What ECU's are you guys using with your JDM B16a swaps?
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What ECU's are you guys using with your JDM B16a swaps?
I'm just wondering what ecu's you guys are using with your JDM B16a motor swaps. I have a '90 Honda Crx running OBD0 and think my ECU is the wrong one. I have a PR4-OBD0 ECU right now!!
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Re: What ECU's are you guys using with your JDM B16a swaps? (SadisticRacing)
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Mine kicks into Vtec but it seems to me that it does sometimes and then sometimes it doesn't. I don't know how the guy that did my swap got it to work but that's why I want to just get an ECU that is for Vtec. I talked to a guy today and he's got a Pr3 chipped with the PYR program for sale for $200, is that a good price or not?
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What's the difference between the Spoon/Mugen chips and the PYR chips? I know that the PYR vtec is 5200 and redline is 8800, so what are the vtec and redline on the Spoon/Mugen ones?
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"spoon" "mugen" and other ebay chips are pure crap.
If you dont have a chip thats tuned specifically for your mods and engine, then you are probably better off advancing your timing all the way and raising fuel pressure a little bit, which is the equilvelant of those chips ( i realize the chip wouldn't raise fuel pressure, but almost all of those chips just advance the timing like crazy and raise the injectors pulse width duration)
If you dont have a chip thats tuned specifically for your mods and engine, then you are probably better off advancing your timing all the way and raising fuel pressure a little bit, which is the equilvelant of those chips ( i realize the chip wouldn't raise fuel pressure, but almost all of those chips just advance the timing like crazy and raise the injectors pulse width duration)
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So basically your saying that the ebay stuff is for the ricers who go for the name. That's what I thought so I'll just go with the one from my local shop for the $200 then.
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By "stock" motor what do you mean because I have i/h/e, 75 shot of nitrous. So should I just get a regular ECU or get a chipped one since I'll be getting my vavletrain done this summer.
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im using a pr3 chipped by ERE. according to ERE u have a few more options when reprogramming the pr3 than the pw0. pr3 
reprogram the ecu if its going to be a track car.
reprogram the ecu if its going to be a track car.
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Re: What ECU's are you guys using with your JDM B16a swaps? (EL Vap133)
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Re: What ECU's are you guys using with your JDM B16a swaps? (Smokinsax)
Just got off the phone with my shop I go to and they said to go Pr3 for sure but it was up to me on the chipped or not chipped!! So just need to know if you guys think I should go chipped or not chipped now?
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im using a pr3 ecu no problem.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by michaelOlson »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'm going to use a p30 ecu.</TD></TR></TABLE>
if youre going to use this ecu in an ef, you will have to swap everything to obd1 and run a obd0-obd1 jumper harness!
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by michaelOlson »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'm going to use a p30 ecu.</TD></TR></TABLE>
if youre going to use this ecu in an ef, you will have to swap everything to obd1 and run a obd0-obd1 jumper harness!
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Yep. Need to in order to pass at the smog ref.
Yep. Need to in order to pass at the smog ref.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Nerologic »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">SC0TT., why did u swich from pw0 to pr3??</TD></TR></TABLE>
My swap came with a pwo originally, sent it to katman for chipping...he didnt have the program I wanted available for the pwo..so he traded me the pwo for a pr3. Sent me back a chipped pr3. No real functional or performance reason for switching.
My swap came with a pwo originally, sent it to katman for chipping...he didnt have the program I wanted available for the pwo..so he traded me the pwo for a pr3. Sent me back a chipped pr3. No real functional or performance reason for switching.