As the title says I need some info. I got an R manifold from my buddy for nothing , and if some of you know what I am about to say, I have a t-5r and that has EGR. I would prefer a route that does not end up with a CEL on.

My question is would swapping the ECU out for another work on this car( such as an R ECU with no EGR, or a 96+ T5 ECU with no EGR)? My buddy says it would not work( he has been working on Volvo's for many years and owns a shop, so I respect his input) because the 95 is mainly OBD1 and having an ECU that is Pretty much OBD2 would mess up the car. Any truth to this?

I keep up with many of the Volvo sites so I know about the resistor route or what Boxpin did since he is in Cali. Looking for something short-term so all opinions welcome.

 

As long as you don't jump fuel injection systems you'll be fine. The '96 R ECU should work. I have run my car with one in it. If the '96 has SAS, you'll need to do the SAS delete.

 

Just do it. Didnt take long and its easy to do.





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But I don't want EGR :P

 

oh, ok.

 

Well more like if I can get rid of it for more room. Plus I am dieing to put the r manifold in.

Also because I know I will do other mods like bigger TB and such were you need an N/A intake manifold, so I am slowly getting components together. I mainly asked the question to see if what my mechanic said had any truth to it.

 

Whether you have it or not it can be turned off in a tune.

 

Yeah, a tune will be coming in the future for what I want out of this car.