Prices for the Hondata seemed to be in the $600+ range and what I would end up with is a 30 year old ECU. I came across this video which made a solid case for using a Haltech 550 over the Hondata. “But you didn’t buy a 550, you bought a 1500,” I can hear you say. Well I was looking for a good price for a 550 and had pretty much assumed I wasn’t going to do better than retail at around $850. Then came Black Friday and oh deal of deals: the 550 was around $650. How could I pass that up? So all prepared to order my 550, I talked to Shawn (maybe? It was Facebook Messenger) at Tuned by Shawn and he convinced me to go for the 1500 because it would add knock sense and extra levels of engine protection. Thankfully the 1500 was also on sale so although it busted the budget I had set for an ECU, I still saved about $400. But now I have to go through the extra steps of wiring a more universal ECU which I’m expecting to prove…questionable.
More and more packages are starting to arrive including one of my more questionable choices: Now I say this is one of my more questionable purchases not because it’s not an excellent product; quite the opposite in fact. This may be one of the most sophisticated pieces of equipment ever to grace a 4 decade old vehicle. It’s questionable for exactly this reason. Likely the most common ECU for a Honda engine is the Hondata. Not only does it piggy back off the standard ECU so it’s pretty plug and play, but there is lots of support for it because it’s made for Honda engines. So why rock the boat?
Prices for the Hondata seemed to be in the $600+ range and what I would end up with is a 30 year old ECU. I came across this video which made a solid case for using a Haltech 550 over the Hondata. “But you didn’t buy a 550, you bought a 1500,” I can hear you say. Well I was looking for a good price for a 550 and had pretty much assumed I wasn’t going to do better than retail at around $850. Then came Black Friday and oh deal of deals: the 550 was around $650. How could I pass that up? So all prepared to order my 550, I talked to Shawn (maybe? It was Facebook Messenger) at Tuned by Shawn and he convinced me to go for the 1500 because it would add knock sense and extra levels of engine protection. Thankfully the 1500 was also on sale so although it busted the budget I had set for an ECU, I still saved about $400. But now I have to go through the extra steps of wiring a more universal ECU which I’m expecting to prove…questionable.
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