Immobiliser
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:29 am
I have decided to use the OE ECM in my van- I thought the injection timing was mechanically controlled so I was planning to make a control unit to do automatic glow plug timing etc. I have now found that the timing is controlled electronically so I have decided to use the Rover ECM.
I got the engine from a '98 Honda Civic and it is the non-intercooled version with conventional throttle cable.
The Civic does not have an alarm, and the immobiliser was operated through a chipped key and a transponder coil on the ignition switch, like the Ford and Vauxhall ones. The Civic has been scrapped now.
I have the ECM (red plug, 36-pin), all the engine sensors and the engine bay wiring loom up to the bulkhead. I don't have the immobiliser control unit or the wiring to it.
I am not worried about whether I have an immobiliser or not on the finished van but I would like to use this ECU. As I see it, one option to get a 5AS alarm unit and a fob or two, and get them programmed so they all match. The other is to remove the immobiliser completely, by sending the ECU to Allcar electronics or simillar.
I think the best way will be to have the immobiliser bypassed within the ECU and then make my own security arrangements. What do other people think?
I got the engine from a '98 Honda Civic and it is the non-intercooled version with conventional throttle cable.
The Civic does not have an alarm, and the immobiliser was operated through a chipped key and a transponder coil on the ignition switch, like the Ford and Vauxhall ones. The Civic has been scrapped now.
I have the ECM (red plug, 36-pin), all the engine sensors and the engine bay wiring loom up to the bulkhead. I don't have the immobiliser control unit or the wiring to it.
I am not worried about whether I have an immobiliser or not on the finished van but I would like to use this ECU. As I see it, one option to get a 5AS alarm unit and a fob or two, and get them programmed so they all match. The other is to remove the immobiliser completely, by sending the ECU to Allcar electronics or simillar.
I think the best way will be to have the immobiliser bypassed within the ECU and then make my own security arrangements. What do other people think?