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Table 3, System Components Opel Calibra I

Table 3, System Components

This table contains all important information about the SIMTEC 56.0 / 56.1 engine control units and wiring harness coding.

Control unit part numbers

ModelEngineOpel / Vauxhall part numberAlpha codeProgramming code
Astra - FC 18 XE90 414 966SASA 000 00
Vectra / CavalierX 20 XEV90 357 623SBSB 040 04
Vectra / Cavalier 4x4X 20 XEV90 461 296SDSD 0C0 12
CalibraX 20 XEV90 461 719SESE 100 16
Calibra 4x4X 20 XEV90 461 720SFSF 140 20
Omega - BX 20 XEV90 378 653SCSC 080 08

Notes on SIMTEC 56 Control Unit Programming:

If a new control unit is installed in a vehicle or a control unit from one vehicle is installed in another vehicle, the control unit must be reprogrammed (see Table 7 "System Modification F7: PROGRAMMING).

In vehicles with SIMTEC control units, recognition of whether a vehicle is fitted with manual or automatic transmission is performed automatically by the control unit. New control units are programmed for vehicles with manual transmission.

If the control unit has recognized automatic transmission once, this value remains store until the control unit is reprogrammed, i. e. if, for example, a control unit from an automatic transmission vehicle is installed in a manual transmission vehicle, the control unit must then be reprogrammed to inform it that it is now installed in a vehicle with manual transmission.

In the future, it will be possible to select other characteristic curves in the control unit for fuel injection (warm - up operation, acceleration enrichment) by selecting certain codes during programming, and thus improve the performance characteristics of the vehicle. This is done in a similar fashion as previously with different coloured octane number plugs.

More detailed information on this will be published in the relevant "Technical Information Bulletins TI".