I want some up-grades

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:52 am

Yes, the PE is only from the '85.5 or '86 SVO. As such, it is sufficiently rare, but it is plug-n-play swap-able into an XR. If you have your LA3/8UA/etc modified by Ian (XR4man), it will also be plug-n-play swap-able, just like a PE. Otherwise, you need to move a couple pins around.

Garret · Post by **Garret** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:47 pm

XR4man modded my 8ua and it was plug and play, the whole setup with a big vam ran me well under 150 bucks shipped

smoke3006 · Post by **smoke3006** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:52 pm

Do the "re-pinned" ECUs still require the ACT sensor to be added?

Garret · Post by **Garret** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:53 pm

Don't require it, mine sure doesn't have one and I don't miss it

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:05 pm

smoke3006 wrote:Do the "re-pinned" ECUs still require the ACT sensor to be added?

Confirming what Garret said, no, the ACT is not required, regardless of whether the PCM is re-pinned or not. The ACT input is so minimal, it can be skipped without issue.

Raze · Post by **Raze** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:16 pm

MEGASQUIRT, tune to your heart's desire, ability to upgrade w/o worrying about tune, cheap, reliable, learn something...

xr4man · Post by **xr4man** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:17 pm

i have installed a j3 chip with pe tables and ran the xr to compare it to my la3. i did not notice hardly any difference other than the turbo spools a bit quicker with the la3.

on a side note, an la3 with a j3 chip can have maf tables inserted into the maps. i have read that the pe and pf and pk cannot. but i can't confirm that.

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:39 pm

xr4man wrote:on a side note, an la3 with a j3 chip can have maf tables inserted into the maps. i have read that the pe and pf and pk cannot. but i can't confirm that.

That's not really correct Ian. When doing a MAF conversion, you really only change the values in the existing VAF Xfer table.

The only thing that might be true is with some of the more recent MAF conversions, some additional coding has been done to make them operate like native MAF PCM's, and that's probably only been done with the LA3 family of PCM's.

CV12Steve · Post by **CV12Steve** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:42 am

What about grounding the "Premium Switch" on the PE?

Post by **Ed Lijewski** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:53 pm

That wouldn't be an "upgrade".

YMMV

worked_xr · Post by **worked_xr** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:20 pm

Back to the original poster, look on Craigslist. I've seen 6 L series ECUs come up on the Seattle/Tacoma craigslist in the last year (I bought two of them in fact). Also, if you're not on the list, join PNWMON and post a message. There's more than a few of us in the area and many of us have spare ECUs and parts.

As for PE ('85.5-'86 SVO) vs. L series ('87-'88 Turbocoupe), both are excellent performance upgrades compared to the stock XR ECUs. The PE has a stronger midrange, but the L series will provide nearly the same performance and a better idle. And as for repinning the harness with the L series, don't bother... send it to Ian (xr4man) and have him repin it internally. This will allow you to swap in your stock ECU if you need/want or if you ever luck into a cheap PE.

merkurmaniac · Post by **merkurmaniac** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:43 pm

Ian, what do you charge for this service ? hello.... beuler ....

worked_xr · Post by **worked_xr** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:45 pm

Obviously I'm not Ian, but IMHO what he charges is a darn fair bargain.

merkurmaniac · Post by **merkurmaniac** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:08 pm

I figured that you might know, or more likely I thought that Iam might be reading this post. I see that he posts frequently.

xr4man · Post by **xr4man** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:53 pm

40 bones shipped.

and that's chicken bones, not dog bones.\

ok, bad joke, but yeah $40 and i'll test it, mod it, test it again and then ship it back.