Yesterday, was the first time that I had ever pulled a code by using the jumper plug on the ecu. So I was surprised to find a small red metal box attached to my ECU, the box doesn't have any markings. Does anybody know what this red box is or have a guess? I apologize if this question is noobish.


Modified by mtownek9 at 9:04 PM 1/4/2008

 

Pics?

 

 

never have seen that before, does your car have an alarm? maybe a gps signal box if you have an alarm with global tracking where does it go?

 

It goes up behind the dash. I do have a alarm, but it is an audiovox alarm the previous owner had installed. I don't think that an alarm made by audiovox would have a gps signal box.

 

trace the wires and see where they go. maybe its an ebay mega power +100hp box

 

It does look like one of those wierd ebay box things. Maybe its a recorder box like a planes black box

 

interesting...im in to see where the wires go

 

The white wire you see coming out of the side of the rid box goes down were it connects to the wires coming out of the bottom of the ECU and then goes up behind the dash with the rest of the wires.

 

which ecu pin/connector?

its sounding like a ebay box indeed

 

None really, it gets down almost to the point of the connectors but then it splices off into another white wire that is running vertically.

 

Can someone post a link to one of the ebay boxes? I keep getting results for power rangers.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...wItem

 

Thanks. That does seem like something the previous owner might have put on.

 

If it is one of those, you should be able to probably follow the wires into the bay, and take them off easy. May even run better, lol.

 

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does the car have ABS? </TD></TR></TABLE>

i dont think thats an ABS component, but your on the right track about the low jack. Looks to me like some sort of aftermarket tracking device or immobilizer.

 

Haha maybe. You know I just remembered back in September I found some kind of controller behind the steering column, and I emailed the guy that I bought the car from to ask what it was and he said that it was a rev limiter for drag racing so maybe this box has something to do with that.

 

may very well be.

 

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Try doing that give the previous owner a call or email if you could and ask.

 

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Some extenrnal (obviosly aftermarket) launch control, anti-leg, or twp step unit maybe? Im not sure on that tho, i was under the influence that you could simply have your ECU (ex: p28) chipped for such a thing.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 97Ej6mike &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Some extenrnal (obviosly aftermarket) launch control, anti-leg, or twp step unit maybe? Im not sure on that tho, i was under the influence that you could simply have your ECU (ex: p28) chipped for such a thing.</TD></TR></TABLE>

nah anti lag is in the fuel and ign maps..............no such box.......

and if it is a cheap *** piggyback chip then toss it, go buy yourself a zif socket and eeprom and a eeprom burner and do yourself a favor