Description
Want the performance benefits of ethanol without being locked into one exact fuel blend?
Hondata CANFlex continuously measures the ethanol content in your fuel and communicates that information directly to the ECU through the CAN bus.
With the proper Hondata or customer calibration loaded, your car can compensate for pump gas, E85, or a blend of the two without having to drain the tank or manually swap tunes every time your fuel changes.
The result is a clean, integrated flex fuel solution that can deliver more power, more torque, improved knock resistance and stronger performance from the fuel already available at your nearest Ethanol pump.
Better yet, the CANFlex hardware is plug-and-play, requires no cutting of the factory wiring harness and can be returned to stock.
Whether you're waking up your daily-driven Civic Si or looking to get more out of your Civic Type R or Integra Type S, CANFlex makes ethanol power easier to live with.
Pump gas today. E85 tomorrow. Anything in between.
That's the entire point of a real flex fuel system.
Fuel sold as E85 does not always contain exactly 85% ethanol and the actual ethanol content can change based on location, season and what's already in your tank.
Rather than making you guess at the mixture, the CANFlex ethanol sensor measures the actual ethanol content of the fuel flowing through the system.
That information is sent to the ECU so your calibration can compensate accordingly.
Fill up with regular pump gas, add ethanol, mix the two together and let the system know what's actually in the tank.
No draining the tank. No calculating your blend at every fill-up. No manually switching between an E85 tune and a pump-gas tune.
Ethanol is about more than simply changing what comes out of the pump.
Its higher effective octane and charge-cooling properties give a properly tuned turbocharged engine like our beloved L15 & K20 more room to safely make power.
How much power? That depends on your application.
Hondata's testing has shown substantial gains even on otherwise stock vehicles:
- 10th Gen Civic Si 1.5T: up to approximately +50 HP
- 11th Gen Civic / Integra 1.5T: up to approximately +45 HP
- 2.0T Type R / Type S: approximately +28 HP on a stock fuel system
- 2.0T with Hondata Fuel System: gains can increase to approximately +70 HP depending on application and calibration
CANFlex can also help the turbo come into boost sooner and maintain a stronger, flatter torque curve instead of delivering one big torque hit followed by a rapid falloff.
Actual output will vary with vehicle, fuel composition, supporting modifications, calibration, operating conditions, and dyno type.
- 2017-2020 Honda Civic 1.5T
- 2017-2021 Honda Civic Type R 2.0T (FK8)
- 2022+ Honda Civic 1.5T
- 2023+ Acura Integra 1.5T
- 2023+ Honda Civic Type R 2.0T (FL5)
- 2024+ Acura Integra Type S 2.0T (DE5)
Important: CANFlex hardware differs between 1.5T, 2.0T, 10th Gen, and 11th Gen applications. Please select the correct vehicle/application option when ordering.
Older flex fuel solutions required sending an analog ethanol-content signal through an available ECU input.
CANFlex takes a cleaner approach.
Hondata's E/B/CAN module reads the ethanol sensor and sends ethanol-content information to the ECU through the vehicle's CAN network.
That means there is no cutting or splicing of the factory engine harness and no need to repurpose the ECT2 input for the ethanol signal.
Once the correct CANFlex calibration is loaded, the ECU can use ethanol content as part of its fueling, ignition, and boost strategy.
The result is the kind of integration you'd expect from an engineered system rather than an add-on sensor simply bolted to the car.
Clean install. Factory-style integration. Real-time ethanol data.
Hondata designed CANFlex as a complete hardware package rather than leaving you to piece together sensors, fittings, and electronics yourself.
- Application-specific fuel line adapter
- Integrated ethanol content sensor
- Hondata E/B/CAN converter module (Ethanol-Bridge-CAN)
- Hondata CAN / OBD-II electrical harness
- OBD-II adapter
- Application-specific installation hardware
Everything is designed around Hondata tuning ecosystem helping make installation straightforward and fully reversible. This kit also pairs with all of Hondatas upgraded fuel systems which can be found here FK8/FL5/DE5 Hondata upgraded fuel system and here L15 1.5T Hondata upgraded fuel system
- A compatible Hondata FlashPro is required and is not included with CANFlex.
- The appropriate CANFlex-enabled Hondata calibration or a compatible custom calibration must be loaded before using the system.
- Use the latest compatible version of Hondata FlashPro Manager for your vehicle and ECU.
- 2023+ Civic Type R FL5 and 2024+ Integra Type S DE5 applications require a Hondata-compatible unlocked/jailbroken ECU before the applicable FlashPro calibration can be installed.
- Certain newer ECU applications may require additional Hondata CAN Bridge hardware. Verify compatibility for your exact model year and ECU before ordering.
- Power gains will vary based on ethanol content, vehicle, supporting modifications, calibration, and environmental conditions.
- Running higher ethanol concentrations requires greater fuel volume. High-output combinations may require additional fuel-system upgrades.
- Hondata lists CANFlex as a 49-state emissions-compliant / SEMA-certified solution. Always verify current state and local emissions regulations for your vehicle.
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Installing Your Hondata CANFlex Kit
2/5 Difficulty
No CEL With Proper Calibration
Applications
2017-2020 Honda Civic 1.5T (FC/FC/FK)
2017-2021 Honda Civic Type R 2.0T (FK8)
2022+ Honda Civic 1.5T
2023+ Acura Integra 1.5T
2023+ Honda Civic Type R 2.0T (FL5)
2024+ Acura Integra Type S 2.0T (DE5)