Utec came with my '02 WRX but....

WRseX · 04-01-2005, 12:31 AM

When I took the car in for service (I didn't even know the car had the Utec Stage 2) to have the ECU reprogrammed, because the previous owner never had a recall taken care of which fixed the tolerances of the ecu. So, they obviously noticed that the car was chipped. So, they took it out and put it in a box for me. So, I'm left with this sweet chip that I want to put back in my car, but don't have any of the stuff to tune the chip for my car. All I have the the piggyback unit, and some motherboard type looking thing. How could I go about getting this hooked back up. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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hippy · 04-01-2005, 07:10 AM

Here's the utec manual....

WRseX · 04-01-2005, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hippy

Here's the utec manual....

I appreciate it, but does anyone know how I should go about tuning this without all of the necessary parts, like the serial cable that would connect to my computer, or all of that stuff. Any ideas? This has had to have happened to someone else giving alot of people buy used modded WRX's.

Bolster · 04-01-2005, 07:57 AM

Well, you can always sell me your UTEC for a discounted price if you don't want to mess with it. As for obtaining what you need, look first at the manual which you've been given a link to, and then call TXS and see if you can't buy what you're missing. The serial cable is nothing special. The rest of the stuff is somewhat proprietary, but you don't need a whole lot of stuff to use UTEC. You WILL need to learn how to use it and there are a lot of people on these boards that can help. But, please RTFM before you start asking a lot of questions about it. Read it at least 3 times.

WRseX · 04-01-2005, 08:45 AM

Yeah, I've heard of how hard these are to use, but it is definitely going back in the car, just have to figure out how to do it.

dosage0 · 04-01-2005, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WRseX

I appreciate it, but does anyone know how I should go about tuning this without all of the necessary parts, like the serial cable that would connect to my computer, or all of that stuff. Any ideas? This has had to have happened to someone else giving alot of people buy used modded WRX's.

tuning without the necessary parts... would be driving it to a tuning shop.

CMJ · 04-01-2005, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WRseX

When I took the car in for service (I didn't even know the car had the Utec Stage 2) to have the ECU reprogrammed, because the previous owner never had a recall taken care of which fixed the tolerances of the ecu. So, they obviously noticed that the car was chipped. So, they took it out and put it in a box for me. So, I'm left with this sweet chip that I want to put back in my car, but don't have any of the stuff to tune the chip for my car. All I have the the piggyback unit, and some motherboard type looking thing. How could I go about getting this hooked back up. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Sounds like you have a unichip, this is not user programable.

04-01-2005, 12:31 AM	#1
WRseX Scooby Specialist Member#: 83534 Join Date: Mar 2005 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Representing Deutchland Vehicle: 06.5 VW New GTI White	Utec came with my '02 WRX but.... When I took the car in for service (I didn't even know the car had the Utec Stage 2) to have the ECU reprogrammed, because the previous owner never had a recall taken care of which fixed the tolerances of the ecu. So, they obviously noticed that the car was chipped. So, they took it out and put it in a box for me. So, I'm left with this sweet chip that I want to put back in my car, but don't have any of the stuff to tune the chip for my car. All I have the the piggyback unit, and some motherboard type looking thing. How could I go about getting this hooked back up. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks. * Registered users of the site do not see these ads.

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04-01-2005, 07:10 AM	#2
hippy Scooby Specialist Member#: 36528 Join Date: May 2003 Location: florida Vehicle: 2002 Impreza Wrx Silver	Here's the utec manual....

04-01-2005, 07:57 AM	#4
Bolster Scooby Specialist Member#: 22290 Join Date: Aug 2002 Chapter/Region: MAIC Vehicle: 2002 WRB WRX Wagon	Well, you can always sell me your UTEC for a discounted price if you don't want to mess with it. As for obtaining what you need, look first at the manual which you've been given a link to, and then call TXS and see if you can't buy what you're missing. The serial cable is nothing special. The rest of the stuff is somewhat proprietary, but you don't need a whole lot of stuff to use UTEC. You WILL need to learn how to use it and there are a lot of people on these boards that can help. But, please RTFM before you start asking a lot of questions about it. Read it at least 3 times.

04-01-2005, 08:45 AM	#5
WRseX Scooby Specialist Member#: 83534 Join Date: Mar 2005 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Representing Deutchland Vehicle: 06.5 VW New GTI White	Yeah, I've heard of how hard these are to use, but it is definitely going back in the car, just have to figure out how to do it.