I'm considering the iPD ECU upgrade for my 1995 850 turbo. I have a friend who is willing to sell me his iPD ECU from his T5R - will it work in my car? Looking at iPD's website, the performance numbers appear the same when both models use their appropriate ECU.

i'd give scott hart a call, or email. he's usually very helpful and quick to reply.

I'm pretty sure that the ECUs are specific to your car, so I dont think your friend's chip would work, even if they were same year/trim i dont think it would work. BTW, why is your friend selling the chip, does he not like it?
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Matt in MA, '93 854 GLT, 118k, matto815@aol.com

The 850ECUs can be interchanged but in his case it will not work because the models are differnt (T5R vs. T5). If it were from T5 to a T5, it would work.

Only P2 cars have car-specific ECUs.

Yannis
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2001 V70 T-5M SR, Classic Red/Graphite Lthr., ipd ME7 ECU Upgrade, iPd Sport Exhaust, K&N Air Filter, Cold Weather, Dolby Surr. Sound, Rear Spoiler, 17' 'Tethys' alloys

I don't think the ECU from a REAL T-5R will work in a regular Turbo car. I may be wrong but according to my understanding of IPD website, the ECU # on the '95 T-5R, is the same as the 96-97 "R" cars(which makes sense). The 94-97 regular turbos have the same ECU only different badging(Turbo(94-95), T5(96-97)). Note there was also a Light pressure turbo in 97, called GLT. Depending on where you live, Upsolute.com does flash-programming just like IPD for about half the cost. I'm planning to go check them out next week and see how it works.