product question

[JDMFantasy2k]

check this out, saw it in an ad in honda tuning....

http://www.innovatemotorsports.com/

hmm wideband a/f unit? and it's at a reasonable price.. and has many other features.

Here's my latest question, in theory i could get some dyno time at this place i know ($100/hr) get the wideband monitor and then just tune with the apexi afc and other components. Any thoughts?

[thermal]

That is not a bad wideband system. I prefer AEM or PLX (hardwired) tho but as long as it works.....

Theoretically that is right. Get your A/F target correct and your system will be considered tuned. However it's efficiency is still a question since the tuning device is still what's controlling the signals and fuel map. The more adjustability, the better. For example, the tuning/adjustability on an AFC is nowhere near what AEM-EMS can do. So it is more likely to achieve higher horsepower on a more tunable system.

My advice is just to make sure that your tuner is skilled on whatever tuning device you are getting ready to use....

[JDMFantasy2k]

apexi afc= 300
aem ems= 1300 ish

:crazy:

wideband monitor=350ish
aem wideband= 600ish

hey, notice a pattern? i'm trying to save money! lol

i just need to find some better shops, i just wish there was more to work with...

[thermal]

I hear you..... It was just a comparison of its abilities.. that's all. I am aware of the prices, trust me....

[JDMFantasy2k]

oh i know.

i really wish i had like 10g's. Then it'd be a built b20 with boost through the AEM EMS and a bajillion other things. someday....

[Sivik]

b20... :pukey cylinder walls are too thin... if i had money, i'd get rid of my civic and get some AWD power!

[JDMFantasy2k]

mmm true, my friends WRX does give me a hard-on everytime i drive it.

[JDMFantasy2k]

SO anyway, i have to go the AFC route. Hondata just isn't an option right now (maybe come spring). So for now i'm going to get a vafc, missing link, and dsm injectors (and resistor box) that way i can at least get it up and running conservativley and come spring i'll go hondata...

[Sivik]

no need to run missing link with AFC hack. goto thermal's website for setup instructions and settings. helped me.

i still say go for the hondata, so much better and safer for your motor. just gotta get it tuned right.

[JDMFantasy2k]

oh true i forgot about the afc hack

i can't go hondata, i don't have the money and the only place that tunes it is expensive and far away. So it'll have to wait until spring.

[thermal]

P28 ECU= $75
ECU socketing= $75
Hondata S100b= $385
440cc injectors= $225
Hondata base map= $50
= $810

Apexi VAFC= $350
RC 440 cc injectors= $225 or DSM 450cc injectors= $75
Resistor box= $10
=$435 ($585 if RC 440 is chosen)

The price difference is pretty big. However you can get everything you need to run a Hondata system less than what I listed from H-T. I see it all the time under classifieds. I've seen it as low as $600 with everything.... used

But as I mentioned before, you will gain more with Hondata. Also, OBD2 tends to trip a CEL code 13 (barometric pressure) under an AFC "hack". It doesnt affect the performance of the car, however it's just annoying to be seeing that yellow light all the time.....

If you decide to do the AFC hack, I say get at least the right injectors vice a DSM 450cc. Get the RC 440 or 550 cc saturated injectors. DSM injectors doesnt act well on "hot start".... when the weather is hot or with the engine being hot. Sometimes it takes me a couple of clicks and hold the starter engaged for a few seconds to get the car going. Since you will be going Hondata later on anyway, you might as well get the right injectors. The Hondata website doesnt recommend DSM 450cc (peak & hold) anyway. RC, Lucas, Precission, or Seimen injectors will be okay.

[JDMFantasy2k]

well if i spend the extra money with the RC injectors then they're just plug and play since they're the same resistance correct, hence i wouldn't need to wire in a resistor box. I guess i'd better go that way, not to mention i know i'd have new injectors and they'd work better.

[BlackEJ]

For the Rc 440s you do not need a resistor box.

and btw like arnel said:
Hondata P28 Chipped ECU (OBD2B) = $375
Hondata S200b= $445
440cc injectors= $276
Hondata base map= $50
= $1146
This whole set up is teh way to go, thats what I am running;)

Yo check out this doods
http://www.wiredspeed.com/

[JDMFantasy2k]

i could only find one place to tune the hondata, and they wanted 700, so i scratched that idea.

I'm running an apexi vafc and i have a set of tuner toys 450cc High impedance injectors. So i'll be running the map sensor hack once i get everything installed.

[BlackEJ]

Goddamn 700 WTF are they thinking.
Were they trying to charge for Install, base map, tuning and dyno time all together or what man?
700 is fucking outrageus,
shit I paid 250 for all of my ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^;)

[JDMFantasy2k]

my thoughts exactly. They claimed it was a flat rate and if forgot what it all included but i'm pretty sure that was without the hondata system which was rediculous.