Title: OLD and New power Fc\'s
Post by: rmagictastic on March 18, 2005, 08:26:27 AM
Post by: rmagictastic on March 18, 2005, 08:26:27 AM
HI guys
can anyone tell me if there is a difference, or any problems in fitting an older power fc i.e pre 2002, to fitting a newer one??
does it require any sort of upgrade ect. ect.
cheers
nick
can anyone tell me if there is a difference, or any problems in fitting an older power fc i.e pre 2002, to fitting a newer one??
does it require any sort of upgrade ect. ect.
cheers
nick
Title: OLD and New power Fc\'s
Post by: scooby_si on March 18, 2005, 05:46:31 PM
Post by: scooby_si on March 18, 2005, 05:46:31 PM
dont know anything specifically so it\'s not to say they haven\'t changed but i haven\'t read about any changes/differences over the years
the only difference i\'m aware of, in my ignorance, is the fact you need different ECU\'s for different years of car 92-96 96-98 & 98+ are the different years you need different ECU\'s for off top of my head....
Si
the only difference i\'m aware of, in my ignorance, is the fact you need different ECU\'s for different years of car 92-96 96-98 & 98+ are the different years you need different ECU\'s for off top of my head....Si
Title: OLD and New power Fc\'s
Post by: fd3s7007 on March 19, 2005, 06:39:22 AM
Post by: fd3s7007 on March 19, 2005, 06:39:22 AM
as i understand it the connectors are different from year to year.
took some pics of
95 build date November
and Post 97 models i hope this helps
1st pic 96 version
took some pics of
95 build date November
and Post 97 models i hope this helps
1st pic 96 version
Title: OLD and New power Fc\'s
Post by: fd3s7007 on March 19, 2005, 06:40:07 AM
Post by: fd3s7007 on March 19, 2005, 06:40:07 AM
second pic post 97
Title: Re: OLD and New power Fc\'s
Post by: 20B_boy on March 19, 2005, 10:22:53 AM
Post by: 20B_boy on March 19, 2005, 10:22:53 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by rmagictasticThe models are year specific:
can anyone tell me if there is a difference, or any problems in fitting an older power fc i.e pre 2002, to fitting a newer one??
1992-95 8-bit cars with the yellow ecu connectors as above
1996-98 16-bit cars
1999+ 16-bit cars
The ecu\'s are not interchangeable. Some Commanders are.
Older versions of the ecu\'s have older base maps on them.
HTH,
R.
Title: OLD and New power Fc\'s
Post by: rmagictastic on March 21, 2005, 08:23:26 AM
Post by: rmagictastic on March 21, 2005, 08:23:26 AM
cheers for the replys guys,
20B, i think you may be the closest, if you go to the link below and scroll down to Mazda, you can see that there are TWO sets of the three versions of Power FC.
My car being a 1994 will require the one for :
FD3S（I～III） \'91.12～\'95.11
as you can see, there are two different ones for this ,
No. 414-Z002 or 414-Z004 .
the one we see most commonly is the Z004 coz thats what people get as new now.
I have translated the page and the only difference i can see is that they take different Commanders and that the \'SERIAL\' is ZF as appossed to ZG.
sorry, long winded!!!!
back to the original question, does anyone know if there is any problem tuning or differences in the the Z002 version?????
http://www.apexi.co.jp/pro_apexi/electronics/linup.html
cheers
Nick
20B, i think you may be the closest, if you go to the link below and scroll down to Mazda, you can see that there are TWO sets of the three versions of Power FC.
My car being a 1994 will require the one for :
FD3S（I～III） \'91.12～\'95.11
as you can see, there are two different ones for this ,
No. 414-Z002 or 414-Z004 .
the one we see most commonly is the Z004 coz thats what people get as new now.
I have translated the page and the only difference i can see is that they take different Commanders and that the \'SERIAL\' is ZF as appossed to ZG.
sorry, long winded!!!!
back to the original question, does anyone know if there is any problem tuning or differences in the the Z002 version?????
http://www.apexi.co.jp/pro_apexi/electronics/linup.html
cheers
Nick
Title: OLD and New power Fc\'s
Post by: maximtaylor on March 21, 2005, 03:20:08 PM
Post by: maximtaylor on March 21, 2005, 03:20:08 PM
The only differences are slightly different figures in the base maps and other settings.
This is not a problem, both are interchangeable and both as functional.
There may be slight internal component changes, but these do not affect tuning. I have not stripped the two types apart to compare them though. All types can be accessed and programmed as required.
So long as you get the right year model, old type or new type will not matter.
This is not a problem, both are interchangeable and both as functional.
There may be slight internal component changes, but these do not affect tuning. I have not stripped the two types apart to compare them though. All types can be accessed and programmed as required.
So long as you get the right year model, old type or new type will not matter.