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Old 04-06-2002, 12:35 AM   #1 (permalink)
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ECU makes car die....whats goin on!?

alright....just got back from the track and had some problems. i just got a jdm h22 to put into my car on easter and i also got a REAL spoon ecu to go with it. since the h22 isnt in my car yet, a friend that has a 93 prelude vtec decided to test out the p13 in his prelude and compare to his past runs. we installed it at his house and he drove with it all the way to the track, no problems. after he did the first run of 14.8@93.5mph i went back to the staging lanes to ask him some questions and he had the ecu in his hand and gave it back to me because he put his stock one back in. he said that he couldnt keep the car running when he got to the line. and when he was doing his burnout (yes, he was on slicks), it would just die. and then he had to crank it over 4 times to get it started so he could make his run. he already had his timing advanced from the distributor, and i know the ecu has some pretty wild settings im sure which include fuel maps, vtec crossover, and timing settings. im thinking that the fact that he already had his timing advanced, and then the ecu having some wild timing settings just wasnt working too well together. after he switched to just a jdm p13 it was fine. the spoon ecu is version 4, anyone know anything about that? i would like to know what is causing the car to die before i install it in my car when i do my swap. any ideas? sorry for the long post!
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no idea whats goin on?
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Old 04-14-2002, 12:47 AM   #3 (permalink)
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You can't use the spoon prog. with a USDM motor...why, I don't know. It will work with your JDM motor though...provided you use the JDM electronics I assume. I tried the chip on my ecu and it gave me rough idle and a CE light. My friend with the JDM motor always pulls me on the higway because he can shift later. Don't worry though...the ecu is fine.
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thanks man! i was thinking something like that also.
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doh sorry I meant spoon prgram with usdm ECU. I have the spoon program now and it works fine.
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but this isnt a spoon program...its the complete spoon ecu which may or may not have things like egr and the knock sensor on it. we'll find out this thursday though!
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oh sh*t, is it in??? running good??? ill race ya!!!!
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Old 04-24-2002, 12:22 PM   #8 (permalink)
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oh sh*t, is it in??? running good??? ill race ya!!!!
youre on....thursday night at the bird youre allll mine. you going to run the slicks? cheater!!!
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youre on....thursday night at the bird youre allll mine. you going to run the slicks? cheater!!!
cheater, they are 100% street legal, dot approved, drag radials... no cheating going on here son ...
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my car isnt going as planned so we might have to put off the prelude battle for next week

we'll see though....keep an eye out for me
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did something go wrong??? dammit, i work next thursday...
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