Hondata ECU chip.......post your pros/cons if you have it please.....

thanks,

 

alot of looks, but no comments.....

 

Throttle response improved. The extra rpms makes the car more enjoyable to drive. Nothing bad to say about Hondata. This is for the Si by the way. Type-S owners enjoy it a lot more.

Hondata

 

getting the damn s100 in and getting it socketted

 

its VERY SMOOOTH!

 

JUN JDM, you friends with LS60-1? He told me about your ride. I raced you in my Red S2K on Park close to Midway.

 

all good none bad. well only bad thing is too bad its not as affective on the a3 as it is on the a2 a1 A etc =-(

pros: higher redline
better throttle response

cons: urge to rev the **** out of it

 

nice, thanks guys......

 

Has daily driving fuel efficiency changed with the Hondata Flash?

 

Here are the cons that have kept me from getting it, despite rave reviews from friends:

$600 is somewhat steep,
It voids the engine warranty,
Nobody knows for sure the long-term effects of the higher rpms on the balanced A3 crank.

Its something like investment, theres a different level of risk an individual is willing to take for the gains, and I'm not comfortable with the risk for those gains (at this time)

I'm not at all unhappy with the stock engine, but test driving a hondata'd Si might change my mind.

 

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yea that was me......we should run again............

 

if your worried about the extra rpm don't rev it that high

 

non-hondata si owner: i haven't gotten it yet because i am still not convinced that it will do the job on an already modded a3 (i/h/e). i don't like this whole "flash" idea. i want something i can program myself. i don't want to send my ecu to them everytime i do something to my car. if you want to do serious mods with an a3, don't get the flash. if you are bone stock and don't want to **** with bolt'ons get it. if you have a type s or a2 definitely get it.

 

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yea that was me......we should run again............</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes, I want to see that part 2 in the making

 

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Yes, I want to see that part 2 in the making </TD></TR></TABLE>

It will come, very soon.....JUN JDM, you might take me now......damnitt

 

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It will come, very soon.....JUN JDM, you might take me now......damnitt </TD></TR></TABLE>

never know.....

 

I don't know, I ran against an S4 in the S2K and walked.....we both had a shitty start last time we raced, but your *** was still there staring at me....ha ha

 

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yea last time we ran was off a roll....i had no idea we were racing....i just heard your engine getting louder...so i figured mine would get louder as well....and that subaru was racing us as well.....i don't know if you remember that.......but yea...we should take it off the line....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hatch2k &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It voids the engine warranty,</TD></TR></TABLE>

Wrong.

 

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Wrong.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Really? I cant imagine how any dealership would warranty that? Its running the crank beyond factory rev specs. Common knowledge says 'You broke it, You buy it'

I've searched the Hondata site for any mention, and didnt find anything. Please, educate me, since I beleive I could stay in STS with this mod...

 

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yea last time we ran was off a roll....i had no idea we were racing....i just heard your engine getting louder...so i figured mine would get louder as well....and that subaru was racing us as well.....i don't know if you remember that.......but yea...we should take it off the line....</TD></TR></TABLE>


**** no kill story yet? What's goin on?

 

please do tell about the hondata, i always wondered if you had aftermarket performance parts(i/h/e) if it would void the bumper to bumper warranty. what about if the car is a lease vechile?

 

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Um, then there would be no point in buying Hondata. Yeah, lets spend $600 for basically a higher redline and MAYBE a 7-10 hp gain and NOT rev it high. That would just be plain stupid.

I also want to know if it voids the warrenty.

 

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Really? I cant imagine how any dealership would warranty that? Its running the crank beyond factory rev specs. Common knowledge says 'You broke it, You buy it'

I've searched the Hondata site for any mention, and didnt find anything. Please, educate me, since I beleive I could stay in STS with this mod...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Only if the something breaks that is directly caused by the hondata flash.

And yes, this is a legal STS mod.

 

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Only if the something breaks that is directly caused by the hondata flash.
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Thats pretty good then. So unless you rev the **** outta the engine everyday, than you should be fine?