dluszcz
New Member
I just bought a 95 Civic DX Coupe with about 111,000 miles on the engine. It is not the VTEC engine.
I bought it from my mechanic who was playing around with it. He had too many cars so I got it for the price of the parts.
Some background.
The turbo boost is just about 6psi.
Factory injectors.
Straight 2 1/2" exhaust.
Timing slightly advanced.
No reprogramming of the ECU.
My question is, should I have the ECU reprogrammed? Presently, I have noticeably more HP than stock. And, when I hit 4000 rpms, the boost is awesome. The problem is, getting to that point feels like it's chugging a little bit.
I've been told that if I chip the ECU and have it reprogrammed using CHROME software (whatever that is), my fuel economy would increase a little bit and I wouldn't have the very noticeable turbo lag. I should feel an immediate difference.
This would be accomplished by replacing the stock ECU with a chipped and programmed ECU for about $160. Is that a good price and should I do this? Any chance that this would mess anything up? I've never had a bolt on turbo before and since I didn't install it, I'm lost on exactly what step I should take next to improve the performance.
I bought it from my mechanic who was playing around with it. He had too many cars so I got it for the price of the parts.
Some background.
The turbo boost is just about 6psi.
Factory injectors.
Straight 2 1/2" exhaust.
Timing slightly advanced.
No reprogramming of the ECU.
My question is, should I have the ECU reprogrammed? Presently, I have noticeably more HP than stock. And, when I hit 4000 rpms, the boost is awesome. The problem is, getting to that point feels like it's chugging a little bit.
I've been told that if I chip the ECU and have it reprogrammed using CHROME software (whatever that is), my fuel economy would increase a little bit and I wouldn't have the very noticeable turbo lag. I should feel an immediate difference.
This would be accomplished by replacing the stock ECU with a chipped and programmed ECU for about $160. Is that a good price and should I do this? Any chance that this would mess anything up? I've never had a bolt on turbo before and since I didn't install it, I'm lost on exactly what step I should take next to improve the performance.