[liquid squid]

Looks to be a smooth band, from what I understand the turbo is relatively simple, and larger then norm. No variable vanes etc, spins up a bit old school they say... Supposedly the Honda engineers were trying to give it the feel of older NA VTECs... but thats just what I've read here and there...

 

[5TAR]

Keeping it NA feeling is important since that's one thing Honda has stuck by for a long time and something they've done well with, enthusiasts LOVE pushing these motors to 8k, 9k and even 10k at times around the track, even on the road. That among many more reasons.