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ecu swap

Post by Carbix »

can a 93 SS 4eat ecu be swap with a 5mt ecu.

will i need to change any wires....

and yes im trying to do a 4eat to 5mt swap
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Post by kleinkid »

Yes, it will swap. No, you do not need to change out wires.
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Post by 555BCTurbo »

They are the same ECU...
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Post by Carbix »

555BCTurbo wrote:They are the same ECU...
i know that the 4eat ecu will work with a 5mt, but i was reading the how to do post, and he said that he was having a broblem with the timing or something like that due to the fact that he was using an 4eat ecu where a 5mt would fix it....
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Post by 555BCTurbo »

Carbix wrote:
555BCTurbo wrote:They are the same ECU...
i know that the 4eat ecu will work with a 5mt, but i was reading the how to do post, and he said that he was having a broblem with the timing or something like that due to the fact that he was using an 4eat ecu where a 5mt would fix it....

Don't think so...

I have swapped an auto car to 5mt...and it felt identical to a factory 5mt car.
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Post by Carbix »

great then thats one more thing that i dont need to get
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Post by vrg3 »

Yes, the turbo ECUs are the same regardless of transmission type.
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Post by Legacy777 »

You have to remember I did my swap when I was normally aspirated. Turbo ECU, as mentioned are the same between transmission types.
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Post by morgue »

in that case, does this mean that if i have a n/a now, and i wanted a turbo ecu, i'd have to get a turbo harness too? or just mod a few wires? i have a 91 n/a and doing a turbo conversion with a smt6 piggyback and running a t3/t4
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Post by Legacy777 »

You just need to swap the positive leads for the crank & cam sensors, and add the pins for the turbo specific sensors. This must be done on top of the wiring issues associated with the 5mt swap.
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