200 Q delima

[Brett Dikeman]

At 7:47 PM -0500 1/4/03, ScottyCBoy at aol.com wrote:

>I'm going to have to buy an ECU at a cost of 900 bucks from the dealer. I've
>been unable to find a used one for less..

you know for a fact the dealer can even get one?

>I guess my question is what to do with the beast... I've been looking at used
>prices and they range from 4500 all the way to 24, 500 (which is a joke)

Correct.  I don't know who would be asking $24.5k.  It used to be
years ago the wagons would go for 15k.  Even an S6 wagons aren't
worth $24k- 60k examples have a book value of around 16k, supposedly.


>The interior stinks but is probably a 7 out
>of ten on looks

The interior needs to be professionally cleaned and disinfected- the
stink is mold+mildew, and it's not good for you.


>What I'm considering doing is since that I need an ECU I'll purchase a RS2
>unit and go from there with other RS2 parts, but I'm unsure if the RS2 had a
>distributor... What I've read is that the RS2 was a version of the AAN engine
>which has coils for each cylinder.

Correct.  The two are not compatible without modification to wiring
harness and more.  It is far easier to put RS2-like maps(along with
injectors, MAF, manifold, turbo) into the 3B ecu.

Brett
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