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hi guys/girls...

i've done a search, but cant really see a resolution to my question... so i'm hoping one of you genius's could help me out...

the background:

i bought an S13 Silvia with an RB20DET already installed. now, when i bought this car i was under the impression that it had a R32 ECU which had been chipped by Dr Drift and had also been tuned.

so anyway, among a long list of other issues which needed to be fixed, one of them was the wiring... so when i was getting the car re-wired correctly, the guy mentioned to me that it wasn't an R32 ECU, but rather it was a Cefiro ECU and that it definetely was not tuned let alone chipped by Dr Drift...

my question:

after the research i've done, i've come to the conclusion that the cefiro ecu only has 1map for the fuel and one for the ignition, whereas the R32 ecu has 2maps for the fuel and 2 for the ignition... this is all well and good (interesting to know), but it doesnt really tell me if its safe for me to be driving the car on this ecu...

it drives perfectly normal, but obviously very rich because of the mods i've done and the fact that its not tuned...

so if anyone can give me a straight answer if driving it on this ecu will damage the engine or not, it would be greatly appreciated...

obviously, i will be finding a R32 ECU to replace it with and then get it tuned properly... BUT, in the meantime, can i drive it around on this ecu?

thanks

ash.

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toffy: yeah, i know... it wont be driven (let alone driven hard) while its not tuned... my main concern was driving around from the workshop and home etc..

although, in saying this, its been driven around like this for a few months because i was told it had been chipped and tuned when i bought the car...

and the engine hasnt gone BANG.....YET...

grandmasterb: pretty sure that its not out of an A31... from what i've read, the coilpacks are different or something like that... and the splitfire ones cant just plug straight in... and considering i put splitfire coilpacks in this just recently and it went in fine, i'm assuming that its a normal r32 rb20...

although, in saying that, my mate who has an RB20 in his silvia has a 4 ribbed pulley for the powersteering belt, whereas mine is only 3 rib... but i was told that the 94 model rb20 has the 3 ribbed pulley...

ugh... its all so confusing...

thanks for the replies! :D

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