x au seres 1 cop ecu

[frd906]

hey guys im waiting for the cop ecu to come back from my mate down in melbourne which is getting rebuilt and flashed and played with..


any ways would i beable to run a cam off this ecu or not. cheers

[StealthAu]

It is basically a stock ecu mate.

[frd906]

umm technically no it controls diff gear box changes and has a slighter better tune as i have read

and is getting wiped reprogrammed and tweaked

this post is not about question the ecu but is for about the cam tune thanks

[StealthAu]

Originally Posted by frd906

this post is not about question the ecu but is for about the cam tune thanks

Which I answered. Yes it will take a cam as long as you get it tuned, same as any other ecu in an au falcon.

[frd906]

well atm it is getting a tinker with and reprogrammed for me, beacuse from a unwkown reason myn has been out and has had all the number sracthed out in pen and rewritten in pen as well,

[The Monty]

Cop ecu is the same as a normal one. You cant really get a tune for your car if its never actually been on your car, its like getting a generic tune, its never going to be optimal, its just a guess, without checking AFR's mind you, of a tune that MIGHT suit your car IF they gt it right. You wont be able to run anything bigger than a mild cam in it, otherwise you will have problems, and your car, if it runs, will probably be slower, and run like crap.

[frd906]

apparntly noti read the cop ecu has different shift points and slightly better tune, anything better then my unkown code one

[Stattic]

yes they are tuned a bit better but it is the exact same ecu, if its getting tweaked why bother with a cop one cuz its not gonna be the same as a cop tuned ecu anyway... theres no advantage
also... how do they 'rebuild' an ecu? :S

[frd906]

they strip it down, competly rebuild it with a tune and a chip,

the cop one is getting same as above done to it ^^^^^

cause mine has a unkown code on it in which ford could not work out

[The Monty]

What chip is it getting?

[JC]

Originally Posted by frd906

they strip it down, competly rebuild it with a tune and a chip,

the cop one is getting same as above done to it ^^^^^

cause mine has a unkown code on it in which ford could not work out

Someone is taking you for a ride.

[frd906]

not sure yet but will find out when i got to melbourne in the next couple of months

[fipcee]

Bearing in mind that I have little knowledge on ECU's etc but a fairly good instinct and I really think that something here sounds very dodgy. I'd be exceptionally careful before handing over my hard earned that's for sure. That is, as always, my opinion only and at the end of the day it is your money that you are taking a risk with. Good luck

[frd906]

lol havent handed it over the money yet lollol i aint that stupid and i will be keeping my old ecu just in case it turns lollol cheers

[SLO AU XR8]

is it getting a potato chip or what? the mythical "cop chip" is just that, a myth. why would Fraud spend extra money tuning a cop car to sell it for less $$$$ due to it being a FLEET SALE

[frd906]

well how come the cops can catch us when our cars are done up, answer that lollol

[GS608]

Originally Posted by frd906

well how come the cops can catch us when our cars are done up, answer that lollol

because they are twice the driver you and everyone else is bar a far.

they have professional training in driving a car to its best abilities, that and they drive for a living, it's their job to catch you.

[frd906]

well i hear different stories bout the ecus so i shall see for my self

[fipcee]

Originally Posted by XR-CHIEF

because they are twice the driver you and everyone else is bar a far.

they have professional training in driving a car to its best abilities, that and they drive for a living, it's their job to catch you.

Also I belive that the speed limiter is removed as well on the cop cars. Please fell free to correct me if I am wrong.

[frd906]

yes thats true, gear box points are dfferent for the shifting and a slightly better tune

[JC]

Originally Posted by frd906

yes thats true, gear box points are dfferent for the shifting and a slightly better tune

Rubbish. They are stock standard ECUs. The only way they would get these things is by flash tuning them (and the police don't do that). The only difference I know of is the speedo (in 2km/h increments) and the ability to turn interior light off on the dash so it doesn't come on when the doors open. I used to own an ex-NSW police car (AU1 XR8). Unlike others, I am not claiming it to be ex-HWP; it was probably a general duties XR8. Stock it had 127rwkw, the same as any other XR8. Stock, it changed gears at the same point as any other XR8.

Don't believe everything everyone tells you - I understand that you want to believe that these things are true, but why is it so cool to have an ex-cop car? I don't get it; they are usually flogged to within an inch of their lives, and the price you pay for one should reflect that. At auction they tend to go for $4K to $6k under equivalent non-cop cars.

However, I do have an AU that is an ex-Mad Max car. You wouldn't recognise it now, because it's got all the standard body panels etc back on it, but it still has the Mad Max LPG ECU that they used to run the cars on Methane, and the horn is an original! /sarcasm.

[frd906]

well this one was a under cover cop car, , not an actuall cop car, highway one, just a standerd body, etc anyways dosent matter , its getting clean up so it should run my car better then my stock ecu, can anyone tell me why my standerd one has had the code rewritten in pen cheers

[DJM83]

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