Im curious what the guys here who actually drive a turbocharged car run?

I am trying to nail down what I will be purchasing. I have ran crome for years, and know it needs some work to be a great program. Fantastic for mild N/A builds tho.
I am leaning towards Neptune, over the s300. Main reason- i own a mac. LOL, My PC charging cord was eating by my dog.

Really though, what do you use and why? Im not looking to spend much over 500$ So lets keep it in the same park.
Also what issues have you had with your current XXXXX and what do you love about it?

 

I'm scared of this post
You run what your tuner is comfortable with...

I run hondata, because its good

 

I run neptune rtp hands down. Great software. I have the demn package so self tune. I self tuned my own car after doing mo ths of research and made 213hp and 203tw at 6200rpm on 7.5lb of boost on a single cam f22a1. Not bad. But if u arent going to b doing the tuning go with hondata because most tuners will NOT tune other softwares because their superstitions to bugs on other softwares.

 

Also only issue i face is that with the launch control if u step on pedal too deep car leans n makes a loud backfire shotgun sound. No good i think

 

my bad i should have clarified , I will be doing my own tuning.

I have dabbled with crome pro, kpro, and neptune, and ectune. im not scared of tuning or trying 2.

i have access to a dyno for cheap if i do everything myself.

 

If you are tuning it yourself, I have NO clue why you even made a topic. Download Neptune and Hondata editors and play around with them. If you feel more comfortable with one over the other then choose that one. Either way, you can't go wrong. CROME is just fine, you have to know how to use it is all. If you know what you are doing, you can unlock it all and save Gold maps for free... people just love to be mocking birds on here.

 

this is why i created the topic. I wanna know what y'all is using and what u hate about it.

 

I am on the Neptune RTP. Wouldn't use anything else for the money.

 

S300 in all my cars I've ever owned(400-700whp). Can't speak about Neptune, Crome sux.

 

Head on over to the Engine Management forum. start researching based upon if you want to use the stock ECU, or a standalone ECU with something else. Look to what your tuner may use as well. Lots of factors for you to consider now. As there is no "best" in all of this.

 

Aem v2

 

I started with AEM EMS 10 years ago, also used Apex'i Power FC on a 500hp 1.9L B-series, which is a solid tuning platform if your tuner knows how to use it properly.

I currently use S300v2 on my 400-450whp street setup. The ease of use, inputs/outputs and tuning interface are plain and simplistic for even newbie tuners to learn the software and make changes themselves from their own laptop (not recommended). Other EMS's are similar, but Hondata works with "almost" every type of setup, including water/meth injection, coil-on-plug ignitions and No2. Aem does the same, although less tuners are certified and comfortable using it.

All depends on the purpose of the car. My personal preference would be....

Street/semi-race setup = Hondata S300, Power FC

Full-race only/700whp+ = AEM, Haltech, Motec etc...

All these platforms are capable of 1000whp+, personal preference which one you want to use at that power level.

 

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I forgot we had that. So in other words this is in the wrong forum

 

I started a topic like this in the engine management forum....

https://honda-tech.com/forums/engine-management-tuning-124/trying-decide-between-s300-neptune-ectune-3122177/