Well I finally got my AEM EMS in and got it to the tuner for install and tunning. After numerous hours on the phone with AEM trying to get the car to start up with no luck it was decided by the tech at AEM that the chip in the ecu was bad and needed to be sent back......Well this sucks because I need the car to drive back to school this friday. So to solve the problem Im having Hondata 2B with everything I need shipped in tonight so hopefully I can get tuned and on the road by friday. Let's just say Im not to happy with AEM right now.....

 

damn, you are rich

 

Sorry to hear that bro, good luck with Hondata, that's what I'll be going with.... Once I sell my rims.

 

Hondata all the way. This is the best mod I have done to the car , thanks to doug for all the support.

 

Yea I think Im going to be way better off with hondata anyway......

 

hondata Just watch out for that jamn college traffic!! St00pid freshman move in Go hokies!!

 

The last thing I want is to get creamed by some freshman on move in day.....

 

what an insightful and intelligent post.

 

poverty sucks

 

Damn josh, what are you doing with the F-ed up AEM EMS? I still havent gotten a ride in your car yet.

Rguy, who wouldnt mind playing with the EMS for awhile, see if he can fix it himself.

 

Have laptop, will travel.

 

well right now Im going to try and send it back for a refund, but if they dont take it back then AEM is going to send me a new EMS......hmmm if they just send me a new one I will bring it to Tech....

 

Excellent...ill rent it from your for a day for say, two cases of beer?

Rguy, who wants to be like Fast and Furious and have a fancy laptop in his car.

 

Watching DVDs? hehe

How much to set up a computer in a car, a little rack system w/datalogging and ...

 

Go Canes!

 

wow and yours is better idiot.

i was simply stating that this guy has money to throw around. getting an AEM EMS to a Hondata like nothing, plus the fact he has a turbo ITR.

 

I dont really have a choice........get the hondata or walk to school....hehe

 

 

well my AEM will be here thursday. Ill let you know if it starts my car or not.

BTW, was your tuner familiar with the AEM unit?

 

did u download the base maps availabe at http://www.aempower.com ? I believe there is a map for a turbocharged b18c5 with 440cc injectors. If not, you should check the voltage sensor settings on the EMS, because apparently that also causes non-starts.

 

My tuner checked all that stuff and it was the AEM Tech that told us the unit was bad they think the chip was bad in it.....as far as downloading that base map, it would be nothing to make our own if the system would have got the car running in the first place.

 

this is a common issue. Im not sure if you are aware or not but AEM has a message board of its own dedicated just to the EMS unit. Maybe that can help you out. I dont think you should ditch it yet because the ease of use and potential of it is endless, especially with improved software being released in the near future. hondata has just as many if not more glitches. just my 2 cents. good luck


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I've heard a lot of people having problems with the AEM unit that sucks sorry to hear bout that.

mugenintegra16, who's happy with his Link System

 

Its not that I want to "ditch" the AEM system just because of this little problem. I just need the car by friday to be tuned and running and the only way to do that is to switch to hondata. I am also aware of problems with hondata and their chips burning up to, its just unfortunate that I have my back against the wall and have to go with hondata....

 

Wow dude, you're brave trying to get a standalone working without a daily driver. My EMS has been a project, there's no way I could have done it if the ITR was my only car. Then again, I'm tuning it myself and I have no experience with standalones, just a decent idea of how the car works and the EMS manual.