Unsupported Vehicles
- V6 Hondas have very limited hardware and software support
- K-series Hondas have no support from hardware we make at this time
- 2001+ non-K series Hondas (D17, R18, etc.) have no support from hardware we make at this time
- Automatic Hondas have very limited support. Very little has been done with automatic transmission controls and many tuning packages eliminate the code used to control auto transmissions.
Unsupported ECUs
- Anything pre-1988 probably lacks spark control. There isn’t much if anything available software-wise for these ECUs. You might find 24 or 28 pin EPROMs inside, you might not. Your mileage may vary.
- 1988-1991 DPFI (Dual Point Fuel Injection – Throttle Body Injection) ECUs have zero software support. 90-91 models can be chipped like an OBD1 ECU hardware-wise, but that doesn’t solve the software issue.
- 1988-1989 Civic Si (PM6) and 1988-1991 CRX HF ECU (PM8) require a daughterboard we do not sell in order to be chipped. Use a 90-91 ECU on these model years.
- 1992-1995 JDM GSR Automatic ECUs (hardware design makes chipping them impossible. Auto JDM P30s are ok)
- 1996-2001 ECUs (OBD II – hardware design makes chipping very difficult to impossible, requires surface mount soldering tools and chips no longer available on the market.)
- Prelude ECUs (trivially chippable, but unless you are going to develop the software support, it doesn’t currently exist)
- V6 ECUs from Legend (early models can be trivially chipped, but unless you are going to develop the software support, it doesn’t currently exist)
- NSX ECUs (early models can be trivially chipped, but unless you are going to develop the software support, it doesn’t currently exist)
- Basically any ECU other than an Integra or Civic ECU is not well-supported
This information was last updated 2/4/09 by Dave Blundell.
i dont seem to tune engines while driving them.can i do so with crome 1.5.3 on APU1? i tune hondas with DOHC VTEC P30 ranging from year 1996 to 2009. and another problem is that i cant tune honda S2000 cause their ECU isnt using any form of the latters chips?? PLS Advice….
We do not recommend the use of the APU1 with Hondas. There will probably never be support for S2000 ECUs with any of our products, sorry.