computer swap

[Chayton]

Can I swap the computer from my 2002 crown vic sport into my 2003 police interceptor? Or dont even think about it. I want to test something. But not sure if they will be compatible.

[Chayton]

any ideas?

[ByronRACE]

Transponder key issues; I'd assume.

[RubberCtyRauder]

police cars dont have pats

[Chayton]

Well Dangit. I want rev limiter in first like my sport. The p71 even locked down into first gear will still shift into second eventually.

[LSCR351]

If this helps, I swapped a 2001 P71 ECU into my mothers 2002 Sport. I didn't even tell her at first, I just swapped it while I was putting in a new blower electronic resister thing, what a pain to get too!
I wanted to see if she would notice. She did! About 3 days later I get a call. "What have you done to this car?" I said, "what are you talking about?" She said, "I know you did something, because my car is a lot faster now, the transmission shifts better, and the red light on top of the dash flashes sometimes now when it didn't before."
I told her I had swapped in the computer out of a car I had junked out and I didn't even think about the light on the dash being affected, to bring it by and I will swap it back the stock computer is laying under the seat.
She said, "Yeah I hardly even notice that red light."


About a week later I get another call, "Hey whatever you did to my car is great, It doesn't even shut off at 108MPH anymore!"

[LSCR351]

And as byronrace said, you can not put the sport ECU in the 03 because the PATS will not let it start.


I have done a lot of parts swapping around on Panther cars but I have never tried a 98-02 ECU in an 03. There may be some glitches, but I do think it would run as long as it was out of a non-PATS car.