Can an ODB2 ECU work on ODBI cars??

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Feb 4, 2003 | 07:59 PM

AndyD

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Can an ODB2 ECU work on ODBI cars??

Hey guys, I was wondering if it will work, particularly the 96 H23 ECU working on a 92-95 ODBI car??? Will it throw any codes, etc??
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Feb 4, 2003 | 08:01 PM

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Re: Can an ODB2 ECU work on ODBI cars?? (AndyD)

It shouldnt even hook-up......

Feb 4, 2003 | 08:09 PM

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Re: Can an ODB2 ECU work on ODBI cars?? (Cottonwoodz)

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It shouldnt even hook-up......

Even if you made an adaptor cable to hook it up.. you would get codes out the butt since a bunch of OBD-II sensors wouldn't be there

Feb 9, 2003 | 09:51 PM

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Re: Can an ODB2 ECU work on ODBI cars?? (Cottonwoodz)

It would be a waste of time to try

Feb 9, 2003 | 10:18 PM

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Re: Can an ODB2 ECU work on ODBI cars?? (Jago)

more trouble than its worth

Feb 10, 2003 | 03:02 AM

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Re: Can an ODB2 ECU work on ODBI cars?? (-SevenFourThree-)

won't plug in, even if you rewire you would get codes. pointless.

Feb 10, 2003 | 12:36 PM

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Re: Can an ODB2 ECU work on ODBI cars?? (satan_srv)

just wondering: whats the point? i know people go from OBDII to OBDI, i guess for emissions or better performance. but what are the gains from switching from II to I?

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Feb 10, 2003 | 12:56 PM

blacklude

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Re: Can an ODB2 ECU work on ODBI cars?? (XtremeSpeed)

OBDI doesn't "detune" mods which would help in making power rather than benefiting emissions.

Feb 10, 2003 | 05:39 PM

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Re: Can an ODB2 ECU work on ODBI cars?? (blacklude)

yes u can run a obd 2 engine with a obd 1 ecu with a hraness converion like the one form skunk2. as far as having a ton of codes, i can neither verify nor dispute this statement.

lastly, the only reason i would personaly run a obd converion was so that i could use a hondata s200.

Feb 10, 2003 | 06:42 PM

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Re: Can an ODB2 ECU work on ODBI cars?? (blacklude)

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OBDI doesn't "detune" mods which would help in making power rather than benefiting emissions.

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yes u can run a obd 2 engine with a obd 1 ecu with a hraness converion like the one form skunk2. as far as having a ton of codes, i can neither verify nor dispute this statement.
lastly, the only reason i would personaly run a obd converion was so that i could use a hondata s200.

how did this get flipped around? He's asking about running an OBD-II inplace of an OBD-I, not the other way around. And as stated a few times, you'd get so many error codes. Now I don't know off hand if it would be enough or the correct ones, but it might even put the OBD-II into "limp mode"