true, however more so with the 44s

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I had a 44S before my MoTeC came along in 2005.

Here's my experience:

- it idled nicely

- it worked well with my brant alarm

- it ran relatively smoothly, smoother than many other cars id driven with other aftermarket ECUs at the time.. the only thing I didn't like was the fairly aggressive injector cut off when going off the throttle, which was slightly annoying in start stop traffic (caused a little bit of shunting).

- fuel economy wasn't too bad at all believe it or not, no worse than my MoTeC

- the antilag is tricky to setup and requires a kicker solenoid.

- it made AWESOME power and torque.. can't remember exactly but with the Link, exhaust, fuel pump and VF22 (stock everything else including injectors, cooler, airbox), I ran 12.74 at the plex.. in 2004, that was fairly moving.

I had it tuned by Leigh Hynes. I personally wouldnt take a 44S to anyone else. If I had my time again, I'd probably have left my car in its 2004 trim as above, and fitted some injectors and an STi cooler, and not run antilag (which popped my first motor).. as the Link and VF22 setup is the most fun I had in my car in the 10 years I owned it.

I loved it and only changed because the MoTeC came along for dirt cheap.

but your factory immobiliser didnt work i assume? (the flashing red light on the dash board)

i dont have a brant, so if i need another immobiliser that will add more cost to running this ecu

thanks

question, if i tried another my01 factory ecu i assume my key would still start the car? so does that mean the factory immob (no brant??) is separate from the ecu?
thanks

i thought the keys were coded to the ecu..
ecu change ment a recode of the keys to the ecu??

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As the others have said, No the car won't start as the ECU stores the transponder chip codes.

Swapping to a different ecu (of the same model) will have the stored codes from the other vehicles keys - therefore your keys are seen as foreign & the ecu remains shutdown.

There is no way to bypass it with a factory ecu.

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As far as I can remember, everything worked as per OEM.

If you change to a same year ECU, your car won't start
Needs recoding

looks like thats it then, thanks for all the help.

these wiring diagrams depict that the immobiliser breaks B135 14 which is the start signal switch into the ecu, and the the immobiliser circuit/ modul is independent of the ecu.