I am going to be putting a TII motor into my 85 GSL-SE and I want to know which ECU would be the best in my case, I am in California and I still have to pass the smog test, which means I must keep all the emission stuff. Are there any aftermarket ECU's that I can use and still pass?

 

Ive heard you can use the Haltech, and then use the airpump to feed air to the Cat. Thats how I plan on passing my smog.

 

i was thinking of running the stock gsl-se ecu and useing the emanage to run the secondaries, that way you arent rewiring the whole car, and all the smog stuff works. plan b is an ek6 with a custom engine harness (we have a harness guy) that operates the acv.

mike

 

A haltech will make you fail a visual.

 

How so? As long as you keep the loom wrapped, and the ECU out of sight....but then again I dont live Cali...

 

You underestimate these smog guys.&nbsp Some of them are very keen on what should be and what shouldn't be on an RX-7.&nbsp The stand-alone EMS SHOULD fail a visual test.&nbsp If I looked at it, I can tell myself if the stock electricals has been messed with.



-Ted

 

my smog guy is blind, but the part that screws you up is that the smog machine knows the car has a distributor in it, if you ditch the distrubutor you have to take it to the smog referee and prove that you have an engine from an 88 or whatever and they will give you a special tag. then you need to go back to them each time you smog it, and you cant turn it back to stock either (i know of a car like that, its unsmogable). i'm doing the same project as you so im in the same boat.

mike

 

only true correct and legal way to do this swap is to install a California smog equiped engine complete. this means the complete OEM wiring harness from the turbo II with Ca legal ECU, all the exhaust system up to the last catalytic converter, airbox, etc. then you would have to take it to the smog referee and show all systems are working and the car would have to pass the smog and test requirements of the newer engine. then the car is labeled with a special tag and must be tested by the referee each time. it can be done and has been done, but is it really worth the time and money? I have seen an older camaro(early '80's) that had a late model corvette engine and trans installed. the car ran great and was alot more smog friendly than the original setup, but it had to meet the later requirements and it took the owner several years to finally get it right. he also had a very good understanding of all the requirements before he started the project. do some research and maybe contemplate a different plan.

 

i know of some nuts around here who would build 2 motors they would have the big port street motor, and the stock one. every 2 years they would swap motors to pass smog. mine is going to end up with all of the stock smog stuff for its year. the only 3 things different will be the intake, turbo, and the secondary ports in the block, so i think i can make that work

mike