I'm gonna buy a launch controller. I was looking into standalone units, but I saw that the Hondata ecu's have it built in, which I was considering the S200 anyways for the new motor I am currently building.

If anyone has experience using the Hondata launch control, can you give me some input please? I watched the video on hondata.com and it seems that the process to set the launch control takes a few seconds... a FEW seconds that are too many once the car hits the staging lights. It looks as if the tree will green light while you're still trying to set the launch controller, especially if the other car is already staged before you did.

Any opinions? Or is a standalone unit like the MSD's etc still a good option even WITH the hondata stuff?

 

if youre gonna go with hondata go with the s300.. running it in my car and i can easily build 20psi of boost in under a second

 

How much timing are you retarding and how much fuel are you adding to get 20psi?

Mine is retarded 30 degrees and 300 units of fuel are added. I only get 12psi or so

 

hondata s300 is so much better than the s200

 

Go wit the s300 

 

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They don't even sell the s200 anymore, new that is, because the s300 is such a better unit with no chip burning. And the launch control setup is a one time thing. It saves after you set it up and won't change till you set it up again.

 

Yeah like someone else said, i'm pretty sure they discontinued s200.. you don't want s200 anyway, too much of a hassle. As for setting up the launch control..idk who's been lying to you, but its super simple! You can even go as far as setting it up without an on/off switch and just set the ecu to have the launch control turned on all the time and then turn it off at Xmph. All you have to do is put the pedal to the floor and drive the crap out of it.

 

Or you can save about $200 and get eCtune with a demon, and have launch control/antilag with tons of configuration options, closed loop boost control, boost by rear wheel speed (coming soon) as well as a seperate burnout limiter and better software and support.

 

it has more to do with retard and rpm.
7500, -40*, and +50 got me about 15 psi, i could get more but the little turbo spools hard and fast. hahaa.

 

Are you serious no switch at all??!!!! That is just awesome man, I had no idea.
I am still on my old hondata s200 that does not have even have the launch control with the switch. I have been wanting to go with s300 for the longest but been low on funds.

 

^^its well worth the money!

 

How do you set it up with no swich?

 

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Whatever you use for the activation (P/S, A/C switch, etc) just invert the input and set the mph in which you want the launch control to turn off. Keep in mind, my a/c switch didn't work right which is why it stayed on all the time when i used a/c as the activation. I'm sure it would work the same way with the p/s though.

 

you dont even have to do that. you just set it for "always on", max speed 1mph and then do your rpm, fuel and ignition numbers.

 

Sso if you have it alwas on will it be on step/antilag at a stop light or will it need to be at wot.

 

it will only do it if you rev it that high but yeah it would hit it if you were at a stop light. Who cares? I know i don't rev my cars up at a stop light.

 

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Cops love when you hit the 2 step on the street.

 

So if its always on but not wot nothing will happen right? No extra fuel and no timing?

 

It won't activate until the parameters you set have been met.

 

 

Sweet deal. I know what I'm doing when I get home

 

May I ask why you would need to launch with so much boost?