3 plug to single plug?

[saxwesty]

can a 3 plug be converted to a single plug if i have everything for it??????

[carlsmith715]

i have just put a single vtr engine into my 3 plug furio and it runs you just got to get a crossover loom

[saxwesty]

ohhhh cheers mate where can i get one from?

[carlsmith715]

i dont know mate they normally on 2000 w-reg saxos i think

mite be someone on here with one
or keep checking ebay for one and all the ones that are bein broken

[saxwesty]

where you get yours from mate and how much you pay?

[carlsmith715]

i was looking for one for months and nothing so i just mailed everyone on ebay that was breaking a saxo to find a 2000 vtr and came across one after two weeks of emails and payed £35 posted for it

[saxwesty]

do all w reg saxo have them? do you have to have that instead of normal loom?

[carlsmith715]

i imagine your car is a 3 plug ecu and the large round plug behind the headlight

if so then same as mine

i bought two looms off this site saying that it was the one i needed when it arrives it wasnt the one i needed so i have two looms sat here from a mk1 engine
so i would say ask for pictures before you buy tahts what i have learned anyway

[saxwesty]

have you got a pic of the one i need mate?

[Tom5190]

I run a Mk1 vts single plug engine & ECU in my Mk2 (originally a 3 plug 1.1)

I just spliced the Engine loom, the only real issue is at the loom connector plug, single plug engines have a smaller loom plug were as 3 plugs use the larger type. You just basically need to mate the wires up and put a large conector onto the Mk1 loom in simple terms

[carlsmith715]

one sec i will have a look

[carlsmith715]

I run a Mk1 vts single plug engine & ECU in my Mk2 (originally a 3 plug 1.1)

I just spliced the Engine loom, the only real issue is at the loom connector plug, single plug engines have a smaller loom plug were as 3 plugs use the larger type. You just basically need to mate the wires up and put a large conector onto the Mk1 loom in simple terms

if you are really handy with wires then yes simple as that but you have a couple of same wires and no one on here could help me witha pin out to splice the looms myself and its alot easier to just buy a loom that fits

[Tom5190]

if you are really handy with wires then yes simple as that but you have a couple of same wires and no one on here could help me witha pin out to splice the looms myself and its alot easier to just buy a loom that fits

Yea your right there like, i wasnt aware that the crossover looms actually had the larger connector on with a single plug ecu, plus i did have all the wiring diagrams etc and we do it quite regulally at work.

[saxwesty]

Yea your right there like, i wasnt aware that the crossover looms actually had the larger connector on with a single plug ecu, plus i did have all the wiring diagrams etc and we do it quite regulally at work.

would you say its easier to splice the wires or get a cross over?

[carlsmith715]

these are the difference in the interior loom plug
you will have the one on the top i think
http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc448/carlsmith715/large_e30266bd1a753e8a0fadbca7529f72c8.jpg

and you can easily tell difference between single and 3 plug ecu

[Tom5190]

would you say its easier to splice the wires or get a cross over?

i wouldnt say its easy if you havnt done it before/dont no to much about wiring. think we charge in excess of £100 at work for looms.

[carlsmith715]

would you say its easier to splice the wires or get a cross over?

when i was looking into splicing i had like 5 of each colour wire on the loom
but if you have the diagrams then you mite aswell go for it

[saxwesty]

if i am having the single plug ecu and loom cant i just take my ecu out and put the single one in?

[carlsmith715]

if i am having the single plug ecu and loom cant i just take my ecu out and put the single one in?

what do you mean i dont understand

[saxwesty]

becuase i am buying an engine that involved the single plug ecu and loom so cant i just put the single plug ecu in place of my 3 plug one?

[carlsmith715]

if you mean one the loom thats already in the car naw then no it wont fit on

[Tom5190]

becuase i am buying an engine that involved the single plug ecu and loom so cant i just put the single plug ecu in place of my 3 plug one?

No your loom is a 3 plug loom so wont connect to the single plug ecu

Edit: im guessing it will be for the wrong engine too.

Is it a 16v your putting in?

[saxwesty]

no i am having the single plug ecu and single plug loom basically the sale involves the loom and ecu so cant i take my loom and ecu out and put the single plug ecu and loom in so swap it?

[Tom5190]

no i am having the single plug ecu and single plug loom basically the sale involves the loom and ecu so cant i take my loom and ecu out and put the single plug ecu and loom in so swap it?

Theres some confusion somewere.

Right youve got a 3 plug car, if your getting a single plug engine/ecu/loom you need to use:

Engine
Ecu
Loom

However the single plug loom wont fit to the interior loom in your car (unless its a crossover as stated) There for you need a crossover loom or you need to splice the single plug loom

[carlsmith715]

oryt yeah you can do that but its the plug behind the headlight you will have problems with you can get two plugs a big one a small one the pic i put up before so you woud have to splice the looms or get one with the big interior plug and single plug ecu

[saxwesty]

Theres some confusion somewere.

Right youve got a 3 plug car, if your getting a single plug engine/ecu/loom you need to use:

Engine
Ecu
Loom

However the single plug loom wont fit to the interior loom in your car (unless its a crossover as stated) There for you need a crossover loom or you need to splice the single plug loom

basically i am having everything out of a gti so wont it come with an interior loom?

[carlsmith715]

it will but the wrong size one on it due to being older

what year is it coming out of

[Tom5190]

basically i am having everything out of a gti so wont it come with an interior loom?

erm yea it will but the interior loom is huge mate, you will have to take the dash and stuff out

[saxwesty]

imnot gonna fit it im going to get someone to do it for me :) hopefully it all goes well thanks guys :)