P1Fanatic

Read a few articles on here about how pants the AE802 ECU is on the MY00 Impreza. I have one and my car does seem a tad hesitant when the turbo kicks in. I still have 6 months warranty. Just want to ask how many people have had theirs swapped for an AE801/800 ECU and how they went about it. Also which would be better to go for AE800/AE801?

Cheers,
Simon.

Ian E

iTrader: (1)

Ask your dealer and see what they say - doubt they'd replace it at this stage though.

My MY00 cars an EU import and was out of warranty when I heard about the improvements with fitting the earlier MY99 ECU. I've fitted an AE800 and its a big improvement.

P1Fanatic

Why do you doubt they would replace it at this stage? Purely on the age of the car (X Reg Sept '00). Ive only had it 8 months myself.

BTW where did you get your replacement ECU and how much?

Simon.

chrome

my car was out of warranty (1st Reg Nov99- MY00)when I bought it.. and I have now had the ECU swapped to an 801 I bought it off P20SPD
.. its great..
slight differences in mpg (sligtly better mpg when driven hard) idle is better and it pulls pulls pulls..

go for it and if you do a SN search for AE800/801 you can get an idea of prices..

[Edited by chrome - 3/25/2003 7:13:58 PM]

P1Fanatic

Chrome how did you go about it and how much did it cost you?

Simon.

chrome

wow insta-post! LOL

lift the passenger side front carpet, undo bolts, remove cover, sawp board- the seller of my car kindly did it for me (he's a mate of P20spd-> Chiark

he made it look like a piece of pish go for it mate!

babber

Difference is unbelievable and well worth the effort of getting a AE801. The AE800 has a better map, but is harder to get hold of. Read up and see graphs at http://www.ecutek.co.uk.

I was probably the first person to do this (or at least do it and discuss on here) after Floyd suggested it a few years ago. We should have patented the plans, and bought all then spare AE801 / AE800 ECU's in the country before disclosing the results!!

I had a really bad hesitating MY00 and was so pissed off with it. You may be able to do a search on "hesitating bag of **** / or ****e" and read up. Floyd posted on here about trying a different ECU from an ealier car and a mate had a spare one. Put it in and the difference was unbelievable!! I instantly liked the car again. Around the same time I discussed this with Steve Done and the rest is history

Place an ad in the wanted section or look in the for sale section. Either that or someone like P/E / Bob Rawle / John Banks can remap the ECU with a similiar map to the AE801 or even a TEK. I know what I'd spend my money on

Hope this helps, Phill

PS See:-

http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...ThreadID=57638

http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...ThreadID=58312

http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...D=59338&Page=1

[Edited by babber - 3/25/2003 8:04:24 PM]

P1Fanatic

Ok cheers. I will approach my dealer whilst they are grovelling after their mechanice kerbed my alloy whilst in for a service. The worst they can say is no I suppose.

Simon.

Floyd

iTrader: (9)

Phil is correct! I bought all the spare 801's I could get my hands on from dealers and others who had swapped them for PPP ECU's. I sold 'em for £75ish a pop (not saying what I paid though ). Others have charged more and it's probably worth it.

There may be a few dealers who don't know what they've got, so it won't hurt to ask if they have any on a pile somewhere....

F

babber

Floyd,

In the good ole days mate

Cheers Phill

my00wrx

Does changing the ECU's cause problems with factory immobilisers or pin pads?

BuRR

no

my00wrx

Were UK owners offered the free upgrade on 99/00 models to get a immobiliser keypad which came out standard on 01 and onward models.

babber

The keypad comes with the sigma alarm that is fitted standard to a UK car. Dealers aren't upgrading the ECUs for us. We are doing it ourselves

Phill

T2000UK

This is something I have heard about & am looking into doing to my MY00.
I have managed to track down someone who says they can supply me with either the AE800 or AE801 ECU's at £150 +VAT

babber

The AE801 is a good map, but the AE800 is much better. You can get your existing ECU remapped by ECUTEK or John Banks, for about the same price I know what I'd go for!!

Cheers Phill

my00wrx

I've managed to get a AE800 for AUD$385 (about 130 pounds) delivered from a wrecker. ECUtek want twice that for ECUtek 1 remap and AUD$1385 for 2 remap. Supposedly they have recently made some further changes to the 1 remap which makes it even better than the standard AE800 and AE801 map.

Scott.T

iTrader: (2)

Got an AE801 from the 4sale forum for £135... car is alot less hesitant and boost holds a little longer. Will have to give the actuator a turn once I get the heat shield off, just to make sure it's holding boost like it should

Soon got used to it though, and am now in search of a PPP ECU.
If all else fails I'll just have to fit the FCD I built for my previous MY94.