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Old 04-28-2004, 02:12 PM
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i never had much sucess with chips, they just didnt do many good things, i could of spend money on other things. But, depends what your looking for in a chip. but i would say venom..
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Get in touch with Kenji here on H-T. That cat is a chippin' fool!

I love my Kenji-Spec P28.
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Default Re: whats a good chip for a built sohc vtec??? (deemack79)

chips are a waste of many and a shot in the dark, bottom line, end of story.


get the honda base uint and have it tuned, that is the only way you will be assured power
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Go to http://www.pgmfi.org and learn how to tune and chip your ECU yourself.
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the main reason is to drop my vtec and raise my limiter some...
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If your motor is built, especially if it has an aftermarket cam, I seriously doubt lowering the VTEC will give you any power. It will probably cost you some HP in a N/A application. You need a custom chip for your application. MUGEN/Skunk2 bootleg ROMs are junk and you will run too rich.
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Default Re: whats a good chip for a built sohc vtec??? (deemack79)

dropping vtec on a mostly stock motor, this even includes bolt ons, isnt gonna do much. if you raise your rev limit, make sure that you have a cam that will make power above stock rev limit, and that you at least have stiffer valvesprings to handle the greater lift/duration/ramp rate of the cam. get in touch with kenji. i never had him chip something for me, but ive heard many good things, and ive talked to him via email a few times and he is a super nice guy
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i just want to lower my vtec because everytime i shift at 7 grand it falls out of vtec for about 1k rpm and im sure thats costing me some amount of power.
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Default Re: whats a good chip for a built sohc vtec??? (deemack79)

depends on many things, you need to be more specific on what has been done and what you personally want. check my sig.
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Default Re: whats a good chip for a built sohc vtec??? (deemack79)

I have a chipped p28 in my car. I have three different chips from skunk2 and they each have their own vtec/speedlimiter/revlimiter settings. They are very easy to get and install. If chipping your ecu is the route you want to go i would recommend doing something to this effect.
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Uberdata

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Default Re: whats a good chip for a built sohc vtec??? (deemack79)

i know wat you mean, if money was with me id do the same. you can get 'vtec timers' which hook up to your ecu (get it done pro) and a small unit is put in your car and you adjust when the vtec kicks in. u may also need to have a re-tune for this?? i do agree with some of the other guys though, lower may not necessarily mean better. im not sure what the story is there, but if u drop below vtec from 7k then u might need to change faster - heavy duty clutch?!
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Hondata, Uberdata, and a VAFC are going to be your best bet because they are tunable and you can extract maximum power. As far as just a chip is concerned, talk to EG6 AJK...one of his programs (I believe the RPT program) gained 9 WHP over the stock P28 program.
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