I am seriously leaning towards ditching my FMU/VAFC setup and going with a standalone unit. My delemna is Zdyne or Hondata. I have a non OBD PR3 ECU now, so Zdyne ($950)would basically be a plug and play. But the Hondata groupbuy on Honda-Tech can be had for $550-650 (Stage 2B) I know the Stage 2B doesn’t have all the fancy functions of the Zdyne, but for a once in awhile Drag car, is it really worth the extra $300-400(for the Zdyne)? I know a couple of you guys are runnin Zdyne, what do you think. Help a brutha out… TIA
Easy, Zdyne. Everytime you wanna change something you need somebody with a 4b and what not. I wouldn’t wanna put up with that. The only thing nice about the hondata is there datalog. I sure wish bill would work on the datalog already.
besides, i don’t believe hondata even has an application for a non-obd ecu equipped car.
Zdyne…
The thing I don’t like about the Hondata is that you need a chip burner if you want to do any tuning yourself.
With the Zdyne all you need to do is hook it up with your computer and you can change your maps all you want…
Originally posted by qwkteg125
besides, i don’t believe hondata even has an application for a non-obd ecu equipped car.
Well from reading Hondata’s website, it doesn’t look like it works with anything but obd1 cars, but Steve(sgt) from Honda-Tech said it could be done.
So if I decide to go with the Zdyne, is there any places that have it for a better price than $960?
Rob,
I am in the same lake but different boat as you. I have an OBD1 car (P61) and can’t decide which standalone to go with. I prefer something that is very user friendly. Someone please convince me one way or another.
Well the Zdyne unit is definitely user friendly. Like the guys said, with Hondata, unless you have the Stage 4 software, you HAVE to have someone else make the changes for you, not to mention using the emulator to burn another chip. I think I’m going with the Zdyne, if I can find somewhere with a decent price, I’m probably going to jump on it.
how bout SDS? i havent heard much talk of them?
cheap and fully programable. http://sdsefi.com/
buddy of mine’s been running one for 1.5 years and he loves it.???
If I had a OBD-1 I’d just go with AEM, complete plug and play standalone with datalogging no, chip burners, vtec control, launch and you still have your extra stock ecu. Unfortunely I have a non-obd so Im wondering do they make an adapter harness(non-obd to obd-1).