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Swap ecu

PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 5:23 pm
by Mat04
Hi there is it possible to swap from a hitachi ecu to a denzo one for tuning purposes?

Re: Swap ecu

PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 8:18 pm
by gloryboy
Mat04 wrote:Hi there is it possible to swap from a hitachi ecu to a denzo one for tuning purposes?


Hey mate. I have asked this question a few times on here and all of the answers basically say 'no', however if you're willing to swap a lot of parts of your car it can work.... or so I've heard :). You need to change the throttlebody, wiring loom, and it's not a certainty that the ABS module will function on the new ECU. (Thanks KiDo ;)

Re: Swap ecu

PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 7:51 pm
by KF1995
Got the same issue, did you find out anything more on the hitachi ECU if its tuneable etc and also if there is anyway to swap it ?

Re: Swap ecu

PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 8:43 pm
by Mat04
Nup just gave up and went turbo conversion

Re: Swap ecu

PostPosted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:25 pm
by KiDo_Tuning
Hitachi is a 16bit ECU, so think a mid 90's 486 home pc.

Denso is 32bit so is an AMD Phenom by comparison. Just like a home pc, it is everything working together so you need to swap everything

That said... Hitachi MAY be tuneable via some trickery if I find some spare time