Proecu Dc2r

Hey guys, I got my car tuned by Dyno Dave at Premier Motorsports yesterday, using a new ecu called proecu developed by an adelaide based dude called Evan. Bare with me, as this review should be quite long. ;)

Background
I've been in the market for an ecu for about about 6 months now. Below is a list of my current modifications (that would affect power) and a slight description on each one :

Intake:
J's Racing Tsuchinoko Chamber
A.K.A the Whale Penis, its a short ram carbon fiber intake
with a huge reservoir , which makes the peak power figures
suffer, but is excellent for throttle response.

Header:
Spoon Sports 4-2-1
4-2-1 By name but more of a compromise between 4-2-1
and 4-1 header as the collector length for the 2-1 is only
about 1.5" long. This header hangs low and I've had to
de-slam my car so i dont scratch the damn thing.. this
header has a 2.5" collector.

Exhaust:
Fujitsubo Power Getter
A catback with 2 Resonators, 1 huge muffler and 1 long
ass mofo tip. 2.5" construction, not loud at all, but flows
well.

Head Gasket:
Spoon Sports Thinner headgasket.
Rumored to just be a 2ply version of the 3ply honda head
gasket. This raises the compression slightly.

Cam Gears:
Hanny's Offsetted Cams
Offsetted for high end power, there are many differing opinions
on this practice, but to each their own, I think they make high
end more insane, but on the other hand make idle a little rough.

Miscellaneous:
Engine Oil:
Castrol Formula R 5W-30
Tranny Oil:
Castrol Syntrax
Spark Plugs:
Greddy branded Iridiums.
Cat:
Tuffy Tone High Flow Cat
Stickers:
PROECU :D :D :D

And here is the review for PROECU :
A million words in one photo

The RED line is the base run
The BLUE line is the run after 2 hours of tuning by Evan and Dave

http://members.optusnet.com.au/ejcheung/PROECUDC2R.JPG

First of All dynos and numbers don't mean much, but lets get it over and done with.

The Red line (stock) is rough as guts with a drop in power at VTEC,
and a surge up through to redline. A similar story is shown by the
torque curve below it.

The vtec cross over point was lowered to about 5.2k ( and as dave
said " You tell me where it kicks in?" I had no idea until he told me =P )

The gains are everywhere. The power between 2-3 thousand revs gains
5kw With a 15kw gain in the midrange, and a 7k overall gain at peak
power. And an overall smoother curve. Whereas it was all over the place
prior to tuning. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Overall Impression:
1) Anyone who had driven the car before and after, would
be able to tell that the vtec power surge that i had before
had changed. Prior to tuning, My car would go insane whenever
it hit 5.7k (vtec cross over) and the car would wheelspin to
kingdom come. After tuning, the power delivery is MUCH more
smooth. VTEC is just a sound. and the car is definitely faster
than before.

2) The throttle is crazily precise. (something to do with the way
it was tuned? I'm sure dave and or Evan can shed some light on this)
The response is definitely different, even shifting up gear normally,
the car shudders cos of me getting of the gas too quickly. And when
i hang it at whatever rev, and i step on it there is :ZERO lag. Either
that or im getting old and I'm getting slow =P

Driver's Impression.
(I think there are a few things that ONLY the driver of the car would
notice, albeit not HUGE things, they ARE different)

1) First thing I felt, was when I drove it off the Dyno, within moving
5 meters from the Dyno. I could feel the car's idle was VERY smooth,
like stock, and being the 30 degrees it was (explains the lowfigure?:confused: )
I turned on the Aircon, and needle moved VERY slightly, but corrected i
tself in no time. Unlike before tuning the car would struggle to fix the
aircon problem at idle. And would take about 5-10 seconds to adjust,
and not to a perfect standard either.

2) The Overall feel of the car is. STOCK. but with all power mods
accounted for. It's Amazing, feels SMOOOOOTH ... :thumbsup:

3) I only noticed this after returning the ecu to Evan, for him to take
back to Adelaide to add some modules(read GOODIES) to. The b18c
being torqueless as it is down low, didn't bog at all at low end on
take off. But without the ecu, bogs like a mofo

This is MY understanding of PROECU (Once again Evan can DEFINITELY
Shed more light on this) does not have a piggyback device, it is realtime
tuning of the stock honda obd1 ecu. Hence you can retain your aircon etc.

The program can support anything you may be running, Boost Support,
Individual Throttle Body Support, Data Logging, Launch Control, Vtec Shift
Point Adjustment, Redline Adjustment as far as I know.

Also not to mention Evan is setting Launch Control for me at 4k rpm (Yes I'm
pussy haha :D ) So when I am at standstill, I can hold the accelerator
to the floor and the fuel will cut at 4k rpm, until I want to launch. This was
and is free of charge, as are the other modules such as boost support.

At the moment this is unavailable for K series. But i think its available for a range of other hondas.

OK .. FLAMESUIT IS ON .. bring on the replies ;););)

PICTURES AND VIDEOS TO COME SOON!

Very Nice,

I too have played with PRoEcu and enjoyed it, with such a powerfull program its no wonder you made such good power.

LOoking good so far...........I take it ProECU is still in testing stages or is it available soon?

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Originally Posted by wynode

LOoking good so far...........I take it ProECU is still in testing stages or is it available soon?

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No its finished testing now.
Evan is just putting in some finishing touches to protect his program before he he brings it to the sellers..

That's why he flew into Sydney to tune my car off his Laptop at Dyno Dave's
BIG THANX TO EVAN AND DAVE!!

nice work evan :thumbsup:

good stuff, nice write up eric. now, cost? :)

ditto... COST?

YAY for EFI tuning !!!! proven results again ! EFI so much better than piggyback devices.

Yay for ProECU now soon another option for Honda owners !!



Regards James