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Old 07-02-2009, 06:20 PM   #117
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Originally Posted by buttons123 View Post
EMU
The Engine Management Unit (computer that controls things such as fuel injection cycles in the engine) has been set-up specifically for the dual-mass flywheel. *Therefore it knows exactly how fast the dual-mass flywheel will spin under any amount of load. *The single-mass obviously has very different behaviour so there would need to be re-programming of the EMU to cope with this (and I
don't believe our colleagues in Weissach would ever release the EMU programming for the single-mass). *Fitting a single-mass flywheel without re-programming the EMU could cause major problems -
hence the invalidation of the warranty.
I *thought* that there was a sensor/input to the ECU/DME that indicated which flywheel was installed on the car to enable the ECU to adapt ...

failing that you could always install an RS DME in the car ... maybe someone @
Sharkwerks can comment ...
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