Unsupported Honda Setups

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.


2 Responses to “Unsupported Honda Setups”

  1. ivan ng meng hooi says:

    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….

  2. Dave says:

    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.

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