Hey i was just reading a thread that said a guy from there had his car broken into but the only reason they didnt take it was because he took his ecu with him....

Do many of you guys carry your crx/ civ ecu's with you? are they easily detachable? i park on the street everynight and have never thought about removing so the people stealing it cant take it.


Any info or especially pics would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

 

if you even have to think about taking your ecu with you at night you should take it as a sign to move somewhere very far.

 

it's a cheap method but sometime effective.

If you cant afford any type of secuirty for your car their are other inexpensive security methods I will not mention.

 

Nah my car has an alarm and its a good neighbourhood, just though i would ask.

 

Yes the ecu detaches very quickly, in just a few seconds. Basically you just pull your carpet back, and unplug a couple of harnesses from the unit.

 

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Then, when you need to go somewhere, you plug it all back in, start the car with all electrical and A/C loads turned off, and let it idle without touching the throttle until the engine reaches normal operating temp. This allows the ECU to re-learn the idle parameters. If you drive off right away, you will most likely stall everytime you come to a stop.

 

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pull your carpet back, AND unscrew the nuts holding the metal cover, THEN uplug the two harnesses.

Maybe some people dont use the metal bracket, but I do. Inconsiderate passengers would kick the living **** out of the ecu.

I've done it only once, and the next morning, it changed my idle when I reinstalled it. I had to adjust my IACV again (been battling weird idle for like 2months). Basically its cheap insurance keeping your car from being stolen through conventional means. As this method seems to be talked about more and more, a prepared theif would bring his own ecu...

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sammy_Po &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nah my car has an alarm and its a good neighbourhood, just though i would ask.</TD></TR></TABLE>
...careful here. I thought I did too, until you think about it. This kind of mindset is what brings the theives TO your neighborhood. If everyone thinks, oh we live in a nice neighborhood, nothing bad happens here so I dont need to worry about security, you'll think differently when your **** gets jacked. ...just dont make the same mistake i did and fool yourself like this.

 

I live in a good neighborhood and my car just got stolen last night, good neighborhood doesnt mean ****..

I wish I woulda thought of removing my ecu everynight, but didnt think I had to since I live in a "good" neighborhood

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by blumpfish &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I live in a good neighborhood and my car just got stolen last night, good neighborhood doesnt mean ****..

I wish I woulda thought of removing my ecu everynight, but didnt think I had to since I live in a "good" neighborhood</TD></TR></TABLE>

Im 34 with my own family now and a lot of things have changed in my life, but thats another story.
Point is, when I was a drug dealing thug in my early 20's, we would purposely go to the "GOOD" neighborhoods to steal the cars we wanted cause it was so much easier than in the hood where the other thugs would hear their alarm and come running out shooting.

 

I take my ECU out every night. Not many people carry a kpro in their back pocket.