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vestalsin · 06-08-2019, 10:22 AM

Got a question for you all. So my Camaro has been having problems for a long while now, multiple random codes. So in an effort to process and eliminate I got a ECU from another Camaro, same year, engine etc. Buddy of mine has a good car scanner that can do just about anything but wouldn’t let him change the vin. Because I couldn’t get the key that came from that car I was going to try and relearn my key using the pass key 3 relearn procedure however it does not work. I know that passkey 3 works off of the BCU of the car and I am thinking because the vin on this ecu doesn’t match currently it won’t initiate the key relearn. Has anyone put a different ecu in their car and if so what process did you do? If I can get this one to match my car than it might eliminate the problems I have been having, or at least let me know that my original ecu is not bad and the problems lie elsewhere.

lemontwist · 06-08-2019, 02:34 PM

i think any tuning shop can handle it but if you don't have one pcm of nc is pretty good at flashing and tuning.i have use them in the past.
i actually live in mooresville nc,there is a fair amount of tuned cars rolling around my town done by them.topnotch!
http://www.pcmofnc.com/

06-08-2019, 10:22 AM	#1
vestalsin Drives: 2010 Camaro RS Inferno Orange Join Date: May 2015 Location: Houston,TX Posts: 79 View My Garage	ECU Swap Got a question for you all. So my Camaro has been having problems for a long while now, multiple random codes. So in an effort to process and eliminate I got a ECU from another Camaro, same year, engine etc. Buddy of mine has a good car scanner that can do just about anything but wouldn’t let him change the vin. Because I couldn’t get the key that came from that car I was going to try and relearn my key using the pass key 3 relearn procedure however it does not work. I know that passkey 3 works off of the BCU of the car and I am thinking because the vin on this ecu doesn’t match currently it won’t initiate the key relearn. Has anyone put a different ecu in their car and if so what process did you do? If I can get this one to match my car than it might eliminate the problems I have been having, or at least let me know that my original ecu is not bad and the problems lie elsewhere. __________________ *“The inside of the old Camaro smelled like asphalt and desire, gasoline and dreams.”*

06-08-2019, 02:34 PM	#2
lemontwist Drives: 12 2SS/RS L99,11 2SS/RS LS3totaled Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: mooresville nc Posts: 1,048	i think any tuning shop can handle it but if you don't have one pcm of nc is pretty good at flashing and tuning.i have use them in the past. i actually live in mooresville nc,there is a fair amount of tuned cars rolling around my town done by them.topnotch! http://www.pcmofnc.com/