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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 11:32 PM
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can anyone tell me if there is anything that i would have to have do to my scooby after having a replacement engine put in.(by which i mean will the ecu need remapping) my car is an import but i have had a uk spec engine with a skimmed fly wheel put into it. i have also had a straight through system put on it to. i was told that it would be a straight forward but since the swap i am getting really crap mpg.. any help would be great as i don't know that much about the motor side....
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 12:17 AM
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Originally Posted by cakehead
hi
can anyone tell me if there is anything that i would have to have do to my scooby after having a replacement engine put in.(by which i mean will the ecu need remapping) my car is an import but i have had a uk spec engine with a skimmed fly wheel put into it. i have also had a straight through system put on it to. i was told that it would be a straight forward but since the swap i am getting really crap mpg.. any help would be great as i don't know that much about the motor side....
Take it to a tuner and ask them to check it out, it's why we were put on God's green Earth, and shouldn't cost a packet for a proper opinion.
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 12:22 AM
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do you know any one decent in bognor/chichester area. was told the guy who did the engine change for me was good but have had no end of problems.
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