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Jan 11, 2007 | 11:41 AM

Frost_1097

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ECU question

Hey guys, I'm still new to this site and all this car stuff but I love it. I hear a lot of talk about ECU's. I know that that is the cars computer but everyone is getting different ones. why is that? does it improve the vehicle?

Jan 11, 2007 | 11:45 AM

doood

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Re: ECU question (Frost_1097)

people convert from obd2 to obd1 so they can chip the ecu's and tune them to correctly run the engine. read this: http://www.phearable.net/tech/....html

Jan 11, 2007 | 11:47 AM

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Re: ECU question (doood)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by doood »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">people convert from obd2 to obd1 so they can chip the ecu's and tune them to correctly run the engine. read this: http://www.phearable.net/tech/....html</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea...and also, if you do a swap on your car...like a SOHC to a DOHC or something, you gonna want to run the proper ECU for the motor...