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Just swapped ECUs and car runs like crap

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Old Nov 25, 2011 | 02:43 PM
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the EK I bought had a Z6 swapped in it that was running off of an LS ECU. Not sure exactly why the hell they did this, but I bought a p28 and a jumper harness and swapped the ECUs. Now the car feels like it's running out of gas when I'm under 3k...above 3k fine. Sometimes for a brief period it runs perfect, then back to feeling like I'm out of gas. Once I hit 3k she picks right up and wants to go. Not sure what is causing this, has anyone else had this problem? Any fixes??? I'm guessing I need a new map sensor but I'm not an expert on Hondas yet so I would appreciate any help!
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Old Nov 25, 2011 | 02:53 PM
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Why did you swap it? Some back story please.
Was the ECU you removed chipped?
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Old Nov 25, 2011 | 03:00 PM
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Swapped the ECUs because the car was idle surging from 1k-2k over and over and over and just didn't feel right and had that weird idle. Checked the ECU and it was a P75 i believe, off of an LS 1.8 non vtec. Well my motor is a Z6 with a Y8 head on it and is vtec. Swapped the ECUs because some people on here told me they couldn't believe the car was even running and I needed to get it on a P28 asap. I do not believe the ECU from the LS was chipped.
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Old Nov 25, 2011 | 03:04 PM
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Any CELs? Check timing? Swap done correctly? Last tuneup?

If the P75 is chipped you might want to check.
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Old Nov 25, 2011 | 03:07 PM
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Swap was done correctly yes, the car ran fine besides the idle issue on the P75. It is throwing code yes but I don't have vtec hooked up ATM and don't have a way to check which codes it's throwing. last tune up was about 3k miles ago.
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Old Nov 25, 2011 | 03:13 PM
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Paperclip in the jumper harness will pull the codes.
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