what ecu

[big geoff]

i would like to get hold of a ecu for my car as a get you home spare what part number should i be looking for or will any 14 CUX fit. My car is a 1995 400.

[daz the plumber]

i use the aa or rac

[GreenV8S]

That seems a bit excessive. They're expensive and only extremely rarely cause problems.

[That Daddy]

Where as fuel pump and ECU power relays that would be a good idea to have 1 spare on board(same part)Big geoff

[GreenV8S]

I used to carry spares kit with a pump, coil, ignition module, spare set of HT leads and plugs, handful of fuses and a few 40A relays plus a few yards of wire and associated stuff to connect it. If you have an electrical problem that can't be fixed with that, you probably aren't going to fix it by the side of the road anyway. Luckily I've never had to rely on any of that to get me home but I've lost count of the number of times that other people have. By the time you have a few spare silencers, pads tools fluids etc it starts taking up quite a lot of space. I would never have bothered with an ECU though.

Edited by GreenV8S on Sunday 28th December 18:00

[That Daddy]

Yep,agree with above,i have a spare ign module,relays,fuses long length of cable insulating tape,fuses,small pliers reversible screwdriver,spare used HT leads,a repair throttle cable and most important a proper torch(cant see the point in a spare fanbelt if that fails then it should be checked more often)all fits in a small satchel that a Oxford motorbike chain came in never needed any of it yet but you can guess what would would happen if i decided to leave it at home

Edited by That Daddy on Sunday 28th December 18:57

[GreenV8S]

That Daddy said:

you can guess what would would happen if i decided to leave it at home

'Er indoors would ebay it?

Edited by GreenV8S on Sunday 28th December 20:40

[That Daddy]

GreenV8S said:

That Daddy said:

you can guess what would would happen if i decided to leave it at home

'Er indoors would ebay it?

Probably mind you looking at the price of some of the crap on there lately she would probably get £200 for it

[mdotrutherford]

Check out Mark's website for great gen and ECU part numbers.

http://www.g33.co.uk/fuel_injection.htm

Brgds
Ian

[blitzracing]

big geoff said:

i would like to get hold of a ecu for my car as a get you home spare what part number should i be looking for or will any 14 CUX fit. My car is a 1995 400.

Just about any 14cux will get you home, as the basic pin configurations and engine peripherals have not changed. The fueling and rev limit on a stock 14cux will be wrong, but as an emergency part it would be OK. There have been some hardware changes to the main board over the years, so its worth spending the time to get a ECU of the same vintage so at least you can swap the TVR chip if required. I think some part number variances are down to case bracket fixing points, but acurate info is almost non existant.