Hey guys .. Well I thought I was gonna get my stuff tuned now, but I think its safe to wait on the exhaust and the downpipe from tony and only pay for tuning once.

In any event Im trying to figure this out ... I have the Blue Hondata 2b interface box and that long wire, no datalogging. Do you think its worth it to upgrade to an S200. I mean I don't need all those "cool features" but I guess from a tuning aspect its a newer version of the ROM Ver. 3. With the 2/3/4 units are Ver. 2.5.

Correct me if Im wrong but can't a 2b be tunned with a s200 system and via the emulator or software be converted to a ver 3 to 2.5, which could be used with a 2b. But in doing so, there is a jumper that needs to be removed to tune a 2b with an s200 but that is just to improve the datalogging speed and reliability. Im trying to gather information so I can understand this and not spend 200+ to upgrade to a s200.

For all of the guys that have helped me via PM's thanks.

Hopefully someone can shed light on this.

- Fred

 

 

somethings you cant get w/ a college education.

bump

 

Your Hondata dealer should still be able to tune it, but the s200 will probably end up being better for you in the end for a daily driven car.

 

I kinda want to upgrade mine to an S200 as well. The 2b works great, but they worked out all the little bugs supposivly on the S200. I don't wanna get a S200 though an be unhappy an then upgrade again to some new thing a year later. but, You can tune a 2b w/ an S200 u just need version 2.5 of rom editor.

 

OKay cool, thanks Chris .. does yours have data logging at all?

- Fred

 

bump for the late nighters...

 

nope, i didnt want to pay extra for data logging. it would be cool to have, but not nessecary.

 

upgrade from 2b to s200b is $175. Accessories (3 step, g sensor, datalogging, rom editor) are extra.

 

http://www.hondata.com/v3upgrades.html

 

Thanks guys .. I guess I got all worked up cause I thought there wasn't an accurate way to tune without data logging. Im in no way shape or form a Hondata tuner but without datalogging I guess its a drop more harder.

So I assume you read off the wideband and tune via the A/F .. as close to 12 as possible. I'm basically talking about street tuning Without the aid of a dyno which might not be the best thing either, ya know?

I guess a dyno should be my way to go since I dont have data logging.

 

I've only tuned once WITH a data logger. It didnt tell me much I didnt know anyway.

 

So it would cost me $225 (3b -> s200) and then i still have to buy the software still to tune it I think AEM sounds good right now, just to try something different. I have some thinking to do.

 

fredo, if u r street tuning the car the datalogging is almost nessacary. Without it you would have to think of some creative way to keep an eye on the a/f, rpm, and boost all at the same time. On the dyno u can do w/ out the datalogging cause the dyno does that stuff for u u just gotta watch the boost guage.

 

i know ,, maybe I should just go on the dyno, it guess we can't cheap out, cause turbo and cheap arent two words that should be in the same sentence

 

Thanks Guys!