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EA ex-cop car... secret switch??
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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2008 12:03 am    Post subject: EA ex-cop car... secret switch?? Reply with quote

alright well a mate of mine bought an ex-cop car and found a secret switch hidden just under the headunit??

a wire went straight to the computer

we have no idea what it was for? he ripped it out before checking lol

but we may think it might be a limiter?? what do u guys think?
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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2008 12:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

it might of been a switch for the limiter which explains why the cop cars were so much faster
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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2008 12:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Its the switch that installs the copper ecu program which gives you an extra 100rwkw icon_razz.gif
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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2008 1:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ea dont have speed limiters..
afaik the speed limiter was introduced in the eb
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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2008 1:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

really i never knew that i thought all the fords with the computers had speed limiters so wat is the switch for then
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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2008 1:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Its an EA - ~28years old
how many owners has it gone through ? at least the cops and 1 other before your mate got to it. highly think that someone added it for some reason, doubt it had anything to do with the cops though.

What pin did it go to ?
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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2008 1:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

the switch was well hidden.. like you would not have known it was there


not sure on the pin?? ill find out tomorrow..

it seem abit wierd thats all??
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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2008 2:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Possibly shiftkit?
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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2008 2:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

fnp wrote:
Its the switch that installs the copper ecu program which gives you an extra 100rwkw icon_razz.gif


christ, im going to get one of them installed. asap. this weekend. at BP.
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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2008 2:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

probably a kill switch for the injectors...............or it turns the EA cop car into the delorean and activates the flux capacitor, for time travel ...lol...
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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2008 5:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NOS switch for sure.
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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2008 6:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

EL__Fairmont wrote:
probably a kill switch for the injectors...............or it turns the EA cop car into the delorean and activates the flux capacitor, for time travel ...lol...


what doesn't yours have one icon_razz.gif
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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2008 6:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeh mate let us know which pin the wire went to on the ecu
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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2008 10:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

they introduced the limiters after chasing an EA across melbourne at over 210kph.
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PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2008 10:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

MMD wrote:
Its an EA - ~28years old

I think you mean ~20 years.. EA's came out in 88'
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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2008 10:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hmmmm..... i think you would be right
had a few too many that night me thinks icon_wink.gif
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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2008 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

limiter = ED

my EBII didnt have one
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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2008 4:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

so was it a limiter or was it the swicth for more power from the ecu
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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2008 6:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

havnt found out what pin it was yet...

its also a 4liter which is suppose to be weird for an EA??
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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2008 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Weird as in never made with it.
most likely just has a 4litre head on it.
might be a full engine swap. unless the numbers match
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