hello

ive seen many different performance chips that seem way too good to be true and others that look like they dont do much for the money.

i was wondering which chips would be good for an average 95 ex accord. something with a reasonable price

thankyou

 

They're not going to do anything for an average 95 Accord.

Accords aren't like STI's or GTI's or motors that are detuned and reflashing a chip gives +10hp/torque.

 

The 'chips' MuffinMan is referring to are often reflashable EProm chips (actual computer grade microprocessors) that reside in many ECM's.

If you are talking about those "Performance Chips' advertised in Specialty Magazines and offered on EBay, they are NOT the same thing.
They are (for all intents and purposes) useless. Most times being no more than a plastic Radio Shack project box, a photoshopped label and a 15c resistor. Anything less that a dozen wires to attach are useless.

P

 

ok so would there be really anything i could look at or read about?

and yes i was talking about that ebay stuff but i wasnt thinking that it wold do anything it just looked like alot of bs.

 

About what?

Until you have actual mods on the motor they won't do you any good. Look in the FAQ for ideas. You'd jump to a chipped ECU at that point and have it tuned by a tuner mechanic guy and hope for some gains.

 

Hi I drive a 93 accord and i am looking in to sending my ECU into hondata but there are two kinds of chips i can get for my car and im not sure which one would be better for my car. if you have any adivce that might help me choose between the s100 or the s300 it would help alot.

 

There are more options between the two.
What do you plan to do with your car as far as mods go?

 

My buddy had his 96 accord LX flashed at a honda shop and instead of redlining and tinging at 63-6400rpm it went all the way to 7500rpm!! I saw it myself. And it disabled his governor for fifth gear top speed.

 

Lol.

So he made absolutely no more power above 6400, with a greater chance of killing his motor. And can reach 120mph instead of 115 - forgetting it takes 2 years to get to that speed.

It really is pointless to do.

 

lol x2...... or lets see a dyno sheet showing the added power @ 7500 on this stock b2 setup please....

 

The AP News Service actually reported this incident; it's too coincidental to not be the same guy.

Seems some guy, while driving the Coast Road thru the Big Sur area of California lost control of his car and crashing thru a scenic view barrier; left the road.

It was determined that thru forensic evaluation that the vehicle was racing due to what they found. The Tachometer had frozen at 7500rpm upon impact after the freefall. Police estimated that the car impacted the shoreline at aproximately 120mph reaching terminal velocity on the way down.

When asked to comment; local Honda enthusiasts offered that the engine's computer had to have been "chipped' sinse it impossible for that engine to rev that fast. Another commented that that was the first time he had EVER heard of an Accord going that fast; for any reason!

The driver was posthumously granted the "Darwin Award" and hartily thanked for removing his DNA from the potential gene pool.

 

I want to put ITBs, f22 vtech head, skunk 2 cam, and eagle pistons so i just want some adivce on any chips that i can get to maxmize the preformance on my car.
thanks

 

No off the self chip or desktop tuned chip (base map) will be able to run that setup properly.

You will have to put that setup on a dyno and have the EMS or chipped ECU tuned properly. That is the only way to maximize the performance of your car with that setup.

 

Without REAL tuning hardware your ITB`s, and S2 cam and your whole car will do you NO good.
When you do that type of work to a motor you cant just plug a "chip" in and expect to drive like it would right of the showroom floor.
Do a bit more research myfriend.

F22 "VTECH!!!!!!!" (RAWR) head? I though you had an EX? Your motor should be "VTECH".

 

The OP (suckerpunch_16) has the 95 EX. The member that you are answering (accordcrazy93) has a 93. He has kind of taken over the thread I guess....lol

 

Oh, damn. Didnt even realize he wasnt the OP. I dont usually go by names, I go by avatars. Both of them dont have avatars so I didnt even realize that. I got to pay more attention. I helped bump a 7 year old thread the other day. lol. Oh well.

 

Hey I have a 00 accord w/ vtech would a hondata get me some more whp?

 

lol

1) Did you even bother looking if it's compatible with your ECU
2) Without any mods where exactly are you expecting to get more power

 

Yes. Some Piggy Back Chips can run bolt-ons. But, once you modify the internal engine parts, you need to have that same piggy back unit or Stand alone ECU tuned via DYNO with Air/Fuel ratio adjustments.

 

Don't waste your money on these. I was thinking about getting a performance chip too, but it looks like these things don't do crap. I was reading this performance chip article about it, and it looks like these things don't work at all

 

God, it this thread still alive?

They don't work, PERIOD.
For the price of a Radio Shack project box, a resistor, a sheet of self adhesive decal sheets and a photoshop session you can be in this kind of racket.

Anything short of reworking your ECM will be worthless.

P

 

Even though this is an old thread, but the article he posted was very interesting. It's crazy how there companies screw people over with these chips

 

Yeh, but there's got to be money to be had. I counted 20 ebay offers from the same guy for these 'chips'. All had the same graphics, all had the same discriptions. ..... and there were still people lining up to buy this C***p!

These are in the same family as "The Turbunator", the fan mounted in the air intake, the fish carburetor and Big Foot.

P.T. Barnum lives!

P

 

if none of this stuff does anything, how is hondata still in business? (other than from idiots)

 

Hondata is NOT a resistor in a box or an eBay chip.

Hondata is a complete tuning solution, I suggest you research it.