Investigation BROQUET Part 2 - Carma Magazine
To be honest, there were no immediate impressions after the device was fitted; bearing in mind of course that the Honda 2.4 VTEC is already smooth and refined unit. It was, however, not a particularly economical engine, having to pull along a hefty 1.7 tonnes and that's when there are no passengers. Prior to our modification, the car used to return between 6.7 and 7.0 kilometres per litre in the city. Now, bear in mind that it spends most of its time accelerating from a standstill and is always made to do so, briskly every time. Gear changes (exclusively with manual-shift function) are made at no less than 4000rpm and often at 6000rpm. So yes, this car is driven hard. Very hard.
For the last 4000km or so the fuel consumption has dropped steadily and now consistently returns 7.3 to 7.5 kilometres per litre. Similarly, expressway trips are beginning to record average figures of 11.5km/litre, up from the usual 10.6 to 10.8km/litre. We need to continue to accumulate kilometres in order to iron out experimental errors in our data and gather figures over at least 22,000km, which is the mileage over which consumption data were recorded before fitting the BoostMaster 40. Subjectively, the car feels more eager to rev and it does accelerate with more verve.
We will fill you in as we go along on whatever tests we carry out (including a re-run with the Boost removed) and any tabulation of performance figures we collect. Stay tuned.
$530 Saved in one year
