Can someone please tell me what ECU and Chip this is? - Tuner-Junction

GsrVtec · #1 (**permalink**) September 10th, 2006, 05:13 PM

I just go this ECU from a friend who had it in his SI. It ran stron. Vtec popped around 5500. He said it's chipped im not sure though. I have a pic but dont know how much help it will be also have a pic of the chip. I'm thinking about puttin it in a 00GSR with a OB2 to OBD1 jumper harness. Will I get any CEL codes?

Here is the code thats on the sticker of the ECU:

37820-P06-A00
740-510849 3K10

Here is what I saw on the chip:

Big letters SST
27SF512
70-3C-PG
0537204-C

Really sorry for the quality but its all I had.

Pic of the inside of the ecu:

Pic of the chip:

A_White_Gs-R · #2 (**permalink**) September 10th, 2006, 05:21 PM

Don't use a chip that wasnt burned for your car. If you plan on putting it on your car you will lose power from 4.4k to 5.5k The fuel maps probably arent for your car either. The chip means nothing really. The important thing about the chip is the program burned onto it. The name on the chip is just the company that manufactures the chip not who programmed it. So by showing us the chip it really means next to nothing honestly. Find out who burned it. Plus its for an 00 si not a gsr.

njn63 · #3 (**permalink**) September 10th, 2006, 05:32 PM

it's a P06 ecu by the way.

I can't tell by the picture but is it socketed or just chipped? Any program could be on it so it's hard to say if you should run it or not. It might work to limp around until you can get tuned depending on how close the setup was to yours, but i'd try to get a chip burnt that is closer to your setup so you don't hurt the motor.

GsrVtec · #4 (**permalink**) September 10th, 2006, 05:39 PM

well I am planning on gettin it chipped. I just wanted to see if this would be a good ecu to run on a JRSC GSR app. What do you mean it it socketed or just chipped? If your reffering to the chip the chip is in the ecu by a clip that is easy to remove by a lever.

njn63 · #5 (**permalink**) September 10th, 2006, 05:58 PM

That's what i meant by "socketed." Some of the ECU's i've seen chipped had the chip soldered in. If youc an remove the chip easily though it's socketed (looks like you actually have a ZIF socket now that i look again).

GsrVtec · #6 (**permalink**) September 10th, 2006, 07:59 PM

yep thats how it looks like exactly. Do all computer come with that or only the ones that have been chipped? Because I think that this ECU might be a 92-95 Civic DX non-vtec ecu. The chip is whats gettin it to pop vtec. Should I still use this ecu on my car and get it retuned?

Retroshark · #7 (**permalink**) September 10th, 2006, 08:56 PM

only ecu's that have been chipped have a zif socket, at least with hondas. that ecu will most likely be ok to run on your car, but search around the net and see if you can find a BIN file of someones tuner with a s/c on a b18, thatll be your best bet.

as far as vtec goes, im pretty sure that it is the ecu that allows vtec to be used, if its a non vtec ecu, it wont use the vtec system built into the motor.

if you go to your local tuner with the chip and either bring him a premade tune downloaded from the net (check the uberdata website) or if you pay him, he will most likely be able to burn your supplied BIN file o n the chip for free so you can get it to him, or, he will charge you to make a rought basemap for your car using the stock maps as a starting point.

GsrVtec · #8 (**permalink**) September 10th, 2006, 09:12 PM

Retro wats good? yea well this ECU is a non-vtec ecu I;ve come to find out from Hondata.com As far as a bin file what is that and why is that needed? Couldnt I just take the ecu to the tuner the way it is and have him reprogram it with like Chrome Pro to my settings?

Tell me please if this is a good ecu to use with my app or better off gettin a chipped p28? If you have any other ECU's in mind please let me know. I would;ve figured to go ahead and just chip my p72.

njn63 · #9 (**permalink**) September 10th, 2006, 09:28 PM

i'm still kind of a noob to the ECU programming stuff but i believe that it being a non-vtec ecu is no big deal. The program that is burnt on the chip (bin file) controls that. Don't quote me on that though.

Retroshark · #10 (**permalink**) September 10th, 2006, 09:35 PM

yea im not sure either, i just know that i had to buy a specific ecu for a vtec motor... but it was no extra price so who knows...

as far a s bin file, its actually a .bin like a .jpeg... its an extension. basically the bin file is what has all the info for the tune. its the file outputted from chrome, hondata etc. that gets burned to the chip that gets put in the ecu.

id recomend getting a specified vtec ecu just to be sure. i had issues with vtec even with the right ecu, so you can never be tooo careful

GsrVtec · #11 (**permalink**) September 11th, 2006, 12:17 AM

ok I spoke to the owner of http://www.j-k-tuning.com/ Hes a good tunner in the PA area if any of you up there have heard of him. Well I asked him as to how this ecu is engaging vtec in the SI when its a non-vtec ecu. He said that it was converted to a P28 (vtec conversion) and it has been chipped. So basically I got a P28 he said. That the P06 and the P28 share the same circuit board. So Now my question is hopefully that the chip is reburnable cause some say it is. I heard that this ecu is one of the best to tune with.

njn63 · #12 (**permalink**) September 11th, 2006, 12:22 AM

if it's not erasable you can just buy another chip. They're $5 i think from moates.

GsrVtec · #13 (**permalink**) September 11th, 2006, 01:44 AM

yep tru. So are p28's a good ecu to run chipped as everyone is saying?

njn63 · #14 (**permalink**) September 11th, 2006, 01:46 AM

it's what i have in my car.. but it's a sohc.