[s-cars] ECS swap question

[jimk at spotgraphicsinc.com]

Hello,
Thanks very much for the confirmation.  So it looks like I need to do it all at
once or take my time and have both cars off the road for a bit.
Thanks,
Jim

Russ Panneton wrote:

> Jim,
>
> I believe running the Stage 3 chip set on a stock turbo would run the risk of
> over spinning it and killing it.  Remember, the ECU will think it's got an RS2
> turbo at work, not the smaller K24.  The other swap should work fine but
> you'll suffer the increased lag and higher boost threshold of the RS2 turbo
> w/o getting any significant gain out of it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Russ
>
> On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 11:14:34 -0700, jimk at spotgraphicsinc.com wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >If I were to take the ECU from my 93 S4 with a Lehman Stage 3 chipset
> >that is meant to run with stock FI's, MAF,Cam  etc. but RS2 manifold and
> >turbo, and put it temporarily into a 95.5 S6 with a completely stock
> >powertrain, will it work properly or will it cause problems?  And will a
> >stock ECU work with an RS2 turbo and EM (the reverse swap)?  Obviously
> >it's not as good in either case, but will it actually cause problems?
> >Thanks,
> >Jim
> >
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> Russ Panneton                          russ at s-cars.org
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