I'm not sure where you read/heard that.
First tho, do not buy an ebay "RACING CHIP".
Go get the car tuned professionally, and i guarantee that moving the VTEC point on a dyno tune, will show results.
The reason some of those crappy ebay chips set it lower or higher depends on the application.
GSR stock VTEC=4400-4600rpm (i think)
B16 stock VTEC=5500-5800 (i think again)
alot of those crappy ebay chips have it at 4400.
but putting stock b16's VTEC@4400 = poopy water.
I have some 'no name' (95% sure its an ebayer special) chip that came with my chipped p28, and it sucks.
[Anyone with a good stock b16 uber/crome atmel please sell it to me
]
VTEC@5k, which is nice and works fine,almost perfect for my gearing.. but the chip is just another cheap crappy ebay blow your motor with a revlimiter of 9999 on a stock b16 chip.
[Someone please sell me a p30 atmel [uber or crome] VTEC@5k revlimit at 8450.]