Go in some of rickylee's vtec projects and see if there overrated then

I loved the engine when i had my CTR you really have to drive them which in turn makes it fun, i love reading the same shit " they have no torque" people make out this is an issue for them you really should go and drive one before assuming this

Theres "hype" about them for one reason and thats because as an all round package there an awesome bit of kit