Guys,

 

The previous owner of my Z had it down at Zedworld not long back and is pretty certain they told him the car had an aftermarket ECU.

I've contacted Jeff to see if they've recorded any details on their job sheet etc but he's not come back to me yet and so being the impatient type i pulled it out tonight to have a look.

 

There's nothing obvious to me but thought i'd post some pics so that you experts can see if you can confirm whether or not it's aftermarket?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Any idea what the little adjust-y thing is with the japanese sticker around it?

 

Also, in the last pic what would that black connector plug go in to?

It's to read the fault codes if you're on about pic #2

It's to read the fault codes if you're on about pic #2

 

Thanks, so are we saying its standard?

Need to see a side pic of the chip with the sticker on,looks socketed but can't tell with the angle.........

Need to see a side pic of the chip with the sticker on,looks socketed but can't tell with the angle.........

 

Bugger, ECU is back in the car now ... socketed? I'm assuming that means the pins in the chip sit in some kind of plastic terminals and can be removed by just pulling out?

 

If so, then no - it was soldered directly on to the board.

 

If you still need a pic let me know and i'll whip it out again :)

Sounds like standard to me. Upgraded ones usually are socketed so you can pull them out and re map them when you alter things like injector sizes or turbos. Speak to Geoff again he can do the upgrade for you.

Hi, we did do a search on our data base and our hard copy workshop day sheets and could not find anything relating to the car, maybe it was a casual check or maybe at JAE?

 

If we did have the ConZult on it we would have read the ecu mapping, you cannot be sure either way as we have seen standard chips that have been cleared and re-flashed and then soldered back, a stealth approach for Jap road cars or insurance reasons, reading the mapping is the only way to know.

 

Jeff

Cheers jeff. Is there anyway I can do that (buying a reader?) and send you the file or something? The cars off the road Until I've sorted the bodywork and I'm dying to know lol. It is also holding up my tuning plans ;)

 

Failing that could you chip/remap the ecu without the car? Just thinking I could send it to you?