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Reuse of stock Ford ECU etc

7 Jul 2008, 7:23pm
Guys - treat me gently if this has already been covered elsewhere...newbie alert...ok?

Can the stock ecu and injection (etc) be reused on a zetec rather than going metasquirt or whatever?

The basics of ecu's etc is fairly fundamental... and it must be possible to reuse donor parts... yes?

David
7 Jul 2008, 9:42pm
Dont worry welcome,

Yes you can but it does take a bit of time to work out the wiring a wiring diagram is always useful,

What dash are you going to run?

You may as well use most of the loom out of the car for light etc

have a look at this though we can get more power out of the engine with a custom ecu, also it may be more expensive in intial cost but less in time,

I have two kits for this, ignition and complete ecu system

Have a look at some of these items

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/AutoCustomEngineering_W0QQsspagenameZMEQ3aFQ3aSTQQtZkm
cheers
8 Jul 2008, 9:05am
Hi - and thanks for the reply.

I had not considered the dash yet... and had assumed that the Mondeo dash was not that much integrated with the ecu... but I guess I am wrong!

Are there third party dashes that will work with the ford ecu?

I just feel happier that I would end up with a nice smooth running vehicle with injection rather than going "back" (dont shoot me for that"!) to DCOE's.... I have not been there since my days of mk1 escorts! I appreciate the DCOE performance and noise.... hard to beat!


David