Sounds kinda fishy, I mean with a decent soldering iron and a solder sucker it wouldnt be that hard. I am still doubting that this is all that has to be done:

http://www.autoserve.8m.com/St....html

 

If it was really that easy, wouldn't hondata offer services on odb2 ecus?

 

it isn't the re-chipping that is difficult it is breaking the code on the chip. The emissions and stuff that is saved on the chip are not worth messing with, when the older obd1 ecu works just fine, and is much easier to re-tune.

I have seen the tool used to desolder the obd2 chip all at once. Not 1 pin at a time. the fact remains that burning a new program on the chip is not able to be done by the average user.

 

You cant find the OBDII chips and when you can they are really expensive. But, that is all you have to do.

 

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Yes, finding the OBD 2 chip is hard....and even after you find it, the chip burner is not exactly cheap. I also believe the chip used to run OBD 2 re-programs cannot be flashed over and over again, so its a one time, one shot kind of thing.

With as much money as you'll spend, running an OBD-1 Ecu with jumper harness and Chip/Management program would be more ideal. AND, when you dont want to run a chipped ecu, you can throw in your obd2 ecu without a problem (pending you keep it once you swap to obd 1)