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boldy205

GTi6 ECU mounting

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boldy205

Hi all,

 

I have to date been using a 306 battery/ecu box on my GTi6 converted 205.

I'm now putting the battery in the boot. Therefore I'd like to know what other people have done to mount the standard ECU in the standard position. 

I've had a good Google,  to no avail.

 

Thanks!

Matt 

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boldy205

Just re read my post. By standard ECU position,  I mean when it would be in the battery box.

Cheers!

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allanallen

Morning Matt, I chopped the ecu box off the battery box and the mounted it on top of the gearbox mount up against the strut tower. 
from memory I put a few riv nuts in the bracket and then bolted the box straight down to it with some big spreader washers on the inside of the box. 
haven’t got a picture to hand but if you find my 309 build thread there should be a picture in there. 

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boldy205

Hi Allan, 

 

I had a look at your 309 build, got a bit carried away in it all and totally  forgot to look for the battery box! Haha!

I'm thinking this may be the way. However I'm a bit against chopping up a good battery box.

Think I'll take what you said and maybe have an aluminium ecu box made up, modeled on the modified/cut up 306 battery box .

 

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allanallen

Ha! Are 306 battery boxes a rarity nowadays?! :lol: Get chopping! 

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welshpug

boxes arent but the lids are :lol:

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boldy205
7 hours ago, welshpug said:

boxes arent but the lids are :lol:

Definitely.  I've got a box and lid. Don't really want to waste a good one if I can help it.

 

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petert

Do it properly. Mount the ecu in the OEM position and remake the loom. Otherwise, it will always look like a bodge.

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boldy205

Good point Peter. Maybe over the winter when I have more time .

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welshpug

pretty sure it is winter, certainly below freezing yesterday :wacko:

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boldy205
4 hours ago, welshpug said:

pretty sure it is winter, certainly below freezing yesterday :wacko:

Indeed it is......Next winter!!

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Ron_Jaegers

If you (very) carefully remove the moulded (resin filled) bend on the ECU connector you gain about 10 cm of loom. For my car this was enough to get the ECU inside without having to re-do the entire loom. But mine is LHD and stripped out, so placement for me was completely free. Maybe something to consider.

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boldy205

10 cm? Does some wiring 'pull out' of somewhere?

I'm wary of messing with old wiring too much,  especially on a bend like that. 

I will take a look though. 

Thanks for the idea.

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Ron_Jaegers

10 cm is my estimate for useable extra length. It does not ‘pull out’, the extra useable length is merely from straightening those two bends.

 

Since an image is way more clear. This is were I end up on my car.

 

360.jpg

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boldy205

Thats a fair bit of usable length.  Thanks for the pic.

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