Jared

I want to get a good engine management setup for my heavily boosted b18c that i'm building. i have a friend that is gonna sell me a haltech e6k very cheap, but would it be better or worse than a hondata, zdyne, dfi, etc.. I don't care that i need to make a harness for it, not a problem, i have nothing but time for this car. Ease of tuning is not a problem either, I just want the most powerful unit. I'm thinking Haltech since papadakis, the Injen mirage, all the high boosted cars use it.
thanks,
Jared

TurboT

jared,

what car?

Jared

'89 Civic Si and I'm building a turbo B18C1 for it.

Pony

Zdyne and Hondata both use factory ECUs.

Haltech, DFI, Speed Pro and Motec all use their own processors, which are suited to the needs of engine management. Haltech is a good system, a little bitchy to tune, but good none the less. Speed Pro and DFI are right up there with it, except both a little easier to tune on. The most powerful unit isnt Haltech. Motec is probably the best on the commercial market. But there are some engine management systems that cost well over 15 grand. If you change your mind on the Haltech, Im a Speed Pro dealer, and I can get you a good price on one.

VaporTrail

I thought papadookie ran speedpro? when I spoke with him at Moroso last year, he was VERY happy with it.

Napalm

i have the speedpro setup right now.

there's still tuning and **** to be done. i'm not 100% happy with it yet. (especially for the price). papadakis, lisa, kenny, whoever else, dont run their cars on the street as their daily driver...i do...so, there are things i'm hoping to work out over time. i dont want to cast my doubts on the speedpro this early.

Seraph0

Papadakis runs Speed Pro. I watched him tune it like two weekends ago. I recommend Speed Pro.

paulzy

iTrader: (1)

what about the new DFI 7.0 guys? IT's supposedly a cheaper version of the speedpro unit...so they say....

b18bturbo

the dfio 7 is only a newer version that is built for honda with the features of windows. its pretty much the same. The only bad part of a speed pro right now is the datalogging and lack of a 4 bar map sensor.

pagong

Hey Viren, i saw your run on ESPN, what happened? congrats though you made it all the to that round

b18bturbo

freaking bogging like hell. damn slicks..

Hondata

How about you ask dealers like Tom Payn from Payn Technologies in Michigan Ph 248 362 0283. He has experience in installing Speedpro and Hondata systems.

Doug



[Modified by Hondata, 5:59 PM 6/25/2001]

austrian type-R

whats about the PMS EFI? Have heard good things from it.


[Modified by austrian ITR, 11:33 AM 6/25/2001]

b18bturbo

its limited in its use.. for the same price you can get a SDS fully standalonel.

accordking

I am very happy with my SPEEDPRO FUEL INJECTION and would recommend it for anyone!! Come on, nothing beats a stand alone system like this. Well, mybe Motec; but who has 5 grand to spend on a racer budget.......SPEEDPRO all the way-bank to bank or sequential "it doesn't matter!" nuf said

98hx99b18c

How much is the speedpro unit, and how hard is it to tune for a street car.

st00pid

I run DFI on my car and I have tuned lots of haltech and speed pro cars.. the trick to tuning on the street is driving and know what a car needs and when it needs it.. My car is very smooth and easy to drive around.. and Im using OLD CRAPPY DFI.. Speed Pro and the other can run even smoother. Its all in the tuning.
Get a good tuner and you will have fewer problems.

accordking

Does anyone want to buy a DFI (ECU only no harness or software) for $100.00? Let me know.....