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Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4  Next          Forum Index -> ECU and Fuel System Forum Latest ratings Highest-ranked posts Highest-ranked topics Highest-ranked posters   a1drake Fordmods - Getting Side Ways Posts: 419 Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Location: in the middle of peak hour traffic SA, Australia View User Gallery (22) Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 7:12 pm    Post subject: Re: EA ex-cop car... secret switch?? keeron_man_boy wrote: 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? maybe a ejection seat Back to top phatba Fordmods - Smokin em up Age:28 Posts: 243 Joined: 30 Sep 2007 Location: perth WA, Australia View User Gallery (0) Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 8:10 pm    Post subject: could it possibly be a kill switch? Back to top Froudey Fordmods - Getting Side Ways Age:24 Posts: 3511 Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Location: Dubbo NSW, Australia View User Gallery (10) Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 8:32 pm    Post subject: Late EBII came out with a limitor cause my EBI don't have and my dads sure as hell didn'------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Back to top Froudey Fordmods - Getting Side Ways Age:24 Posts: 3511 Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Location: Dubbo NSW, Australia View User Gallery (10) Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 8:33 pm    Post subject: MMD wrote: 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 ? 1988 20 years But i may be wrong cause of some teething issues with the EA1 they used XFs til they fixed all the dramas Back to top krisisdog Fordmods - Getting Side Ways Age:19 Posts: 1530 Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Location: Grafton NSW, Australia View User Gallery (5) Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 8:34 pm    Post subject: In all seriousness it could have been something as simple as the interior light. Back to top TROYMAN Technical Contributor Age:34 Posts: 2501 Joined: 07 Nov 2004 Location: South Western Sydney NSW, Australia View User Gallery (30) Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 9:04 pm    Post subject: i originally thought it could have been a kill switch aswell. but in saying that if he just removed it the car wouldnt run?? and the interior light has nothing to do with the ecu.. unless when he said computer he ment the body controle module? also if it was anything to do with it being a cop car i dont think the switch would need to be hidden.. and as said before the ea didnt have a speed limiter. so untill we know what pin on the ecu it was conected to? i guess its a mystery.. Back to top krisisdog Fordmods - Getting Side Ways Age:19 Posts: 1530 Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Location: Grafton NSW, Australia View User Gallery (5) Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 9:08 pm    Post subject: TROYMAN wrote: and the interior light has nothing to do with the ecu.. unless when he said computer he ment the body controle module? Thats what I thought he could have meant. Back to top ge2589 Fordmods Tyre Shredder Age:19 Posts: 364 Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Location: Cairns QLD, Australia View User Gallery (14) Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 10:41 pm    Post subject: it was a cop car they needed a car to catch all the hoons out there i rekon it was a ecu bypass switch Back to top TROYMAN Technical Contributor Age:34 Posts: 2501 Joined: 07 Nov 2004 Location: South Western Sydney NSW, Australia View User Gallery (30) Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 10:49 pm    Post subject: also you got to remember that not all cop cars are used as hwy patrol or in high speed chases.. it could have just been a general duties car.? Back to top ge2589 Fordmods Tyre Shredder Age:19 Posts: 364 Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Location: Cairns QLD, Australia View User Gallery (14) Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 11:00 pm    Post subject: yeh but even general duties cars are tricked up Back to top krisisdog Fordmods - Getting Side Ways Age:19 Posts: 1530 Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Location: Grafton NSW, Australia View User Gallery (5) Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 11:41 pm    Post subject: ge2589 wrote: it was a cop car they needed a car to catch all the hoons out there i rekon it was a ecu bypass switch Bypass what? the ecu?? fck that'd go good with a bypassed ecu wouldnt it? Back to top alfy Fordmods - Getting Side Ways Age:18 Posts: 3827 Joined: 02 Mar 2006 Location: Port Lincoln SA, Australia View User Gallery (5) Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 11:45 pm    Post subject: krisisdog wrote: ge2589 wrote: it was a cop car they needed a car to catch all the hoons out there i rekon it was a ecu bypass switch Bypass what? the ecu?? fck that'd go good with a bypassed ecu wouldnt it? Back to top 4dlvr Fordmods - Getting Side Ways Age:19 Posts: 1083 Joined: 04 May 2006 Location: melbourne VIC, Australia View User Gallery (4) Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 1:15 pm    Post subject: SHOW US SUM PICS???????????????? maybe every e-series has one and we never new it!!! this could be big. i reckon its like a on and off button for the hidden turbo every e-series has to come on... take the car to a drag strip, race it, and then race it again with the button pushed in. this button has made me hard.... please email me pics. and maybe even a video with you pushing the button......... Back to top TROYMAN Technical Contributor Age:34 Posts: 2501 Joined: 07 Nov 2004 Location: South Western Sydney NSW, Australia View User Gallery (30) Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 5:04 pm    Post subject: rofl..... Back to top ge2589 Fordmods Tyre Shredder Age:19 Posts: 364 Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Location: Cairns QLD, Australia View User Gallery (14) Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 8:26 pm    Post subject: i remeber my uncle talking bout it when he was in the force every cop car had one because they didn't know if they were going to go into a pursuit i never went into it cause i was 6 Back to top krisisdog Fordmods - Getting Side Ways Age:19 Posts: 1530 Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Location: Grafton NSW, Australia View User Gallery (5) Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 9:45 pm    Post subject: ge2589 wrote: i remeber my uncle talking bout it when he was in the force every cop car had one because they didn't know if they were going to go into a pursuit i never went into it cause i was 6 Maybe, because you were 6, you misheard.... unless of course you still are 6... which also explain why you think you can bypass the ecu... Back to top ge2589 Fordmods Tyre Shredder Age:19 Posts: 364 Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Location: Cairns QLD, Australia View User Gallery (14) Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 10:04 pm    Post subject: i don't mean the whole thing i mean a apart of the ecu Back to top howsie Fordmods - Getting Side Ways Age:23 Posts: 478 Joined: 11 Dec 2004 Location: penrith, sydney NSW, Australia View User Gallery (4) Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 4:16 pm    Post subject: i'd say a kill switch. The car won't go very far with a bypassed ECU Back to top bArNsY Fordmods - Getting Side Ways Age:23 Posts: 558 Joined: 02 May 2006 Location: Geelong VIC, Australia View User Gallery (1) Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 4:53 pm    Post subject: which pin on the ecu did the wires go into? Back to top krisisdog Fordmods - Getting Side Ways Age:19 Posts: 1530 Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Location: Grafton NSW, Australia View User Gallery (5) Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 5:32 pm    Post subject: bArNsY wrote: which pin on the ecu did the wires go into? Thats been asked a few times with no answer so far. Can I ask what logic would there be to having a police car with a kill switch? Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First             Forum Index -> ECU and Fuel System Forum Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4  Next Page 2 of 4   (c)2002-2008 Matti Jones and Brad Evans [47 queries :: 0.04998 seconds ]