this thread is totally worthless to read and a big waste of my time. geez

 

shhhhh chip is coming... nate doesn't want us to know... shhh keep it sercret guys

 

talking about confused???????? I guess I must have been talking to myself yesterday. Guys I must be a wacko. Maybe there not ready to say something but thats what I was told If I got it wrong I apologize. Who knows

 

ssshhh i told ya to keep it low, damn nate found out about this thread..... he doenst want us to know.... sshhhhh can we keep a secret guys?

 

Alert, Language police here.... "There"? Where? Don't you mean "They're" (as in they are great), don't you? and "going threw" when you obviously mean "going through", correct. Threw is what you can do with a ball as in "he threw the ball"... I hate to so much organization in the rest of your comments to such laziness in these area.

 

Wasting your time, man....

 

2K2....why do you feel that your '04 TL is "detuned" compared to your older TLS? The '04 has 10 more HP. I had a '02 TLS, and my '04TL engine seems more powerfull. I didn't do any mods to either car, so I'm basically comparing stock engine feel. Since I've got the 6MT TL, mabe it's the transmission that is giving me the impression of more power and torque. I'm just curious why you feel the '04 is detuned since it has the same displacement engine as the TLS, yet still has more power in the specs. Thanks in advance for your reply.

 

Is a chip easily installed?
If you do it yourself, will Acura Service even be able to tell?

 

Since the chip is currently imaginary, I'm assuming it can be easily installed, and Acura won't be able to tell the difference...

 

I agree 100%. Before I bought my '04 TL I drove an '02 TL S and thought the '04 felt a little quicker and more responsive throughout the rpm range.

 

Maybe I should go back to what I said. Maybe if you guys actually read what I said and not concentrate on the number 2 all day maybe you guys would understand. I recalled that I said "almost". When I looked up "almost" in WWW.DICTIONARY.COM it says that "almost" means "Slightly short of; not quite; nearly" Let me put "almost" in a sentence for you guys to understand. WhiteTL says: "We have to leave at 3:00 so we need to hurry." Girlfriend says: "It's only 2:30, but it's "almost" time to go so we need to get ready. Back to the point. My cousin and I use to go to the track all the time. When he didn't have anything, and was running "stock" You guys know what stock means right? The first stock run he hit 15.8 (remember this car is almost brand new and he wasn't use to it yet). After the intake and the Hondata chip he ran a 14.4 with drag radials. If you minus (subtract) that you get 1.4.....hmmm isn't that "almost" 2 seconds? Think about this, from the time he ran his car "stock" up until he ran the 14.4 he engine was 100% broken in. Now maybe you guys should pay attention before you try to make someone feel stupid. My main point was the Hondata chip actually works, and they are a dependable company.

 

maybe it was the "Just from a intake and hondata chip" that did it?

 

Yeah but right after that I said it almost shaved off 2 seconds. But that isn't the point. My point was proving that Hondata was a good way to get a chip.

 

TL stock = 14.8
TL intake + hondata chip = almost 12.8

Sign me up! I'll take 2. lol

Just flippin shiz; I actually agree that the hondata units are great. Friend has one in his Turbo GS-R, I actually favor the aem ems which is what I have in my turbo GS-R. Both are great products.

 

 

As a matter of fact I just installed it! It only took a few seconds. Wow, the car is so much faster and smoother and it even breaks better. The new software also prevents the headliner from sagging. And the improved sound of the exhaust...

 

haha the car even breaks better...hope it's still ok

 

damn those that got my hopes up... will supercomputers atleast come back and tell us what he is talking about?

 

even tho 150 is really cheap for a chip that will give you 10hp i don't think that its that unbelievable. the chip could just remove the rev limiter. like the dyno showed on TOV the engine looked it it stopped pulling at 6200. if the chip just removes this limitation then it could spin a little past 7K making the extra 10hp. but then again that's high rpm hp which is not really usuable on the street. comptech's chip would be worth getting it it increaed power across the rpm band. otherwise its just another chip to remove the rev limiter.

 

Guys I thought thats what nate was talking about but apparently what he was talking about was the supercharger, I goofed My badd, I could have swore thats what he meant but apparently not. SORRY GUYS. Maybe it was the short throw shiffter that they are working on?? I give up. Again sorry for all the confusion

 

HAHAHAHA whoever started this thread.

 

There was talk of an ECU upgrade to go along with the S/C package. You 3rd gen guys will just have to wait and see

 

awww damn, confirmation from the originator himself...

 

Why not delete useless threads like this that don't ever go anywhere? It'd make it a lot easier to sift through the bull$hit.

 

I agree. Delete.

 

If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. A chip has been around for a few months already for the CLS and TLS from Unichip. It was a group buy which cost around $600 and the gains were minimal. I think maybe 2 or 3 members were satisfied with the performance and its gains were around 8-10 hp. But knocking 2 seconds off the quarter mile time will need a a lot more than a chip. Even the supercharger isn't knocking off 2 seconds off the quarter mile time

 

let's turn this into one of those 25 page threads that's full of post-whoring *grin*......that way, no one can ever have enough time to get a real answer.....

 

 

if the stock RSX Type S does low 15s at the track, shaving off 2 seconds means low 13s. now thats what i call BS!!

 

I have a silly little question, when putting a chip on a TL, does I know you gain HP but does it gain gas nmilage like a air intake would?

 

thats what i was thinking since our ecus can be reprogrammed.

 

LOFL

 

1.4 is not almost 2. It's closer to 1 then it is to 2. If you're going to round it off, you should have rounded it to 1.5 or 1.0. What response did you expect? .6 is alot of time on the strip.

 

I agree.

People still do not get it about power, and aftermarket tuners play to that in their quotes for power gains with nearly all their products, but esepcially chips. Horsepower is a peak event - if the power is not distributed broadly, then it will be top end power, useful for racers who stay at or near redline all the time, but pretty useless on the street, where we also do not have 10 gears to mess with.

The best chips are dyno tuned to the car, and usually involve bringing in more spark advance, earlier in the RPM bandwidth. Peak timing is usually not touched, as one can get into the spark knock bogey. So a chip tuned like what i described will perhaps have a handful of ponies, but better distribution. The spark advance down low will yield more torque, or the same torque started earlier in the RPM range. Either way, acceleration and throttle response may be improved. On my Cobra, peak torque did not go up very m,uch, but I had it just OFF-IDLE, and flat to about 5000 RPM! That is power that is useful.

Tlover makes a good point also about whether the car is NA, or boosted? On my Cobra, I got sick HP gains on without any pulley changes. The cars were set up pig rich from the factory - in part, to protect those $11k engines! The SC'd Cobras have no knock-sensor, and running too lean will take out a piston crown, or burn an echaust valve. Still, leaning out the A/F a bit yielded a huge gain in power and noticeable TQ as well. WSo with basic "hot rod mods" (CA induction, low restriction X-pipe with cats, low restriction catback, and some other trivcks), I was seeing about 438HP, at the wheels, which was about 70 over stock, with dead-on reliability.

We will have to see what CompTech does - on the S2000, messing with the ECU does almost nothing - the car was properly tuned to the edge right from the start. A Mugen ECM costs $1500 or so, and raises the rev limiter to about 9400 RPM, and produces a few ponies, even with their other mods. Very pricey for what you get. Here is an interesting article on that subject:
http://www.caranddriver.com/article....&page_number=1

We have found that intake and exhaust proivide perhaps 4-5 WHP (I paid for my titanium Mugen for its sound, looks, and 35# weight reduction) on the S2000. The best bang for the buck involves putting a Hondata gasket on the intake plenum, which results in much lower coolant and underhood air temps in the proximity of the ECT sensor - the S2000, and the Hondas in general, do not like heat, and dial back the spark advance considerably. Keeping it is the name iof the game, and that mod kept the power in the range of 8-10 HP!!

So, peak Hp from a chip is possible, bit it will not provide 60 HP, unless C'tech means withy all their mods, and their power adder.

But one can also take the strategy of broadening the TQ/HP cruve, making it more of a plateau. And preserving power is another way to keep performance ahead of the next guy. Finally there is weight. A stock 2004 S2K weighs about 2825 pounds. I have dropped about 45 from that by my titanium exhaust, my liposeuction of the intake, etc. On a car that weighs 2800 pounds, every 75-100 pounds of weight loss yields the equivalent of 10 HP.

 

Hey, is that chip ready yet?

 

 

So when is the chip available?? It will fit for the TL-S and 04 TL's??

 

They only made one... and I have it

 

Hey moderators, why not lock this useless thread.

People, Comptech doesn't have a chip. Repeat, Comptech does NOT have a chip.

 

iam in for sure, it is a bargain...