Ah alright,darcy wrote:E40 is the ECM used only for LS2s, Tazzi.
The other gen IV (L98/L76/L77) are the E38 ECM.
It's crazy, I thought I might have needed a new 1MB LS1 PCM recently - was looking at the wrong side of $200 there too.
You can't even pick up plain old LS1B ('411) PCMs for cheap.
LS2 = E40
and gen4 = E38
And then we have the E39 for VE V6 I think.
Yeah, its incredible how much a plain stock one is. Id say, gumtree would be the cheapest place to pick one up from a wrecked car. Assuming that actually separate it from the engine. Well, people in WA dont want to split things up generally.
I can only see one gen4 (E38) ecu available on fleabay for $200. Might have a talk wtih the seller and see if that cant be dropped a bit.