why cant you chip a PM8?

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01-18-2005, 06:32 PM

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why cant you chip a PM8?

why cant you use a PM8 from a HF to run turboedit? its a MPFI ECU... are there some hardware conficts or somehting? it should be about the same as a PM6 right? P05 and P06s are about the same...

so whats up?

01-18-2005, 06:53 PM

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Re:why cant you chip a PM8?

because they dont have an external eprom to desolder and replace

sure you can desolder the MCU and put in a socket and an adapter board or wire up a separate board off the MCU without desoldering it to add the external prom, but thats a lot of work really

01-19-2005, 12:40 AM

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Re:why cant you chip a PM8?

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Originally Posted by xenocron

ahh i didnt know that...my Zdyne was a PM8, so i was thinking why the ---- not? but if its going to require work, ---- it...

01-19-2005, 06:42 AM

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Re:why cant you chip a PM8?

ZDYNE replaces the whole MCU, thats why they could do it in just about any OBD0 ECU.

We dont just know what MCU brand they replaced the stock with.

01-19-2005, 06:11 PM

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Re:why cant you chip a PM8?

Lol..
I have a PM8 right next to me..I opened it up and there is a external EPROM..
And what is weird is that it says PM7 on the inside of the plugs...maybe someone put a PM7 board in the PM8 case??
But the guy I got it from was running a D15 8v engine with it...

01-19-2005, 06:17 PM

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Re:why cant you chip a PM8?

Weird, and not only that, I think the JDM/EDM PM7's are the only ones with an external Eprom. The USDM's do not from what I know.

So he stuck a JDM/EDM PM7 in a PM8 case...