Need help one my ecu situation
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Need help one my ecu situation
hi came here to see if anyonw could help me heres what i want to do
i have a stock 05 evo 8 mr and since im in california i would like to be able to switch back to stock when smog testing comes anyways i bought another ecu from 2003 evo 8and i would like to use the one i bought for reflash/tuning my car with bolts on , so my question is would the 03 ecu work? Can it be done ?rewrite the vin etc?
Thanks
i have a stock 05 evo 8 mr and since im in california i would like to be able to switch back to stock when smog testing comes anyways i bought another ecu from 2003 evo 8and i would like to use the one i bought for reflash/tuning my car with bolts on , so my question is would the 03 ecu work? Can it be done ?rewrite the vin etc?
Thanks
Why go through that hassle of switching ECU's?
You can still have your tunes on your ECU, but need to make sure all the proper monitors are active when they plug-in. Your tuner should be able to do that
You can still have your tunes on your ECU, but need to make sure all the proper monitors are active when they plug-in. Your tuner should be able to do that
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Coming from honda game it gets really old everytime i have to find someone to smog my car and pay a lot �� (i know you have to pay to play) but for so many years i think i kinda figure out how to save me a headache in a long run so im willing to spend the money now to set it up the way i wanna set it up so that i can just switch back to stock when the time comes for smog
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Coming from honda game it gets really old everytime i have to find someone to smog my car and pay a lot �� (i know you have to pay to play) but for so many years i think i kinda figure out how to save me a headache in a long run so im willing to spend the money now to set it up the way i wanna set it up so that i can just switch back to stock when the time comes for smog