Does anyone have any idea if a december 96 registered uk turbo has a 4 pin/plug ecu?
Seen a scoobyecu for sale and it fits ecu with 4 plugs?

 

There is an easy way to find out for sure. I assume you own the car? If so, pull back the passenger carpet in the foot well (carefully). There will be a metal plate with several bolts holding it in place. If you undo these, you can remove the plate and see the ECU. It will either have 3 or 4 yellow plugs with a load of wires coming out of each. You would need to do this to take the ECU out to fit the chip anyway.

 

Yeah, I own the car just couldnt be arsed going outside.
Thanks for the advice

 

Your ecu should have 4 pins yes. It should also have the socket to fit the scoobyecu into. That is assuming its the original ecu.

Ritchie.

 

Strictly speaking it could be either 3 or 4.. depends if it was the new model or one already in the dealer etc..

if you open the bonnet is the intercooler slanted or straight? straight then 3plug, slanted then 4 plug.

 

Greetings all.

JGM, could you elaborate on the slanted vs. straight intercooler please? It sounds like you're saying that there are two versions of MY96 cars? I have a MY96 and am trying to track its origins. I'm from Cape Town in sunny South Africa and there are very few of the older models around here.

Coincidently I opened up my car last night to look at the ECU. A mate said from his research that there were a limited number of MY96's that came out with a brown ECU which was basically identical to the rally cars' ECU. Even more limited I'm told were a few cars with a pink ECU which was similar to the 22B ECU. Can anyone confirm this?

We are baffled down here why my car which was supposedly made with 155kw of power at the engine according to factory specifications, measured 167kw in 100% stock form on the dyno. Just a twin-downpipe and full 3" decatted exhaust and she is touching 180kw. All other cars on the same dyno are reading their normal factory figures. Just mine which is much higher so we are certain its not the dynometer that is inaccurate.

Does anyone know where and/or how I can look up my ECU's serial number to track exactly where it came from?

Any ideas...?

Cheers

 

no not two 96 versions but december 96 is within the cross over time..

if you open the bonnet and look at the intercooler on the top of the engine..
does the intercooler sit parallel to the bulk head or is it slanted / diagonal?

Does it have HT leads? if yes then it is a 97 model and will have a 3 plug ecu, if no then it is a 96 model and will have a 4 plug ecu.

As far as I am aware standard ecu's wise there is the Euro/UK, Euro/UK Prodrive, Jap WRX, Jap STi... anything else is messed with after by some company in Japan usually (if it is a jap car).. or there are chips available for the 96.

Simon
Simon

 

Thanks Simon. Forgive my ignorance though but what are HT leads?

PS - My intercooler is mounted at an angle. I guess that makes it a "genuine" MY96 then...

 

Yes sounds like it is a 96 then.. no HT leads on it to find then