emansun

There is a GIAC chip on ebay that I am interested in. It is only the chip though. I am assuming I would still need to have the encryption board w/socket soldered to my ECU to make it work. Any idea on cost to do this? Also, can I swap this chip with the APR chip I have now? Will the Giac chip plug and play using the encryption board and socket used by APR? Any ideas? TIA.

[badmoon]

I will have an X/XR and ECU for sale in a week or so...

emansun

Yeah, used TIP parts are hard to come by. Can you shed any light on my original question?

[badmoon]

I don't think it would be anymore than that...I was trying to figure this out myself because before I found a stock ECU I was thinking about selling my chip separately...thank god I don't have to. I'd call AWE or any GIAC authorized reseller and find out how much they'd charge.

Good luck.

emansun

Well, thing is my ecu currently already has a socket in place for the APR chip that is in it. Can I just pop that APR chip out and plug in the GIAC chip, using the same socket? Will that cause any problems?

[badmoon]

but I have no idea...you'd definitely want to call AWE on this.

emansun

What makes me think the sockets are compatible is that when I got my APR chip, they gaveme back my stock chip. I assume so I can plug it into the aftermarket socket to replicate a stock ECU. Oh well. Thanks anyway.

Ochlockonee

Then you will have to pay to have a giac socket installed. IMO You are better off selling your whole apr ecu and picking up a used giac socketed ecu.

emansun

Thanks. Thats what I was thinking. Hard finding a used GIAC TIP ecu.

b-thumper

Sooo.... tempting