RoosterBooster7
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Hi All!
I have an ambitious project but I am dedicated to getting the work done on it however I will need some advice on a few aspects of the build, here’s a bit of background;
In December 2019 I bought a 1990 Mitsubishi 3000GT, it was lovely and everything worked perfect but only a few days after I bought it some c***s tried to steal it, failed, and then set the engine compartment on fire after smashing its windows. Now I’ve always wanted one of these cars since I was little but even in the few days I had it it wasn’t as quick as I would have liked. The plan is to swap an M113 engine with a 722.6 gearbox into it, I want to use this engine and gearbox because I fell in love with it back when I owned a W215 CL500.
i have started taking the front end of the 3000GT apart and will have its engine and gearbox out shortly, only the engine compartment suffered burn damage, the rest of the car is still perfect, I will need to make room for the transmission tunnel and fabricate engine mounts to suit the M113 but I will manage these bits no issue. The concerns I have is getting the engine and gearbox to communicate and work with each other, can I simply pull the ECU and TCU from a donor car and wire them up? How can I get the engine start authorised? What information does the TCU and ECU need to operate correctly? Any information on what I would need to get the engine and gearbox to work as they normally would would be a big help. Has anybody tried the Ofgear 722.6 controller? Would I be able to make it work with a standard Mercedes ECU without it going crazy and into limp mode? Or would a stand-alone ECU work well with the Ofgear controller? I will try to update this forum as I eventually make progress on the car with the view of helping others do similar conversions in future, thanks in advance guys!
I have an ambitious project but I am dedicated to getting the work done on it however I will need some advice on a few aspects of the build, here’s a bit of background;
In December 2019 I bought a 1990 Mitsubishi 3000GT, it was lovely and everything worked perfect but only a few days after I bought it some c***s tried to steal it, failed, and then set the engine compartment on fire after smashing its windows. Now I’ve always wanted one of these cars since I was little but even in the few days I had it it wasn’t as quick as I would have liked. The plan is to swap an M113 engine with a 722.6 gearbox into it, I want to use this engine and gearbox because I fell in love with it back when I owned a W215 CL500.
i have started taking the front end of the 3000GT apart and will have its engine and gearbox out shortly, only the engine compartment suffered burn damage, the rest of the car is still perfect, I will need to make room for the transmission tunnel and fabricate engine mounts to suit the M113 but I will manage these bits no issue. The concerns I have is getting the engine and gearbox to communicate and work with each other, can I simply pull the ECU and TCU from a donor car and wire them up? How can I get the engine start authorised? What information does the TCU and ECU need to operate correctly? Any information on what I would need to get the engine and gearbox to work as they normally would would be a big help. Has anybody tried the Ofgear 722.6 controller? Would I be able to make it work with a standard Mercedes ECU without it going crazy and into limp mode? Or would a stand-alone ECU work well with the Ofgear controller? I will try to update this forum as I eventually make progress on the car with the view of helping others do similar conversions in future, thanks in advance guys!
