Pre-Tuned ECU swap over a standard

[ginganggooly]

so in conclusiopn (hahah) a chipped ECU IS very limited and may not adapt to your mods but you need to consider that your tuned ECU is only as good as your tuner.. and by the way HONDATA are basically just chipped ECU's anyway.. you cannot alter the parameters yourself without a full-retune etc. yes i am aware you can upgrade your Hondata to enable some live tunable features but to set that tune you still

Hondatas are still tuned in real time. It's just that you burn the chip when you're satisfied with the results... It's as far removed from best guess style chip tuning as you can get. Provided the tuner keeps the maps -and i know DynoDave does- the option to modify the map for new mods is always there. In fact, this is what has been going on in my own car for about 4 years now

I guess the situation is a little tough over in the west at the moment since there isn't much in the way of support... i guess you don't have alot of options. Aside from learning how to tune yourself anyway

[DynoDave]

Hondatas are still tuned in real time. It's just that you burn the chip when you're satisfied with the results... It's as far removed from best guess style chip tuning as you can get. Provided the tuner keeps the maps -and i know DynoDave does- the option to modify the map for new mods is always there. In fact, this is what has been going on in my own car for about 4 years now

I guess the situation is a little tough over in the west at the moment since there isn't much in the way of support... i guess you don't have alot of options. Aside from learning how to tune yourself anyway

S300 Hondata and a good wideband setup and he will be able to trim a good map himself to suit his setup,as there is no need to burn chips its just program on the run.
Regards Dyno Dave

[VT3C]

S300 Hondata and a good wideband setup and he will be able to trim a good map himself to suit his setup,as there is no need to burn chips its just program on the run.
Regards Dyno Dave

Interesting.. will have to look into this further.. and yeah i was aware of the process that the rom is tuned live then the program burnt onto the chip.. but that was my point that essentially it's a chipped ecu with the chip being tuned for your car.. so it is a good option i CAN see the advantages but the biggest disadvantage is that we have no tuner over here as I said.

am not dissing the capabilities of Hondata - dont get me wrong.. but we must be clear to those who are jsut looking at ECU options that perhaps the Hondata units are only good if you have access to a competent tuner etc.

but IF you have access to one of these tuners (like dyno dave etc) then yes you got a great option - can be tuned for track reliability and balance OR max HP whatever your purpose is.. jsut depends on the skills of the tuner. .bla bla bla..

will still keep the spoon ECU as i believe it still has a lot of potential but after i install cams i MAY reconsider my ECU option to something that is completely tunable if I am not happy with the result.

[ACTI0NMAN-1]

Interesting.. will have to look into this further.. and yeah i was aware of the process that the rom is tuned live then the program burnt onto the chip.. but that was my point that essentially it's a chipped ecu with the chip being tuned for your car.. so it is a good option i CAN see the advantages but the biggest disadvantage is that we have no tuner over here as I said.

am not dissing the capabilities of Hondata - dont get me wrong.. but we must be clear to those who are jsut looking at ECU options that perhaps the Hondata units are only good if you have access to a competent tuner etc.

but IF you have access to one of these tuners (like dyno dave etc) then yes you got a great option - can be tuned for track reliability and balance OR max HP whatever your purpose is.. jsut depends on the skills of the tuner. .bla bla bla..

will still keep the spoon ECU as i believe it still has a lot of potential but after i install cams i MAY reconsider my ECU option to something that is completely tunable if I am not happy with the result.

what modifications does the spoon ecu recomend you have before installing it?