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Old 06-14-2007, 11:08 AM   #92 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Tom1222
What proof or facts do they base their analisys on? The Si hasn't even be around for 5 years so there is no way for them to know what the long time effects would be. Actually I don't see how the Hondadata would hurt the engine. All it does is make the VTEC come on at around 4500 rpm instead of 5800 rpm and it raises the Rev limit a bit. And it's not a chip. Hondadata reprograms your existing ECU. I personally think it's a bit expensive for what it is since it really doesn't even adjust your air/fuel mixture or your timing but I don't think it's going to hurt the engine any more then the stock program. It more depends on how you drive the car.
Someone with stock programming can kill that car in less than 5 years if they drive it like an idiot.
Ok, man, maybe I told him it was a chip, thanks for explaining it...it is just a reprogramming of our stock ecu, cool, back on my mission to get hondata.
Thanks Tom
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