mugen si

i have a 2000 civic si with the b16a2 in it. this car comes with the obd1 ecu right?? Also i would like to kno if getting the car tuned will help in power(how much $ to do so)??? i have cams(stage 1 head job), aem cold air intake, jdm headers and catback apex'i n1 exhaust, along with a chipped ecu. i was also wondering if all memory in the ecu after being tuned, would be lost if the battery is disconnected.

ekb16

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actually ur car is obd2b..tuning ur car will cost somewhat alot bcuzz they gotta put it on a dyno and tune everything..usually a dyno tuning will cost somewhere between $50-100 an hour (just a guess never dynotuned my car b4 but i noe it costs alot) and no the memory wont be erased if u disconnect the battery

cambopheonix56

Your car should be obd1, because someone put an obd1 ecu in it if its chipped. Yes tuning your car will give you a few ponies.

tegman85

if its obd2 you would have to convert it to obd1 and you could just get a good street tune for around 150 to 200 or go to dyno and get a tune which will be better than a street tune for around 100 an hour and would probably only take about 1 1/2 hours since your n/a

mugen si

alright. thanx for the help. i bought the car from the previous owner with all this already done. he said that he had it dyno tuned b4 the cams and chip added. so i would like to retune it to compensate for them. i am pretty sure its the stock ecu(havnt actually looked at the ecu yet), he only mentioned to me that he had a spoon chip put in.


Modified by mugen si at 12:27 PM 5/12/2006

mugen si

i had the understanding that u could only chip the obd1. so if my car comes stock w/ the obd2 it must have been converted right? if i pull the ecu out how can i tell if its chipped? thanx.

SkoundrelUSA

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The car from factory comes with a OBDIIb ECU, but apparently you're running a OBD1 ECU so I guess theres a conversion harness there.

Getting the car tuned will help a lot. It will most likely cost 400-600 then 100 every hour depending on the tuner.

That spoon chip is probably garbage.

EH339

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Open the ecu and look inside of it. If it's chipped, the ecu will also be socketed.

I think the best combo is first a street tune for setting the partial throttle values, then on to a dyno for the full throttle adjustments. And dyno time is more expensive. I suppose it depends on who your tuner is and how thorough a job he wants to do.

tegman85

you can tune fuel for part and full thottle but timing needs to be done on the dyno