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Your ECU has learned how to compensate for your engine mods. When you reset the ECU it forgets everything it has learned and tries to use the base maps, which are calibrated for an unmodified engine. So it runs like a dog until it learns the correct fuel and timing trims for your engine. Give it som...

b3lha Can you provide me with some sort of document to prove the SVX in other regions had the VTD differential? I have been arguing this for years and the idiots on Nasioc can't accept that the impreza was NOT the first car with the better center differential. I originally found this out because so...

Sorry it took so long to get back to this. I was mistaken. I did not have an "FF" TCU, it is an "EE" out of the N/A. The SS has an "HU". OK. Scratch everything I said about VTD then. I did encounter another weird issue, also. I got the entire rear subframe swapped over...

I have the rear part of the driveshaft removed with the "FWD" fuse installed becuase I'm having difficuly with the donor car not wanting to give up its rear diff. :roll: I've driven another auto with the "FWD" fuse installed so this shouldn't cuase any problem like this, and I d...

Can you please tell me which car the FF TCU came from? FF is the same TCU code as a Euro/Aussie SVX. This car has the VTD transmission rather than the ACT4 transmission normally found on US models. It would be very interesting to know if you have found a US model with the VTD box. It is far superior...

Good work.

A couple of questions:

1) Does it really need an external charger? Some of the FTDI modules can draw their 5v power from the USB cable.

2) I presume you also connected to ground on the Metra connector, not just Rx and Tx?

I just finished this mod, works great. I cut the wire from pin 6 and used spade connectors to wire in a switch. So at the flick of a switch the manual button is either stock or can be used as the power override button. With the connectors I can disconnect the switch and connect the pin 6 wire and i...

Couple of more bits of info I forgot to add to the above post: Pin 4 on my B46 connector on the TCU was already filled with a teal blue wire. I cut it and wired up the 'Power' switch from there. Anyone else had this pin occupied on their connector already? CEL was on for knock sensor, after cutting...

On my website you can find stock ROM dumps of the 1995 WRX STi (JECS Z4 ECU) and WRX STi type RA (JECS Z5 ECU). Maybe the maps in them will be useful to you.

http://www.alcyone.org.uk/ssm/ecuroms.html

Found a new one: http://ssm.nextfoods.jp I don't read Japanese, but there seems to be two products: WinSSM - a datalogging program that overlays the parameters onto a feed from a USB video camera. Free to download http://ssm.nextfoods.jp/index.php?DemoMovie%2F7 G-SSM - a hardware datalogger, similar...

Evoscan is the best one by a long way. Kevin Franks' program is great for free, but it doesn't work properly through USB. That is why you are seeing zeros every other pass. As already mentioned, the best speed you can get is between 5 and 10 parameters per second. This is a limitation of the ECU, no...

The absolute best way to find the parameters is by eavesdropping on a proper Subaru Select Monitor. If you don't have one then the next best way is by reading the program code, like I'm doing for the EJ15. But that is difficult and very time consuming. I was lucky with my Legacy. The EJ22 and EG33 E...

Here are the parameters for my Legacy. TomsSVX got the SVX addresses correct by eavesdropping a select monitor. Then I disassembled the program code on the Legacy and SVX and compared them to find the corresponding Legacy addresses. No guesswork involved. 1996 UK model Legacy EJ22 JECS "U1"...

So on some of the earlier Legacies, it won't engage power mode if you dig into the gas? It does engage if you floor the gas. But there is no built in facility for an override switch. If somebody with an earlier car desperately wanted to do this mod then the best thing to do would be to fit a later ...

I just wanted to update this old thread with some new information. Somebody sent me a memory dump of a 1990 USDM Legacy TCU. It doesn't have the facility for a power mode switch in the program. The feature was probably introduced in later years. At present, the best way to tell whether this trick wi...

My Legacy blew a brake light bulb a while ago. The "ABS" light on the dash lit up and the ABS stopped working. I guess my ABS computer treats a blown bulb as a malfunction and shuts down. When I replaced the bulb, the ABS started working again. Maybe you could mess with the wire that tells...

What type of ECU are you using?

I'm currently working to find the parameters for a Hitachi "Z1" ecu, used by the Impreza CS EJ15. If your ECU is also Hitachi then you may find some helpful information in my thread at http://www.subiesmart.com/forum

Yes. It works on the Legacy and also the SVX.
It's by far the best datalogging software available at the moment.

The 4EAT in older SVXes tends to self-destruct every 50-80 K miles. One of my SVXes is now on its third gearbox. Later models are better. I think it's not such a problem in a Legacy because it is lighter and has less torque. You can extend the life by adding an extra cooler and changing the fluid of...

Depends what ECU your car has. Some Legacies between 1992 and 1996 use the same JECS OBD1 ECU as the SVX. But I think it's only the non-turbo cars, not the Turbo versions. I have been doing some work on my SVX ECU and I know where the rev limit is stored and how to reprogram it. If you have the same...

It does sound like a TPS fault. It's a black plastic box attached to the throttle body at the back of the inlet manifold. It's just a fancy type of potentiometer. There are some interesting diagnostic tips in these threads: http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/showthread.php?t=43333 http://www.subaru-svx...

Damn ip changed on the cable modem. Here's the ECU pics 1990 Legacy n/a MT Hitachi ECU 1992 Legacy n/a MT JECS ECU 1991 Turbo Legacy Hitachi ECU The 1992 ECU pictured is the same hardware as the SVX ECU, but different firmware. Information about how to modify it can be found here (scroll down to po...

The power light on the dash should be continuously lit when the pin is grounded. And there will be a definite noticable effect on the performance. Like James said: "Holy Crap!!!!". This is not a switch to make power mode come on more easily, It is a switch to make power mode come on perman...

Don't you have a power light on the dash?

You could use a double throw switch. One side of it switches the TCU pin to ground, the other side switches the lamp to ground.

However, since it does drop out of power mode, if you really have to slow down for a tight turn, don't expect the power to be right there. When you say "it does drop out of power mode", do you mean the power mode light turns off after a while and the shifting goes back to normal? It shoul...