i got a 00 honda civic EX.. been turbo for about 10K miles now... been boostin stock ever since... i was gonna go with the hondata 2B but now ive read more about the EMS, and its very tempting... mostly that it includes a boost controller and all the other good stuff.... and its also compatible with OBD II vehicles..

i only wanna boost up to 7-10 pounds.. just on my stock internals.. i was wondering if i have to change my injectors to a bigger size if i use the EMS... do i have to replace the fuel pump???? reading about the EMS plug and play gives me the idea that its just plug and play..

 

You can use the EMS on a bone stock honda if you'd like, so you do not have to chance anything from your current set-up if you don't want to.

However, if your running that much boost right now w/ stock injectors I'm assuming your running an FMU. When you get the AEM EMS I'd trash the FMU and run larger injectors instead. The EMS will allow you to safely map your fuel curves for the larger injectors and you car will drive the same if not better than your car with the factory injectors!

Hope this helps,

 

helps a lot.... thank you.. i got a vortech FMu right now... like i said im only boosting stock which is 5 lbs...

reason i wanna go with standalone is the reliability on it and less rtouble with other stuff (FMU, o2 sensor problem, etc)... 8 lbs may be even the max ill run on it for a while.. im not into too much power...

 

Heya tararan... pyro again...

Yes you'll have to get a bigger fuel pump in addition to the larger injectors as well. The fuel pump and larger injectors go hand-in-hand.

Other neat features I found in my AEM EMS is the secondary rev limiter... I haven't installed my EMS yet, but how it's supposed to work is like the hondata 3b. You can set a preset lower rev limit when you have the clutch depressed, to say 4000rpm. When you let the clutch out, the ECU will use the higher rev limiter (e.g.: the stock 6900rpm rev limiter). It's useful if you want to launch consistently at dragstrips. Turbo timer function is also built-in as well as an expandable boost controller as well. Just a few perks of the EMS.

 

oh shoot.. definitely goin this route... thanks again for your help bro.... you can ignore my last IMed to you....

 

Ok stupid question, but is the EMS plug and play with OBD1?

 

yes .. it is

 

damn! you're making me want to get one! stop it...

 

heheh...

From a bang for the buck perspective, it's like this...

OBD-0 car (i.e. pre-OBD): Zdyne
OBD-1 car: Hondata
OBD-2 car: AEM EMS

 

is the EMS pretty easy to tune or is it one of those deals where you spend 1600 dollars and no dyno shop knows what to do with it

 

The best thing since sliced bread

Remember you'll need a solenoid still for boost control. You can set low and high boost for example. Yes you can also setup a 2 step.

 

solenoid, huh??? damn, how much that thing cost? im planning on keeping my car really close to stock configuration as far as tuning goes... dont wanna get too complex.. just want to tune to run the car safely...

 

the solonoid is like 15 dollar item from GM dealer .... it not expensive.

 

If you have EMS related questions or are looking for info on the EMS from AEM then please feel free to check out the forum at AEM's site. Tons of info.

 

thanks..

 

whats the part number?

 

P/Ns are also on the AEM website.