subaru ecu/ems, subaru engine electronics Options

[ModPR3]

subie guys need your help again. after finding out that a 911 engine rebuild cost over 8k the subie or v8 path is looking good again. if i ran the 2002-2004 wrx 2.0 turbo motor what do i do about the engine control unit or engine management. can the engine be run with the stock subaru ecu or does it have to be switched out to a standalone unit. if the stock ecu can be used, how hard is it to wire into the 914. thanks.

[DBCooper]

Two biggest problems I see with MS are that I'm not a consistently good solderer, and I know it's inevitable I'm going to end up having to discover where I may have been less than perfect on a country road somewhere, at night, in the rain. Second is that it's not "hardened" the way the commercial systems are for use in the pretty harsh automotive environment. Everything else about MS is super, but I'm sure one of those things is eventually going to bite me. The only solution I can think of would be to carry a spare ECU, but that kind of defeats the spirit of the MS thing.

One other thing. I looked at the Subaru conversion for a VW five or six years ago, and found two different guys in Canada who made wiring harnesses for those engines that were being put into aircraft. If I recall correctly one was in the east, Toronto or Montreal, and the other somewhere in the plains. They were custom harnesses, not cut down stock, with just the essentials needed to run, control and monitor the engine with the stock ECU. The price was US$300-350. Unfortunately I don't have the contact info any more, but it might be worth the time to get in touch with some of the aircraft folks who are doing this same thing and see what they're using.