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R50/53 ecu question

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Old 05-24-2015, 08:14 AM
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ecu question

I plan to have the ecu reprogrammed ,, the question is can I have another used ecu programmed and use that to swap out with the original one ,, I would like to keep my stock one ,, will the keys and such still work ?? gmonde
 
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Old 05-28-2015, 07:20 PM
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I've wondered this same thing....tag for an answer.
 
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No you can't take another used ECU and do that.

Now if you wanted to spend the big bucks it could be done with a New ECU, but you would have to align it to the EWS module each time you swapped it, but that would require having the proper software to do that.
 
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That would be a pretty cool way to steal a car, just swap out the ECU and fire it up, drive away.
 
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