Hello everyone,
I have a 1997 Honda Del Sol Si with the d16y8 from the factory. It currently has an automatic trans but I already have the 5 speed, clutch, pedals, shift linkage, and everything ready to swap when I have the time to work on it. I plan on turbocharging it very soon after I put the manual transmission in it. If I buy a hondata s300 and chip it to the ECU (I have a buddy whos going to be helping me with this who has been building Honda’s like his whole life, even drag Honda builds) will I have to get it tuned right away or does it not change the stock tune at all? Before I turbo it I want to do a few things to it. One question I have, with Hondata’s no lift shift, is there a way to make it where it makes a loud POP between gears? There’s no use for it really but it would sound amazing to go braaaaap POP braaaaaaaaap POP. Another question I have is will I be able to make a simple crackle tune on my own or is that too complicated for someone who has no experience in tuning? And is there a way to make the rev limiter on an extremely short delay? Because the redline on the stock engine sounds like it’s on like a .5 second fuel cut.
I’m not going to touch anything on the tune or anything without talking to my buddy or my tuner first because I know that even the slightest fuck up in the tune can end up snowballing into your engine destroying itself.
Thanks for your time.
I have a 1997 Honda Del Sol Si with the d16y8 from the factory. It currently has an automatic trans but I already have the 5 speed, clutch, pedals, shift linkage, and everything ready to swap when I have the time to work on it. I plan on turbocharging it very soon after I put the manual transmission in it. If I buy a hondata s300 and chip it to the ECU (I have a buddy whos going to be helping me with this who has been building Honda’s like his whole life, even drag Honda builds) will I have to get it tuned right away or does it not change the stock tune at all? Before I turbo it I want to do a few things to it. One question I have, with Hondata’s no lift shift, is there a way to make it where it makes a loud POP between gears? There’s no use for it really but it would sound amazing to go braaaaap POP braaaaaaaaap POP. Another question I have is will I be able to make a simple crackle tune on my own or is that too complicated for someone who has no experience in tuning? And is there a way to make the rev limiter on an extremely short delay? Because the redline on the stock engine sounds like it’s on like a .5 second fuel cut.
I’m not going to touch anything on the tune or anything without talking to my buddy or my tuner first because I know that even the slightest fuck up in the tune can end up snowballing into your engine destroying itself.
Thanks for your time.