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Old 06 October 2010, 08:25 PM
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I have been told that the ecu in my car can not be mapped (MY98 imported wrx wagon)
Could i get an ecu from a different year and try that or doesnt it work like that?
I didnt really want to go down the route of a power fc
Old 06 October 2010, 08:32 PM
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It doesn't work like that, no. If you're really determined to make something work you can do anything, but the time, effort and expense involved in grafting an MY99-00 setup in, for example, would almost certainly cost you more than just buying a dedicated aftermarket control unit for your car.

There is reputedly a field reflash solution for the 97-98 ECUs in the final stages of testing, so if you don't want to go aftermarket, sitting tight for a while longer might be your best bet.
Old 07 October 2010, 08:41 AM
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You can remap your ecu, but you need to fit a daughter board in to it, I'm pretty sure ESL makes it possible to map your car!
Old 07 October 2010, 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Stealth
You can remap your ecu, but you need to fit a daughter board in to it, I'm pretty sure ESL makes it possible to map your car!
NNo you can't, 97-98 wont map even with a daughter board. as said above esl are currently working on this.

personaly i'd wait for that before having it mapped
Old 07 October 2010, 08:56 PM
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As said above ,but might be worth checking out what ecu you have in your car ,and also trying to find out when the car was registered as the 1999 MY was officially released in the October of 1998- so if it was made after this it might well be mappable via ecu tec.
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mines being mapped on sat and mines a 92 ??? by bob rawl
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