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Old 08-10-2009, 02:27 AM
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Re: jdm svx trans, will it work?

Steve,

Are you the guy that emailed me some time ago asking me if a jdm transmisison would work in a us SVX (to whom I said the correct matching tcu and transmission must be used together)? It's kind of sad to see people talked into buying the wrong transmisisons when they could get theirs rebuilt and massively upgraded for $999 but I guess that is still where 1/3 of the SVX community is at.

If you have a JDM tansmission you need a jdm tcu. I don't remember the particulars but maybe 6 months ago I did some comparison of the TCUs used in JDM, Euro, and US TCUs and found they all had different components soldered on the pcb's in additon to different firmware. The resulting logic differences were quite complex to the point where I knew it was silly to waste any more time trying to use the wrong tcu with the wrong box. That's why I only offer the firmware for the jdm and euro tcu's instead of the whole tcu.


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Originally Posted by herffstyle View Post
What do you guys think about Alex's TCU working for my car?
I know his is not a JDM unit but it is still the same type of coupler in the tranny right?

thanks
Steve
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