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Old 11-10-2008, 08:09 AM
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i recently bought a theft recoved s2000... since it didnt have an ecu i decided to go with a jdm ecu... yesterday i attempted to start the car for the first time. i would turn on the switch and the fuel pump wouldnt go on. so i went through the routine of how to check the fuel pump... everything works. except it still does not turn on. when i open the ignition switch.

i started the fuel pump manually... then i tried starting the car... still nothing...what i think is happening is the ecu is not working...

has anybody done a jdm ecu swap into their cars? my car is an ap1. is it a direct drop in?
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car sparks... forgot to add that on.
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I've tried mixing and matching ECU's on my car ( australian loom),

The US and AUS ecu's work fine. The JDM ones only work with a JDM engine loom. Not sure why, but if you got a wiring diagram you should be able to spot the difference. Its probably something simple.

BTW. If I swapped out a working ECU for a JDM and tried starting the car it would run for a few seconds on the residual fuel pressure then stall.

If you got your car cheap did that leave enough bikkies for an AEM?
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The JDM PCM's fuel pump control is different. You need a US spec PCM or source JDM wiring diagrams to make it work.

Most of the JDM PCM's will have a speed limiter the US spec PCM doesn't have.
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i turned the fuel pump on manually but the injectors still would not go on...
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Originally Posted by chris_barry,Nov 10 2008, 01:55 PM
BTW. If I swapped out a working ECU for a JDM and tried starting the car it would run for a few seconds on the residual fuel pressure then stall.
Same thing when I bought my JDM ecu.

Did a search and didn't find much other than JDM ecus don't have the immobilizer. I thought it'd work, but damn...
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Do the injectors have 12 volts on one of the two pins when you are cranking? I think you will find that the injector supply is also switched by the main PCM relay.
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yeah i just gave up and bought an ecu and the imobilizer key with it... ill just have it reprogrammed. but thanks for all the input.
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