Should I even look for a VTEC?

[JDMFantasy2k]

yeah i must agree once more, here's an example. A friend of mine has a 93 civic cx hatch which he swapped an old motor into. All i know is that it is a d15 sohc and i believe it's normal, although it may have vtec-e (is it supposed to say it on the valve cover?). Anyway we were cruising down a back road ( about 1 mile stretch) and we're in a passing zone and he goes to pass, he starts pulling ahead until i drop third, and once i hit about 5k i was gone, and the rest of the tach, well he was getting a nice view of my liscense plate.