d16y8 ecu upgrade, everyone give me your .02 - Honda Forum / Acura Forum

honda12phoenix · 10-24-2007, 09:15 AM

i have a d16y8, 5 speed manual, its has

dc sports header
apexi catback
skunk2 catback
injen CAI
ported head and IM with TB
no valvetrain or cam(yet)
High comp pistons-10.5:1
Big 3 upgrade
no power steering or ac, for auto-x reasons

im wanting to get a new ecu, but found that i might make it easy and get a skunk2-jumper harness obd2 to obd1 and get their ecu they have.

what do you guys think?

kommon_sense · 10-24-2007, 11:38 AM

do not buy any chips no matter who makes them, skunk2, spoon, mugen, jet, etc.

If you convert to obd1, then you will not be able to pass emissions/obd2 testing if you area has them. If going obd1, then get a programmable setup like uberdata or chrome and have it tuned.

honda12phoenix · 10-24-2007, 12:09 PM

well i know, chips are bad, suck, that kind of thing.

my problem is there is no tuner within 500 miles of where i live, so i am forced to stick to bolt on and plug and play stuff.

well i could tune it but, i mess shat up.
skunk2 computer is an entire ecu by Skunk2 and hondata combined, look for it at skunk2.com and tell me what you think.

i dont have emissions down in Conway, AR so no worries

carbonlip · 01-20-2008, 09:22 AM

i know the ecu your talking about. but i still beleive that ecu is not set up it just has base maps so your gonna have to write your own stuff.

gimmezell · 01-24-2008, 10:48 AM

If you can convert OBD1 get a chipped P28 and run Crome.

Zor · 05-09-2008, 02:41 PM

The Skunk2 ecu is a Hodata S300 that comes with a bunch of Basmaps based on Skunk2 products.

kommon_sense · 05-10-2008, 08:50 AM

Cool. But I bet it costs more to buy it from skunk2 than directly from hondata : Hondata/Skunk2 ECU

Its also obd1 since it is a s300.

Zor · 05-10-2008, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by kommon_sense

Cool. But I bet it costs more to buy it from skunk2 than directly from hondata : Hondata/Skunk2 ECU

Its also obd1 since it is a s300.

Yep! It is just another OBDI COnversion. I think they have been discontinued. I have found them on sites for <$200 after the core. Just have to send in an ECU (p28 for sohc or p72 for dohc) to be chipped. Not a bad deal if you use a bunch of Skunk2 parts. I like it because you can program on the fly and they do give some decent software to work with.