the discussion forward and provide meaningful ins...