New toy WILL play :-D

[Prof]

I could take pics of both boards on both ECU\'s before swapping the chips to show you the units are the same !

It\'s much cheaper to make a board that covers all the options and then only populate it or program it with what you need it to do.  Same approach with motherboards, laptops you name it.

[grinder]

this is true matey - i have faith in you

just need an addy to send it to

will package it up tonight and send it sat morning - should be with you monday/tuesday

if i can get it back by the weekend that would be SUPERB

stu

[sadgoth]

or you could get a microtech for the coupe and take the ecu from the coupe, put it in the cabrio;) :evillaugh  you know you want to.....:cheers

[Prof]

this is true matey - i have faith in you

just need an addy to send it to

will package it up tonight and send it sat morning - should be with you monday/tuesday

if i can get it back by the weekend that would be SUPERB

stu

should be with you as you read this !

[grinder]

certainly looks like it

Mark - with what i have spent in the last few months - i could have bought a brand new LT10 and got it tuned

[Kron]

I didn\'t know you could get brand new LT10\'s for £10

[Mobilemick]

I didn\'t know you could get brand new LT10\'s for £10

Oi dont forget the price of the car as well.  

Oh you did  Sorry

[paul3944]

Know it\'s a bit late but i have a spare ecu from my 90 T2 with a Stage 1 chip fitted by WGT gathering dust in the shed.

I\'ve still got the receipt for the work carried out.

Paul

[grinder]

I didn\'t know you could get brand new LT10\'s for £10

ooooohhh nasty - i reckon ive spent over £600 on bits in the last few months - that could have for me a microtech

Paul - just out of interest matey - what ECU number is it ?

[Mobilemick]

U got a update Grinder,  is it running now

[Grizzly]

Did you get the EMS off yesterday

[grinder]

its not running no - sent the ecu off to prof for him to fix - this should sort it

chris .. EMS ??

[Grizzly]

LOL u Joking.....:rollin

EMS (the proper name) = Engine management system Or ECU

[grinder]

he he he

the EMS/ECU looks shot - so its being fixed ( or should i say having the chip removed and put into another ecu )

fingers crossed it should be running by the weekend - and if not - errrr no idea then !!

Stu

[Prof]

Will let you know when I get yours, but already removed the ROM out of the donor ECU in readiness - took some pics of it all as well, so we can do a like for like comparison.  Just need to unsolder the legs that I snipped, then solder in the new turned pin socket in readiness to receive your knightsports chip.  For those interested, the original ROM was actually a 27C256 Eprom - so it looks as if the ECU\'s didn\'t use a mask programmed ROM.

If there are any resistors or links that are different between the 2 ECU\'s,  I will replicate these on the Donor, so the eventual ECU will be exactly as your damaged one.

I am also going to take a copy of the original ECU ROM, as it would be interesting to see where the changes are !

Annotated pics to follow...