ST165 to ST185 ECU Conversion

All4Traction

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:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Well, I wired up my 185 ecu to my 165 harness and it started up in -10deg. celcius!

I have to wire the IC pump constant and then take it for a test drive tomorrow.

Here's a pic of the adapter harness i made so I didnt have to hard wire everything up in -20 to -35 deg. Celcius weather. Also it allowed me to switch back to my 165 ecu if it didnt work.

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All4Traction

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The green plug is the guts of a 3sge ecu, then i had to re-arrange pretty much all of the pins, then i soldered the corresponding wires to the 185 ecu plugs.

Ill have to see if my a/c still works as well.

No check engine light lit up either :evil:
 

All4Traction

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The only trouble is finding all of the 185 harness plugs and finding a bunch of 1st gen 3sge/3sgte ecu's to take the female plug out of.

If you find both, I would probly be able to do it.

I still have to fully test it today though.
 

Flyin' Bryan

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Well i figure you could get the gen2 plugs from a 5th gen auto GTS, and a lot of Toyota ecus use the gen1 ecu connector. Good work Paul, can't wait to see it for myself.
 

D_oPsycho

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If you seriously consider producing these harness adapters, I am in very close proximity to 4 junk yards, and all of them have numerous Toyotas, and I know there are many cars in there with the plugs you need. Come this spring when everything isn't covered in a foot of snow, I can scout them out, see how many I can grab up and send them to you, I can prolly get each one for a few bucks
 

Cashback

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I'm also near some junkyards and since I'm in Florida snow isn't an issue. If you can tell me exactly what you need out of what car I can go down there this weekend and pull whatever you want.

This adapter may be super awesome if it allows me to run an AEM or E-Manage on my 165. So I'm down to help make another one and then experiment from there.
 

Gurr

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Well, I've seen people puttin the 205 ecu with the 185 harness, is there anyway to get it to work with the 165 without to many problems? It would be a way to get rid of the nasty AFM and use 540/550's relatively safely. Just wondering...

Thanks

Brian
 

All4Traction

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You would need to get a lot of the 205 sensors.

If its been done with the 185 harness, it could be done with the 165 with about the same effort. The 2 165/185 ecu's and harnesses arent very different.

Bryan (Flyin'Bryan) Is using his 165 harness to wire his 205 ecu to the 205 motor, but it required a lot of the harness to be rewired.
 

98RACE

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Why is putting a 185 ECU on a 165 motor better??

I think I may be missing something!! :shrug: Could you fill me in??
 

98RACE

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All4Traction":esmv3ita said:
Oh, sorry, i have the 185 motor, but i was runnin the 165 ecu, which i didnt like the idea of.

I was thinking that was the situation but I thought I would ask..
 

maxaud

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props on the wiring... I definately would of had my All-trac up in flames if I tried anything like that... what's w/ the temps that you speak of (starting temps)... do they have to be a certain temperature to start the car? I'm lost... (as always)
 

All4Traction

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Everything is workin great, i grounded my IC waterpump so its on all the time. I have had absolutely no problems, it runs a lot smoother under partial throttle now, probly since i was runnin the 185 isc.

My A/C doesnt work, but the light for it does come on. I think ill just have to put a manual switch to turn the pump on.


maxaud":1omct2ox said:
props on the wiring... I definately would of had my All-trac up in flames if I tried anything like that... what's w/ the temps that you speak of (starting temps)... do they have to be a certain temperature to start the car? I'm lost... (as always)

Haha, no i just stated that is was pretty cold outside when i started the car.
 
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