CTR FN2 Reflash

[aijii]

Hey guys,

I've owned a CTR since mid august now, and whilst I've been happy with the way it drives overall, I was looking for some more grunt without throwing too much cash at the car (and without risking losing the warranty yet).

I noticed the guys over at J Tune/Honda Tech were close to getting the reflash completed for sale, and James offered to drop his flashed ECU into my car to take for a test drive.

As it stands, with the barrage of rain we had yesterday afternoon when I was at jtune HQ, James was kind enough to let me keep the ECU in for a couple of days.

Well... I pretty much noticed the difference straight away. The midrange is much beefier now - thanks to the lower VTEC crossover point of around 3900, or just below 4k as far as I can tell anyway. One thing I noticed as well is that the VTEC comes in at higher revs if the engine isn't under as much load.

Another nice little plus is the exhaust note sounds a lot meaner now around 4-5K (obviously due this now being vtec territory).

Its amazing what a good tune does to a car - never ceases to amaze me how conservative car manufacturers can be. After half a day of driving with the test ECU, fuel economy is a tad worse than normal however that could be due to me making the most of it before I have to give it back

If you guys are after more info, check out http://jtune.com.au/news.html and also http://www.hondatech.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=1771.

Hurry up if you want one soon as the reflashes will be done in very limited numbers first week of Jan. Not sure how long you'll have to wait after that.

Can't wait to see how well the Jtune supercharger kit goes...

cheers,

aij-

[mugsee]

Could this sound anything but some kind of marketing ploy by James @ Hondata.

First registered: Dec 2007
First and only post: as above

[Bboy_R]

Could this sound anything but some kind of marketing ploy by James @ Hondata.

First registered: Dec 2007
First and only post: as above

LOL does sound like it huh...

[tofu]

Could this sound anything but some kind of marketing ploy by James @ Hondata.

First registered: Dec 2007
First and only post: as above

bwahahaha....
but cool there's a reflash for the FN2

but lowering the vtec changeover at around 4k now?? it gets lower and lower each model...
logically doesn't sound quite right...by the time they bring out the next model "TypeR" the changeover would be changed to like 3500rpm or something.

[kookie]

On the stock dc5R (no mods) with tuning you can get the vtec crossover at 3.2- 3.5 which is quiet low.

Seems very strange with his first post here promoting Jtune.

[bennjamin]

he has been a member on ozhonda since aug. 07 , and AFAIK actually has a new CTR.
But this initial post , does sound like a total marketing ploy by a certain angry little balding man

[tinkerbell]

if ya wanna read about the (sad) state of reflash for K series in australia (i.e. Jtune and Euro):

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...=21343&page=37

very nice product though!

[Elwood]

ppfffftt..

just get a vtec controller..

=D