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just wondering if anyone knows what these are... They are in my 1989 R32 GTS-T four door. It did have an air purifier on the rear parcel shelf but i have removed it cause it was broken/couldnt figure it out. And im not sure if they are to do with that.. i doubt it though. They have ALOT of wires going into it... I want to fit a sub box standing up and it just doesnt clear these 2 boxes... any idea what they are for...

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i had that suspision too... i have removed hicas... but i was under impression r32 hicas was all mechanical... and ive removed the solenoid and the pump for it from engine bay... but maybe this box is to do with it...

I also recall reading somehwere there is a green wire i can cut to turn off my hicas bulb so it doesnt think there is an error.. rather than taking the bulb out i can leave it there and then when i get low power steer fluid it will warn me... but i wasnt concerned cause my light never turned on anyways haha but i cant remmeber exactly which one etc... just wondering if i can remove the whole lot of both of these and not be affected

Its your HICAS Computer / ECU... Well one of them.

Basicaly You have 2 ECU's. One at the front, behinde the left hand side pasenger kick pannel.

Two, in the boot where you have pictured.

Guess there is no harm in removing it since you have already removed the HICAS System.

Edited by (00)SKYLINE(00)

The left hand module is your abs computer. In a gtr or gts4 it also doubles as the 4wd computer, ie both in the one module, but in yours just abs.

The right hand side one is the hicas and speed sensitive power steering module.

If there was a round one in betwwen the two, that would have been the audio amplifier, but it looks like you don't have that one from your pics.

The engine ecu lives in behind the panel to the left of the front passengere's feet. The automatic ecu lives in behind the panel to the right of the driver's feet.

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  • 2 weeks later...

shit aye... so i guess if i remove either or ill lose my speed sensitive steering and abs... ill give it a shot and see how she drives... see if abs still works

  • 10 months later...

Hey i know this thread is getting old but i was wondering if you ended up removing the ecu/s and if so wat happened.

Did you lose the ABS? Im asking because i actually want to remove ABS but taking the fuse out doesnt work apparently so i was wondering if i can just unplug the left ecu...? Will this have any unwanted sideaffects?

Or does anyone know any other way of disabling it? Can i wire a switch into the ground wire or something?

  • 2 weeks later...
hey

just wondering if anyone knows what these are... They are in my 1989 R32 GTS-T four door. It did have an air purifier on the rear parcel shelf but i have removed it cause it was broken/couldnt figure it out. And im not sure if they are to do with that.. i doubt it though. They have ALOT of wires going into it... I want to fit a sub box standing up and it just doesnt clear these 2 boxes... any idea what they are for...

wtf! lol , its like your ecu is aftermarket and its in the boot lol

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