ecu tuning ???

[FLounder]

ive searched and ive read about 100 threads about ecus and chips and its still a little fuzzy for me..... could someone explain what is needed in order to have a ecu tuned on a dyno? what i gather from reading all these threads is that you can have a ecu chipped, and that it will be a set program, or that you can have it socketed in order to be programmed by something like hondata or chrome. is this correct? i wish someone knowledgeable on the subject could give a full explanation on the proper way to get the most performance and reliability with a modified computer. basically the ins and outs of tuning options. i think this would help more than just me. thanks

 

[INJEN78]

ok you need to have the computer chipped and socketed..
you can send it to xenocron and they will do everythuing(even basemap) then you can go get tuned

 

[Turbo&Auto]

Where are you located?

 

[FLounder]

im located in south florida... palm beach area.

so is that what hondata is? where the ecu is socketed and you plug into that?

 

[Turbo&Auto]

hondata is a software used to tune the ecu. So is Crome, neptune, uberdata etc....

The socket is just a place to stick a chip or emulator. It removes the chip with your ecu's program and leaves you a place to stick a custom chip.

 

[BrutalB83]

Crome is similar to Hondata, except that it's available for free, so that's a good way to go in my opinion. Or, you can pay a little bit and get a premium version of it...