EasysBox

this is my first post in quite a while. i kinda fell off the grid, had a lot goin on, moved up to bremerton, yeah, anyways, i just got an ecu out of an 05 echo with a manual tranny, plugged right in. i drove it around the block really quick to make sure it ran fine and so far no problems. i haven't had time yet to really see what the difference is, if any, but i will keep adding to this thread, i will be playing with it today...

Black_Sheep_xB

you da man!

EasysBox

yeah, and it feels like it is going to run a lot better, if i can only figure out my electrical problem...

Iateacricket

Interesting......

EasysBox

btw... i picked the ecu up off of ebay for $60 shipped...

EasysBox

solved it, bad ground by the headlight, cleaned it up and now its running great. will post updates on differences with echo ecu...

BlueJDMBoxV2

sweet i will be watching this.

be cool if you could do a dyno of before and after to se if you have any HP gains or anything like that.

EasysBox

i just moved to the area and have no idea what is around here shop wise, anyways, i am not really anticipating any "gains" in power, just consistancy... but we will see...

greybox

Maybe I missed something but what would a stock echo ECU do? I have heard they are easier to use with a turbo or s/c because they have 1/4 the memory the xB one does-or is this just a "to see" kind of thing because no one knows what will happen?

No disrespect, just asking.

EasysBox

its not a learning ecu, it is just a 16bit as opposed to the xbs learning 64bit, so it wont fight the piggyback...

Boxer_Rebellion

Ahhh, interesting...

hotbox05

only benefit to an echo ecu is that it is NOT a learning ecu so it can work better with forced induction and tuning

jdlong

definitely watching this. don't fall off the face of the earth again until you update us. i'm willing to do this to if it all works out for you.

is the pinout the same? (ie: plug and play?) and have you scanned for any codes? i'm assuming it keeps the odbII.

Big_Bird

*watching*

would like to see how this goes.

EasysBox

so far it is going good, runs great, nice and consistent... will keep posting as miles rack up...

itsme

find a spot to do a lil ebrake sliding to see if you still got stability control (there should be a beeping if you do).....do a burn out to c if you have traction control (if it doesnt burnout and you have to turn off the traction control by pressing the switch you still have it)

EasysBox

i dont have it, the lights are on... not that i ever used it anyways ;)

itsme

do you still have abs?

EasysBox

havent tried that one yet, though the light isnt on, when i get a chance to i will try it out, it will prolly rain again in the next few days... the only things that i know i dont have is trac, vsc, and ac...

draxcaliber

so you don't have abs, vsc or trac. but it is not a learning ecu, so you can tune it all you want with a piggyback.