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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 07:55 AM
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chattion to a blokey today he has for sale a rs500 ecu which he said came off a car that had the 8 injectors etc, cant remember if he said l8 or p8 or somin
out of interest whats somin like this worth?
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 08:48 AM
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well level 8's are worth about Ł150

and p8's are about Ł350-400

but RS500's ran L1 ecu's as standard even with the bits there to run 8 injectors

so watch wot you buying... it could be another bloke that thinks RS500's were 500 Brake!
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 09:56 AM
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how could you tell if its a gen one.
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 10:00 AM
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I thought the ECU from a 3DR was different to the RS500 one
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by TIFF-C20WTH
I thought the ECU from a 3DR was different to the RS500 one
it is.. a 3dr runs L6 ECU

wheres it say it aint?
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by essexrsturbo
Originally Posted by TIFF-C20WTH
I thought the ECU from a 3DR was different to the RS500 one
it is.. a 3dr runs L6 ECU

wheres it say it aint?


NO IT DOESNT!!!!

The 3DR runs a L1 ECU as standard
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 10:09 AM
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L1 3dr Cos/500
L6 Sapph' 2wd
L8 4x4 Sapph'
P8 EsCos
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by TIFF-C20WTH
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I thought the ECU from a 3DR was different to the RS500 one
it is.. a 3dr runs L6 ECU

wheres it say it aint?


NO IT DOESNT!!!!

The 3DR runs a L1 ECU as standard
does it

thought the late 2wd's ran l6, must just be saff's
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 10:21 AM
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hmm so even if its cheap cheap ill steer clear then lol
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 10:25 AM
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slight correction bill rs 500 ran a level 1a this is nothing more than the software so you are actually correctish
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 10:35 AM
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think all ecu's can be modified to take the 8 injectors though, can't they.
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 07:41 PM
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no pectel only made 4 level 1 conversions this was mainly due to the l1 being discontinued and replaced by the much better l6
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 08:34 PM
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Im after a L6 if any1 has 1 forsale?????

Pete...
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 08:51 PM
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Chad might have one pete I'll ask him or I may know of another
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Turbosystems
slight correction bill rs 500 ran a level 1a this is nothing more than the software so you are actually correctish
I did actually remember this, but thought it would just confuse things
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Originally Posted by Turbosystems
slight correction bill rs 500 ran a level 1a this is nothing more than the software so you are actually correctish
Whats the difference between th L1 and L1A?

My 3dr has the L1A for some reason
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 10:13 PM
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l1a was rs500 the maps where better for cold start
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Cheers Tony
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