Legacy BL/BP piggyback LINK ECU Install

[Pappu1]

1 hour ago, Andy_Mac said:

 

Have seen multiple others behave perfectly too. It's purely because my ECU has an experimental def that never got physically checked so certain things don't work correctly. 

Thought about trying the EBC route but the ease of use, functionality, and support of Link makes the swap worthwhile to me. With the costs already incurred trying to sort out this stock ECU I could probably have gone link at the start and been at the same financial point I'm at now. 

It all boils down to me having a bit of a sour taste in my mouth towards the stock ECU and the lack of support that comes with it. I’ll never be truly confident the stock ECU is going to do what I want.

 

 

That's what I was thinking. Yea everything except certain outputs are still going to be attached to the stock ECU

 

Definitely wiring grounds to the Link, just hadn't sorted out groupings and whether certain sensors need individual grounds. Just the way some grounds are set out separately in the wiring list makes me wonder if they need to be separated.

 

 

 

 

fair call - normally one would port the ecu to another known good map and start from there... either way i suppose no point trying to save face on the stock ecu as Link seems to be the way here..

 

[Andy_Mac]

1 hour ago, Pappu1 said:

 

 

 

 

fair call - normally one would port the ecu to another known good map and start from there... either way i suppose no point trying to save face on the stock ecu as Link seems to be the way here..

 

 

Have tried an 07 map which didn't seem to help either. Considering the boost it used to see stock i’d almost guess It had been fiddled with while back in Japan and may because of something they’ve done. 

 

It hasn't been an easy decision to make and have tossed and turned over it for a few years now but am dead set on the idea at this point. Do appreciate the help trying to save me a buck though

[Andy_Mac]

2 hours ago, pl0x said:

Ahh I see, I'm not/wasn't aware of any requirement to group or wire sensors grounds individually, but probably just check with Tony and co. What wiring list is it?

 

I could have lucked it both times I've wired my cars, the fury had 4 ground outs so I just randomly grouped sensors into them.

 

Edit: Looks like no issues grouping: http://forums.linkecu.com/topic/5655-sensor-grounds-and-5-volt-splicing/

 

One that came from a hard to procure service manual I believe.

Just has tables with the description, connector number, pin number, expected ranges and some additional notes.

 

Probably overthinking it but would rather be safe than sorry