Evening guys. I am the owner of a 97 jdm Forester Stb. For the past 16 month its been undergoing major modifications. It is now fitted with 2.5 fully forged cdb engine,6 speed and alkatec ecu. It has failed 3 mapping sessions due,we think to the automatic loom causing issues. Drives ok on light throttle but begins to hesitate badly when you try to push on. My question , is there anyway to mod the loom to disable the automatic side of things ? Thanks in advance.

 

Have you disconnected /removed the TCM (Transmission control module) ?? as it has various links to the ECU


May be of interest thread..........

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=1863125

 

Thanks for the quick reply and link Don. No its not unplugged yet,hope that's all it is, but I'll kick myself if it is 😉.

Pete

 

It might not be the problem but from my understanding if it has avcs heads that were made to go with a 6 speed that has a neutral position switch check the connections. Someone on here was running a newage engine with alkatec with a 5 speed and it didn't like it. When he changed it the problem was sorted. Or was it the switch that was changed. Can't remember but have a look.

 

Cheers Nossy,not got avcs heads,but auto loom has reversed ecu signal for neutral position so will look into that.