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Re: ECU tune Transmission control unit?
With the overtemp mod, i'm in for sure. I know how to solder but I am bad at it, so I guess I should just order the whole deal. $199 is a bargain.
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Re: ECU tune Transmission control unit?
Ya, it's actually a pretty difficult soldering job. I wouldn't recomend anyone who isn't practiced and skilled at soldring do it themselves.
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Re: ECU tune Transmission control unit?
I have an extra TCU, but it's out of a Legacy Turbo... I'm guessing that the difference in the TCUs is the logic in the ROM inside, since it has a different part # than the one for my SVX, my question is, can I buy the chip and install it in this TCU and have it work, even though it's not technically an SVX TCU?
Also, I bet if you made chips available for other Subarus, people over on the USMB, and Legacy Central would be interested, it's worth a try... I know I'd be intrested in one for my wife's turbo legacy... I'd also be more than happy to go to the junkyard and harvest you some TCUs, I know where some SVXes are too...
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Re: ECU tune Transmission control unit?
No, although the pcb is the same the components on it are not so it can not be used as an SVX tcu. Also the firmware for the SVX is different than for the legacy so you can not install the SVX chip and then use it in a legacy either. The TCU hardware and firmware must match and match the car they are being put in. I could pull the firware off a legacy TCU easily enough but I don't have a legacy to drive so I'd be hard pressed to develop shift maps for them unless there is some obvious deficiency that could be clearly expressed to me for me to modify and give to someone to trial.
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To further encourage early adopters to give this a shot I've decided free shipping will only be given to the 1st five orders. Orders 5 to 10 will be at $199 plus shipping. After order 10 the price goes to $249 + shipping.
Don't miss the sale. As soon as you drive or ride in someone elses car that has it you will be purchasing it so be one of the first and get it for less. |
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Nancy, (Fancycargal) will be driving my Red 93 later today.
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Nomad and Nifty..your TCUs shipped today....tracking info should be in your paypal transaction.
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When are you going to sell your stage 1 chip with the advanced timing or its still under testing,my fwd is waitng for a few more horses.
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I'm waiting to get gtech performance data back from svxfiles. He got around to installing it just the other day and it didn't boot up. I probably forgot to program the ROM or something stupid like that. He's sending it back to me so I can see what I did and fix it.
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Thats great can't wait to get your chip.
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if you want to pull the firmware off your 2wd tcu to use as basecode I'll make a 2wd version of the tcu with the better shift maps and thermal protection.
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Good deal I can't wait to get it. Speaking of 2wd, anyone have a guess as to why they don't put the AT OIL TEMP light on the 2wd cars? Toyota did this too on some. I guess they think it's even less likely that a 2wd will reach 300 F, since it runs so much cooler without the transfer clutch....
I have the 2wd tcu that came out of my car laying around if it needs to be borrowed for the code so you can offer it to those few that have it, LAN.
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Sure, sweet, if you want to send it to me I'll pull the firmware off it and send it back to you. Send a paypal request for the $$ to ship it to hello@ecutune.com
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Mine was FWD and it has the AT oil light.
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Alright, i'll dig it up this week and get that sent to ya. I'll be interested to know what the differences are, I seem to remember it shifting a little better when it was fwd, but it could have been the different ratio.
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