Hey all you gurus... got a quick question.

Would there be any significant gains using a Hondata s200 system on a relatively stock 01 R ?? Reasons for this question... I like the stock drivability and clean emissions, but am interested in how much power can be gained from ecu tuning. I realize that the stock exhaust (header, cat) is a restriction, so this will have to be addressed, but would a Hondata system be a logical first step?

(I'm a bit of a computer geek, and like the idea of plugging a laptop in, tuning, and datalogging )

TIA

 

With adjustable camgears, programmable ECU and a little "blue printing" I beleive a stock engine could reach around 175 whp.

 

warren is almost at 190whp with stock cam gears, stock ecu and stock blueprinted motor.

 

mrmmm....

I'm wondering if his header has anything to do with the power gains? ahhaa...

 

I got that without cam gears or blue printing.. just tuning comptech box/filter/jdm4-1/2.5 cat and exhaust

car accelerates great.. hp gains are everywhere..

not worth the money on stock header/cat... get that first.. then tune it

 

Well I was a little hesitant to throw high numbers around simply because of variance in testing equipment. I mean I have seen dyno plot of stock ITR showing 170-175 whp and other 155-160 whp. Maybe I should of said " possible gain of around 25 whp compare to stock".

 

its amazing what blueprinting can do

 

Ooohhh yes...but sometimes a little $$.

 

but if you already have to take it apart........

 

Yes, yes... now all you need is a table full of parts and find the ones with the proper tolerances

 

thanks for the replys... just as I thought
the header/cat/exhaust first, then ecu tuning....
then cams?
then injectors...
then BOOST
hahaha

all in due time I guess.

 

Actually it should be:

Header/cat/exhaust (no real tuning needed)
Camgears
Then tunning
...**** not enought power...
camshaftss / valve train / injectors
More tuning
...fu$% still not enought...
higher compression
More tuning
...could be better...
Final drive / flywheel
...Ok now we are getting there...
Etc, etc...Have fun