I am currently putting in a OBD1 ECU into my 2000 Civic. I am getting my ECU from Pherable.net. along with a OBD2B to OBD1 harness. When I upgrade anything motor wise do I have to get the ECU retuned or can I update the ECU myself with a hondata S300?

 

IS the ECU you are getting, socketed for S300 or Crome? If you are asking about tuning, it's a whole different story, and if you don't understand what "tuning" is, you probably should read up on it first.

Generally, if you're just adding an intake, header, yada yada.. stuff.. it's not critical to retune. Boosting/nitrous/ etc.. is a different piece of pie.

 

Yes it will be socketed. I just wasnt really sure. I will be boosting later in life. Thanks for the info

 

Yeah, but you didn't specify if it was setup for Crome/Neptune or Hondata. Hondata setup uses different parts.

 

go with hondata, the guy from phearable will tell you the same thing. Its simple, only about 50 bucks more than buying the crome pro program, cables, eprom burners, etc. hondata is very user friendly... like redline said, if youre going to be tuning yourself, read up on it first, its very easy to get fuel mixtures wrong and cause damage to your engine. just my .02

 

OK its compatible for hondata but i didnt buy the program. Heres what I purchased. This is an excerpt from the ECU I purchased from Phearable.net ECUs

"Hondata, Uberdata, Crome, Neptune compatible!
Choose from J's Racing, Spoon Sports, JUN racing, custom basemap programs.

9000 RPM redline - Or you may choose your own upon request for free.
Removed speed-limiter
Disable knock sensor
Removed minimum 20mph speed VTEC limiter

5300 RPM VTEC engagement - Or you may choose your own upon request for free.

Optimized Fuel tables for the VTEC low cam & high cam.
Advanced ignition timing on the VTEC low cam & high cam "


How does it sound!!!!!

 

OK heres my setup:

2000 Y7 Block with Y8 port and polished head with a Crower Stage 2 Cam, Skunk 2 camgear, Y8 Intake manifold with AEM Fuel Rail, AEM fuel pressure regulator, AEM Intake, Y8 injectors and a y8 TB. Working on a Mini me just for fun and i dont have the money for a swap. Still deciding on DC header or Greddy stainless header....

 

jason at phearable.net knows his stuff...read his testimonials of actual HT members. you can get the hondata compatible ecu but tell him what your setup is, he knows what he's doing, and he will set the basemap at its AVERAGE optimal setting and when you pick up a hondata system and add more mods to your car, you can retune it to what it should be, in the mean time you can be doing lots and lots and lots of research of tuning yourself using hondata. learning to *properly* tune yourself, will save you loads and loads of money in the future and allow you to only have to pay for dyno time(75/hour on average here in VA) but all in all, its up to your future plans for the car, but IMO a good setup with a tunable ecu via hondata is well worth the costs, even if the car is bone stock

 

Thanks for the info. I just cant wait to get the ecu and the harness I ordered. So that I can start my mini me install.

 

Im on my way to something similar, post up some numbers if you can