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I'm looking into transplanting an ABZ V8 into a landrover i'm rebuilding.
I recon i can manage to get the 90's gearbox to mate up with help from an adaptor plate and get a flywheel machined to take the original TDi clutch, but the bit i'm worried about is the engines ECU
I've done engine transplants in the past in numerous vauxhalls and their ECU's tend to be pretty self contained, add a few lives an earth and hook up some outputs from sensors and thats it running. I've no idea how this works with the Audi ECU though as they are a fair bit more complex
Obviously having to goto a fully mappable engine management system will make the conversion a LOT more expensive, so if i could keep it running the original ecu that would be awesome, however i cant really find out any info on it bar a few mentions of the ecu taking a fit if it cant see the autobox
Anyone got any info on this?
Cheers
Kevin
I recon i can manage to get the 90's gearbox to mate up with help from an adaptor plate and get a flywheel machined to take the original TDi clutch, but the bit i'm worried about is the engines ECU
I've done engine transplants in the past in numerous vauxhalls and their ECU's tend to be pretty self contained, add a few lives an earth and hook up some outputs from sensors and thats it running. I've no idea how this works with the Audi ECU though as they are a fair bit more complex
Obviously having to goto a fully mappable engine management system will make the conversion a LOT more expensive, so if i could keep it running the original ecu that would be awesome, however i cant really find out any info on it bar a few mentions of the ecu taking a fit if it cant see the autobox
Anyone got any info on this?
Cheers
Kevin