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So my FBO ECU crapped out..... #1429380 05/02/13 08:40 PM 05/02/13 08:40 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,180 Willoughby Hills, Ohio gd9704 OP super gas
gd9704 OP super gas Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,180 Willoughby Hills, Ohio	....and I threw a spare orange box ecu in to bring the car back to life. Any reason why I can't just run an orange box with the rest of the FBO system? (It's the older version that used a 2 lead ballast resistor.) Thanks!

Re: So my FBO ECU crapped out..... [Re: gd9704] #1429381 05/02/13 08:47 PM 05/02/13 08:47 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,573 St. John's Newfoundland 440newport master
440newport master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,573 St. John's Newfoundland	I did the same thing, but my FBO coil eventually died too. I don't know if the orange box had something to do with it, or if it was just from age (6 years) or use.

Re: So my FBO ECU crapped out..... [Re: gd9704] #1429382 05/02/13 10:17 PM 05/02/13 10:17 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 35,990 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 35,990 Lincoln Nebraska	Quote: Any reason why I can't just run an orange box with the rest of the FBO system? I think they're compatible enough. I run a older black FBO coil with a stock 4 pin ECU/single .25 ohm MP race ballast & it starts instantly hot or cold which tells me that it is a compatible system. I do carry spares tho live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: So my FBO ECU crapped out..... [Re: RapidRobert] #1429383 05/03/13 12:29 AM 05/03/13 12:29 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,375 D dogdays I Live Here
dogdays I Live Here D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,375	An orange box is just a switch. How could it hurt a coil? Supposing it isn't stuck in the "ON" position, how could it be the culprit? I have a sneaking suspicion that FBO has had some quality problems too. Just don't tell Don that! R.

Re: So my FBO ECU crapped out..... [Re: gd9704] #1429384 05/03/13 12:59 AM 05/03/13 12:59 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 74,212 U.S.S.A. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 74,212 U.S.S.A.	Quote: ....and I threw a spare orange box ecu in to bring the car back to life. Any reason why I can't just run an orange box with the rest of the FBO system? (It's the older version that used a 2 lead ballast resistor.) Thanks! Other than the orange box being a POS ... if it's something built after the year 2000 anyway ... The current orange box pulls out timing above 4000 rpm . If you drive like your grandma going to sunday mass that may not be a problem ...

Re: So my FBO ECU crapped out..... [Re: dogdays] #1429385 05/03/13 01:27 AM 05/03/13 01:27 AM
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,300 Northern Indiana Dunnuck Racing master
Dunnuck Racing master Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,300 Northern Indiana	The old FBO boxes had failures which had a lot of people waiting while he redesigned them. There were numerous complaints of people waiting for months for replacement boxes,but now he sells something completely different Keith www.dunnuckracing.com

Re: So my FBO ECU crapped out..... [Re: JohnRR] #1429386 05/03/13 08:50 AM 05/03/13 08:50 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,180 Willoughby Hills, Ohio gd9704 OP super gas
gd9704 OP super gas Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,180 Willoughby Hills, Ohio	Quote: Quote: ....and I threw a spare orange box ecu in to bring the car back to life. Any reason why I can't just run an orange box with the rest of the FBO system? (It's the older version that used a 2 lead ballast resistor.) Thanks! Other than the orange box being a POS ... if it's something built after the year 2000 anyway ... The current orange box pulls out timing above 4000 rpm . If you drive like your grandma going to sunday mass that may not be a problem ... Lol...I must be getting old....anymore, I don't worry so much about max performance, I just want the thing to run!

Re: So my FBO ECU crapped out..... [Re: gd9704] #1429387 05/03/13 09:09 AM 05/03/13 09:09 AM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 28,312 Cincinnati, Ohio Challenger 1 Too Many Posts
Challenger 1 Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 28,312 Cincinnati, Ohio	Quote: Quote: Quote: ....and I threw a spare orange box ecu in to bring the car back to life. Any reason why I can't just run an orange box with the rest of the FBO system? (It's the older version that used a 2 lead ballast resistor.) Thanks! Other than the orange box being a POS ... if it's something built after the year 2000 anyway ... The current orange box pulls out timing above 4000 rpm . If you drive like your grandma going to sunday mass that may not be a problem ... Lol...I must be getting old....anymore, I don't worry so much about max performance, I just want the thing to run! Me too... I have already gone really fast in TADs and no street strip car is going to impress me. I installed a 30 year old stock box a couple years ago and I swear it runs better than the chrome box I took off. I'm digging the reliability nowadays. I keep my cars simple and they still run great with eddie heads and more. No fancy electric fuel pumps or stuff like that.

Re: So my FBO ECU crapped out..... [Re: gd9704] #1429388 05/04/13 01:56 AM 05/04/13 01:56 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,030 Wisconsin A Aero426 I Live Here
Aero426 I Live Here A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,030 Wisconsin	Quote: I don't worry so much about max performance, I just want the thing to run! Almost makes running points look good.

Re: So my FBO ECU crapped out..... [Re: gd9704] #1429389 05/04/13 01:59 PM 05/04/13 01:59 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,813 Alton, IL D Dakota_Don master
Dakota_Don master D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,813 Alton, IL	Quote: ....and I threw a spare orange box ecu in to bring the car back to life. Any reason why I can't just run an orange box with the rest of the FBO system? (It's the older version that used a 2 lead ballast resistor.) Thanks! my ecu crapped out too, i went back to the chrome box...

Re: So my FBO ECU crapped out..... [Re: Dakota_Don] #1429390 05/04/13 04:44 PM 05/04/13 04:44 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,960 Kenosha, Wi G GOLDMYN top fuel
GOLDMYN top fuel G Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,960 Kenosha, Wi	Are there any methods to determine pre 2000 ECU such as date code? Semper Fi

Re: So my FBO ECU crapped out..... [Re: Dakota_Don] #1429391 05/04/13 04:56 PM 05/04/13 04:56 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 2,537 PORT ALBERNI , BC., CANADA superwrench master
superwrench master Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 2,537 PORT ALBERNI , BC., CANADA	Quote: Quote: ....and I threw a spare orange box ecu in to bring the car back to life. Any reason why I can't just run an orange box with the rest of the FBO system? (It's the older version that used a 2 lead ballast resistor.) Thanks! my ecu crapped out too, i went back to the chrome box... Talking about chrome boxes, I have to use one because the FBO ones won't let the MSD rev limiter work. Kinda hard on valves and springs!!! Never had any box actually fail yet...Mopar,FBO, or generics. Guess I'm just lucky.

Re: So my FBO ECU crapped out..... [Re: GOLDMYN] #1429392 05/05/13 01:45 PM 05/05/13 01:45 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 74,212 U.S.S.A. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 74,212 U.S.S.A.	Quote: Are there any methods to determine pre 2000 ECU such as date code? there probably is but it seems that even the pre 2000 orange box also pulls out timing over 4k rpm , do your self a favor and just install something else ...

Re: So my FBO ECU crapped out..... [Re: JohnRR] #1429393 05/05/13 07:16 PM 05/05/13 07:16 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,573 The Netherlands BigBlockMopar master
BigBlockMopar master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,573 The Netherlands	Quote: Are there any methods to determine pre 2000 ECU such as date code? Yes... They're orange...! Best to leave all the orange ones at the stores. Or, paint your favorite aftermarket ECU orange... When it comes to the orange ECU's... Life sure is like a box of chocolates... You never know when you'll get stranded... BigBlockMopar.com

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