Can someone describe to me in brief about the Hondata and why Trd or toyota can or cannot come out with a ECU enhancement like this?

 

if you haven't noticed. toyota is NOT into performance but quality and reliability in their cars. and i rather have toyota stay this way. toyota is still my #1 car maker.

 

what would you call the supra then? and the tc can a performance car with the right mods

 

toyota don't make supras anymore... however, they are coming back in maybe in 07 or 08s (along with the release of a supercar like the Viper GT-S, NSX). i worded my sentence wrong. i meant "toyota is NOT into performance anymore but quality and reliability in their cars." (they always has been into quality and reliability) i apologize for that.

yes, mods. mods are endless money pit. if you have enough money you can make the tC 1,000+hp car if you wanted to. not to be off topic... Spec V has 3-4 years of history but there still isn't any aftermarket ECU (let it be standalone or piggy-back; not talking about SAFC or general stuff like that) for it. Scion is aiming at the right direction for happy modding. wait till the SC comes out maybe Scion would surprise us with stages as well.



p.s. please don't take it as an attack to you guys. i just want to point out different car makers have different directions in the cars they are marketing.

 

umm well for one thing i guess no one mentioned this but hondata is not made by honda just for hondas if you get my drift some company decided hey we need somthing like this and then they made it, word spread about how great it was and now its used everywhere, if you make it they will come, mdifying ecus and burning chips isnt anything new

 

so the hondata ecu enhancement is not a reliable mod?

 

Hondata is an excellent mod when used properly, a good or even moderate tuner can make miracles happen when you couple the unit with a heavily modified NA or boosted application. It isn't something that you're gonna need if you only have the basic stuff (i.e. I/H/E). Before my tC I had a mild NA setup in my Civic EM1 and I loved my hondata. And trini is correct, Hondata is a third party company that has no affiliations with Honda, they just made a product that worked specifically for Hondas

 

Tell that to all the people running K20A2's.

 

LOL, that's the truth! BTW, Hondata is standard equipment on the Comptech supercharger for the RSX-S, which can all be installed by your dealer with full warranty. It true that it isn't made by Honda though.

Chipping is nothing new though guys, and are available for a wide range of cars and trucks. Some cars just repond better to these mods than others, that's all.

 

http://www.hydraems.com/ems-index.html

Maybe someone can talk to them about making one for the tC. tC have good potentials. It looks like a pretty nice kit for the money.

 

yeah my friend has a K20A2 in his ep hatch.... WOW

 

Hondata is just a chipped ECU w/ boost control and data logging...look into an AEM EMS if you want quality work.

 

They have the unichip, too. I think a lot of Matrix owners have them. I've heard of a couple of echos running unichips too...

 

What a waste, unless he got the k20 for cheap.

I'd rather have it in an eg hatch. Hello, 12's.