jdmposer

hey everyone,
now before you start bashing with FMU sucks and is garbage, just take a look at this and hear me out.

Alright, now here in Hilo, Hawaii, there arent many tuners available. now if there were, i'd convert to OBD1 and tune with a p28, but that just aint happening. my question is, would it be safe to run a t25 turbo, on 6 lbs with synapse engineering FPR w/ a built in FMU?

heres a link
http://www.synapseengineering.com/


Reason why i say 6lbs or maybe 7, is because i dont need neck breaking power. if i do, i just ask my brother to sample his SR20'd s13 or Evo X....yes, he has an EVO X..lucky ***...and i'm stuck with a civic..oh well, thats not the point...i still get parts cheaper and save gas

project car magazine used there FPR and wastegate on their project Wunderdog CRX. it looked damn good in that magazine and i liked the way it turned out. plus, my brother runs Synapse Engineering BOV on his EVO X and he likes it. I've heard nothing but GREAT things from this company, and want to see what you guys would think?

Thanks!



BTW, this is on a d16y8 motor. sorry forgot to include that

DaveF

go get a chip burner, a freeware program, and a wide band. all that junk on your car will just be a tease. and when it blows up, it will be a disapointment.

jdmposer

i know the wideband reads afr's and that i need to get the ratio relatively close to 11.5:1 or so correct?

but is that really all i need to tune? ( the chip burner and software?? [i'll prolly use crome cause many ppl say its user friendly])

Schister66

To tune, you'll need a wideband, chip burner, Ostrich emulator, free Crome program, access to a laptop (with decent battery life) and some free time. Sure it will take you longer than a pro, but with some time and effort, you can have a near perfect tune. Whenver you have questions, feel free to ask around in FI or the tuning forum https://honda-tech.com/forums/engine-management-tuning-124/

jdmposer

has to be a laptop?

Schister66

Well, to do the adjustments, you need to modify the fuel and ignition maps a bunch of times. You could use a desktop, but that'd be a HUGE hassle. You'd be running back and forth to the computer and the car...also, you couldnt make adjustments on the fly while driving.

jdmposer

had a feeling that would be the answer.
the only laptop i would have access to is my sisters and i dont think she would like the idea me using to to tune my car with it.

especially since she needs it for school.

ahhh..well i'll research more and come up with what i'll do.
thanks guys