Patching Looms

[HoZy]

Hey all...

As all of you know I've had an Ecotec in my VN for a while now... It's getting to the point where I'm going to Put the Ecotec Loom on the motor & an Ecotec ECU...

Few things I need to know, Can I patch the Ecotec loom/ecu to the VN dash loom/fuses/cluster etc...

I know I'll need to get a modified tune aswell as find a Manual Ecotec ECU to avoid the hassle of the VN Auto.

Cheers
MaT

[fazz1977]

Dr Bob should know.

[Blown V6 Hatch]

Can't see why not Mat, should patch in fairly easily!

[lilredwagon]

From reading other threads in this site, there are some subtle differences in how the ecu talks to the dash electronics - there have been mentions of blowing up dash or computer when mixing and matching dashes with other types of computer (VN/VP <-> VR/VS) - particularly Level 3 dashes.
Greenfoam was modifying VR Memcals for use in the VN ecu and had to fiddle several things, including the speedo pulses per Km value - the story was that the speed signal goes via the dash on its way to the ecu in a VN/VP and the other way around in the VR/VS.
Just be cautious!

[hakhawk]

the problem with putting dash's vrom vr/s into vn/p is that the wiring order changed, and in turn would fry the board.