obuhmyuh

im new to this whole ecu tuning thing so bare with me... i understand you need the datalogging cables to hook your ecu up to ur computer, which isnt the problem, but assuming i already have a chip to tune do i need to buy more chips and an (ostrich) emulator, or wideband oxygen sensor thing?

thanks

z6hatchboy

Whats up again. For the basics you'll need a chip burner, the burner1 from xenocrons good (thats where im getting all of my stuff), a wideband and datalog (which you already know). If you your running free version of crome you'll need freelog or datalog program to datalog with i believe (crome pro has datalogging). The emulator will save you from burning a million bin files when your tuning though, lol.

obuhmyuh

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by z6hatchboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Whats up again. For the basics you'll need a chip burner, the burner1 from xenocrons good (thats where im getting all of my stuff), a wideband and datalog (which you already know). If you your running free version of crome you'll need freelog or datalog program to datalog with i believe (crome pro has datalogging). The emulator will save you from burning a million bin files when your tuning though, lol.</TD></TR></TABLE>

haha thanks dude, all that ***** expensive though, huh? maybe i wont do all of that. haha hey i tried wiring up my vtec light today and couldnt get it to work, i had ground and i spliced my LED (which works) into the green wire w/yellow stripe and nada at vtec...

z6hatchboy

It is expensive, but worth it for a do it your self person, and you dont have to spend as much at dyno if your changing your setup often. Let me run to the garage and check which wire i spliced.

z6hatchboy

VTEC solenoid is orange/ white, and what i spliced


Modified by z6hatchboy at 8:05 PM 12/21/2007

obuhmyuh

orange and white huh? im gonna go resplice haha. i wish i had a garage to put my del slow in leaving it out sucks.

z6hatchboy

Id hate to do work without a garage, and over here its winter ,lol. But yeah its orange/white, hope it lights up this time.

obuhmyuh

i work in my garage but i live with my daddy so he gets to park in the garage haha yeah the light works this time, i feel kinda gay putting that in but i think its cool haha.

z6hatchboy

lol, i wouldnt have if i could've heard vtec stock. But everyone that sees it seems to like it, and has never heard of it.

obuhmyuh

oh haha some of my friends that have/had civics were like dude ur so gay or my other friend called me a ******, which doesnt make any sense cuz its kinda ricer, i mean it has wiring and stuff haha.

civic.slow

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thanks</TD></TR></TABLE>


<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by z6hatchboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Whats up again. For the basics you'll need a chip burner, the burner1 from xenocrons good (thats where im getting all of my stuff), a wideband and datalog (which you already know). If you your running free version of crome you'll need freelog or datalog program to datalog with i believe (crome pro has datalogging). The emulator will save you from burning a million bin files when your tuning though, lol.</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol ya but if you have the EEprom it makes it less costly just more time consuming.

pretty much hit it on the head. the wideband is for a more accurate a/f reading OP

z6hatchboy

I dont know, the purpose of testing things was good, but now i dont know what to think, its kinda ricer if can hear it and everythings fine. Ill leave mine though, one of a kind ,lol

z6hatchboy

You could also you skip the burner, and leave the emulator in since they practically wont die b/c of battery issues, that'l save you around 110

obuhmyuh

sounds like i gotta lotta research to do... maybe ill just take it to a tuner and have my mess with it, one near me charges only like 65 for a chip and tune, but i was just trying to save money and bought a chip that should have the maps and everything i want on it... thanks for the input i still gotta learn some stuff i dont even know what an emulator does...

z6hatchboy

if there was a way for you to buy the perfect chip without a dyno run or anything, that would be awesome and save you money, but chances are you'll need a tuner to get you the correct tune. Compared to doing it yourself, a shop will be the cheapest route by far.