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are all 1.8t nDBW ecu's interchangeable? (fwd/qua/tip/man)

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Old 05-24-2002, 08:46 PM
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are all 1.8t nDBW ecu's interchangeable? (fwd/qua/tip/man)
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Basically yes, but the Tip one has slightly different cutoff IIRC.
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Default yes.... a VAG Tool can easily change those values.
I know they were able to change from manual to tip/vice versa, I am not sure of the fwd/quattro one 100%.
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Default FWD and quattro does not matter either.
Even on the dbw cars you can do the same all within the same years.
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Default To clarify - the hardware is 100% interchangeable, but the software is not.
It will work, but there are slight differences.
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Default Slight as in not enough to even notice.
Funny thing is I have used a TIP tuned chip in a manual and it kicks ***.
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Pretty much, but the high RPM mapping is different.
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Default Most of the time, I found out the hard way that it doesn't always work.
I sold an ECU from a '99.0 A4 FWD tip to a guy who had a .98.5 qm, and it would not recode to manual at all. Dealer told me that there are a few ECUs out there that cannot be completely recoded.
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