Another ECU question...Sorry in advance! lol

Post by **Peachy** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:01 am

Will this fit my 2.3i automatic 1996 non VTEC prelude? Its a UKDM H23A2. It fits the japan model of this car spetrum on excatly the same model etc etc but will it be ok for mine as its UKDM?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... OC:GB:1123

ps ive bid for it so if its no good i need to know asap-im running out of ideas now...

Cheers Peachy

Post by **Peachy** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:14 am

Even got this in the wrong thread....Deary me. Admin feel free to put in ICE section...

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:41 pm

why do you want it? what are you trying to cure ?

Paul

Post by **Peachy** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:13 pm

Because with my current is for a 2 litre prelude. I brought the wrong one. Yes my car runs and fine too, but the performance is not there at all, and plus my engine management light is on, along with the abs and brake light on the dash-Ecu isnt right for the car

Post by **4thgenphil** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:50 pm

did you skip the old one? i think @Scott@h-tune can repair them?

Post by **Peachy** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:19 pm

No still got it, so will contact scott. Cheers phil

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 12:45 pm

I forgot to say I saw you the other day... Your car stands out a fuckin mile..

Did you buy that ecu cos its not available now ?

What makes you say its under powered ?

Scott@H-Tune · Post by **Scott@H-Tune** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 12:46 pm

Whats wrong with the old one? What happened?

We do simple repairs, but to be honest, if its a solid CEL, its probably knackered and not worth paying us £35 to look at it.

That ECU on ebay looks like the right one, Did you win it?

Post by **Peachy** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 3:30 pm

Yeath tbf it probably is knackered Scott. I fried it while fitting a chip to it, that wasnt a spoon and worked like a piggy back chip...

When i ran her the car would have very low idle revs on start up and often stall at traffic lights and when trying to start her and would jump allover the place around over the 3500rpm mark. It was terrible to drive at the time, but i learnt my lesson from that chips can not be put on my particular prelude, or your asking for trouble!

haha where did you see me Knightmare? Soton/totton?

As for the current ECU i have: [for a 2litre prelude], not the fried one......As follows:

Its under powered because the auto kickdown is totall pants, like non exsistance, and the topspeed is now not over 100mph. Also the performance in genrall seems pants ie 0-60 seems crap and its just not like driving a sports car anymore. Hopefully the ecu ,which yes i did buy [got it for £85

] off ebay as you have seen, is the right one as scott says. Should arrive in the next few days, and will probs make contact with Dbo to help me put it in place. Not sure if it needs codeing or not though? If so where can i get it done, and if i run her without coding the ecu will there be a problem?

Also im not sure if this ecu i just brought is for the JDM version rather than the UKDM version?

Edit: The other thing i forgot to say is mine is a H23A2 RIGHT? The ecu i brought says its for a H23A! Confused.com

Scott@H-Tune · Post by **Scott@H-Tune** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 5:45 pm

Yeah,

That ECU will be fine, and H23 Automatic ECU will run its pretty much bang on i' say.

Plug it in and then dont worry about it ever again.