Elise s1 immobiliser bypass

[Smac4494]

As per title, I need to fit an immobiliser bypass to my rover elise ecu. Trouble is the diagram issued with the bypass is literally a picture. To make things worse there is a mess of wires all around the ecu and two potential immobiliser components. The ecu isn't even mounted in the Same way as in the image. It's still at the rear of the engine on the nearside but it's mounted on the bulkhead behind the engine with another component mounted on the adjacent bulkhead to the left of the engine. And the second potential immobiliser unit is fitted directly below the ecu.

I dot usually like to get involved with electronics and alarms and such but in this case I have to. I can't see very much passed the wire looms and its all in a tangle. Can anyone help me with what I'm looking at?

[magge]

Hi,
I have exactly the same problem. I bought an immobiliser bypass unit from Elise Parts, but can not locate the Cobra immobiliser in my Elise 1999. Just as in your car the ECU is located in the engine compartment and not in the trunk as described on every image I have found.
I cant find anything that looks like the Cobra unit.

Did you find where to connect the immobiliser bypass unit?

[danytheghost]

Hi guys,

I found it on mine.

http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=409451&page=1#pid6990328

[jep]

Immobiliser is behind the black box pictured here on later S1. This is in the engine bay, on the boot bulkhead area. The black box cover is rivetted on so you'll just have to force it off. IE. Break it. 

You'll need a flat head screwdriver to pop off the white male connector, pressing down on the clip that holds it to the female. The bypass module fits to the male you have just removed.

With the help of Steve Williams in Maidenhead via phone, I was able to get my car going today. I had no idea where the immobiliser was and most searches suggest it's in the boot but that is earlier S1.

Justin