Help Identifying E30 ECU?

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  • zytoun395
    Noobie
    • May 2016
    • 17
    #1

    Help Identifying E30 ECU?

    Hey guys!

    So im trying to upgrade my computer and do an MAF swap. I pulled out my ECU but there is no sticker on the case identifying it???

    I was looking to buy a 173 with a WAR chip and the MAF off of a friend, but i just was make sure the ecu will be easily compatible.

    IMG_2282 by Oliver Issa

    IMG_2281 by Oliver Issa

    thanks for the help!!!!
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    • reelizmpro
      R3V OG
      • Dec 2003
      • 9452
      #2
      Looks like someone removed the Bosch sticker for whatever reason. Does it have 3 rows of pins? If so, the 173 is compatible. Looks like you have a Motronic 1.3 already.
      "I'd probably take the E30 M3 in this case just because I love that little car, and how tanky that inline 6 is." - thecj

      85 323i M TECH 1 S52 - ALPINEWEISS/SCHWARZE
      88 M3 - LACHSSILBER/SCHWARZE
      89 M3 - ALPINEWEISS II/M TECH CLOTH-ALCANTARA
      91 M TECHNIC CABRIO TURBO - MACAOBLAU/M TECH CLOTH-LEATHER

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        • agent
          Vice Grand Pubaa
          • Mar 2010
          • 7960
          #3
          Yep, 173 ECU will work in any "i" car.

          If the ECU is original, it's in a 1988 iX automatic sedan.
          Originally posted by kronus
          would be in depending on tip slant and tube size

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            • ForcedFirebird
              R3V OG
              • Feb 2007
              • 8300
              #4
              Looks like a refurb. A 173 chip will work in all the single PCB cases (Bosch Motronic 1.3). The earlier ECU's have dual PCB's and need to use a 153 chip - the eta ECU's are also a league of their own - except the 1988 325(e), aka super ETA which used a 173 variant.
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                • zytoun395
                  Noobie
                  • May 2016
                  • 17
                  #5
                  Originally posted by agent
                  Yep, 173 ECU will work in any "i" car.

                  If the ECU is original, it's in a 1988 iX automatic sedan.
                  how did you know that just from the ecu?

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                    • ForcedFirebird
                      R3V OG
                      • Feb 2007
                      • 8300
                      #6
                      VIN number is on the sticker. Last 7 shows what car it came from...

                      http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/select?vin=8135098

                      and a google search of the vin shows it sold on eBay...

                      Pardon Our Interruption...
                      http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-3-Series-/291725701128
                      john@m20guru.com
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                      Transaction feedback: Here, here and here. Thanks :D

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                        • zytoun395
                          Noobie
                          • May 2016
                          • 17
                          #7
                          Originally posted by ForcedFirebird
                          VIN number is on the sticker. Last 7 shows what car it came from...

                          http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/select?vin=8135098

                          and a google search of the vin shows it sold on eBay...

                          http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-3-Series-/291725701128
                          didnt realize the vin was on the sticker

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