Cup just ordered! ECU latest

[zoog]

Hi !

ordered a Cup day before yesterday - delivery 15th April, cant wait



What is the latest about the ECU upgrade - the sales rep didnt have a clue!



Adrian

 

[Frosty]

Id give your car a couple of thousand miles before you get the upgrade ECU for it mate.

The ECU is available now and costs £198 + vat + fitting. Its available from R-Sport.

 

[SHORTY]

could you put that ecu on a clio 172 mk1

 

[Frosty]

No.

 

[swelch]

LOL - Deja vu, or what ?

 

[zoog]

Yea Im certainly going to run it in and get the full measure of the car prior to ECU upgrade, probably do 5000 miles first.

 

[The_Gza]

Youll enjoy all of those 5000 miles - and then get the full benefit of the ECU when you upgrade

 

[Pugboy]

Ive checked the cup website but cant find the upgrades, can anyone help me, im a bit of a mailto:fuc@;it">fuc@;it?

maybe a link...

 

[SHORTY]

why cant the ecu upgrade work its the same F**king engine

 

[Tom]

but its not the same car!!

the ecu dont control just the engine

 

[KDF]

I thought somebody already had it on there mk1 172 ..

I wouldnt bother anyway, from what I have read from Cup owners who have had it done it dont really make much difference.

Think i would rather pay for a Dastek chip at least then if you have any other mods they can be taken into account.

 

[Frosty]

Quote: Originally posted by SHORTY on 04 April 2003

why cant the ecu upgrade work its the same F**king engine

Read some of the old posts by using search.

In a nutshell, the ECU does the diagnostics on the car, the ABS, the airbag system, and a whole host of other things. For this reason it will not work on anything other than a Cup since the Cup does not have ABS, has half the number of airbags from the MKII, and the diagnostics will all be different. Oh did I mention that the MK1 has a mechanical throttle body and the MKII and Cups have a drive by wire. Yet another incompatability.