[Mk2] [Turbo] Ecu help on engine swap

[TheDockter]

Just spent 2 days putting a rev2 engine in a rev1 shell... I thought everything would go swimmingly... Wrong! Went to plug in all my ecu plugs and the loom from the shell that attaches to the engine are both male?

WHAT DO I DO???

Thanks guys

[Peter Gidden]

I presume you're referring to the "4th ECU plug" that joins body loom to engine loom.

If so, answer is simple - change one to fit the other, or cut and shut. No big deal.

[TheDockter]

Is that just the loom that runs down the passnger side into the footwell? Just swap that section over? Simple as that?

[Peter Gidden]

No need to go near the footwell, and no need to change the body loom.

I'm referring to the plug in the boot next to the ECU.

[TheDockter]

How do i change the plug without changing the wiring??

[Peter Gidden]

How do i change the plug without changing the wiring??

Cut it off and solder new on one.

[TheDockter]

The rev1 has 6 wires and the rev2 has 8? How do i go about that?

Would swapping the loom from down the passenger side solve this?

[Peter Gidden]

The rev1 has 6 wires and the rev2 has 8? How do i go about that?

Find out what the wires do and rejoin as necessary.

Would swapping the loom from down the passenger side solve this?

It'll solve the problem in the boot, and give you a new one in the footwell. Which is why i never change the body loom on any conversion.

[TheDockter]

What problem will it create by swapping them? I ask because the swap threads ive found say thats what they did?

[Peter Gidden]

What problem will it create by swapping them? I ask because the swap threads ive found say thats what they did?

You'll have to cut and shut wires in the footwell instead of in the boot.

There is absolutely no need to change the body loom on any conversion. Paul Woods and I never change body looms.

But do as you wish.