Fancy putting a Apexi ECU into your FC ?

[grinder]

sat infront of the computer , with beer and fags and came accross this little gem

so if any of you guys fancy putting a Apexi Power FC into your FC3S then this is the wiring diagram how to do it

Ta

Stu

[grinder]

and here is the direct link to the site for more info :

http://www.banzairacing.net/S5_PFC_install.htm

[Kron]

Thats if you want to use the FD Apexi ECU.

[grinder]

yeah this is a point - but is the FC apexi ECU actually different from the FD one ?

[Grizzly]

I noticed on E-bay a few weeks ago there is a Harness about four inches long that can be put on an Fd so you don\'t have to cut into the main harness to fit stuff like Turbo timers and Boost controlers etc. That would be cool if you got one and moved all the pins about to Stu\'s Diagram then it would make a Cheap PFC adapter.

[bobster]

I don\'t think there was a PFC for the FC...there were pre modified ones that had already been adapted inside.... or came with an adapter loom.
On e of the differences though is that the FD never used an AFM

[Grizzly]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/APEXi-AP-POWER-FC-Boost-Hand-Controller-Rx7-FC3S-13B_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ46096QQihZ019QQitemZ290034168957QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

I think the Map or Chip may be diffrent.(in the add they make a point of taking a pic of the Chip)

[grinder]

thats interesting - looks like a loom to make the FC loom fit correctly - but has an FC3S chip in it ?!?!

[Prof]

Chip is a masked ROM processor - so the whole processor is swapped out - changing the program with it.

Makes sense this would work, as the 2 engines are actually very similar - just differences in some of the outboard components, parameters and so on.

As I understood it, there were 2 generations of the PFC - an older 8 bit version and the newer 16 bit one.

The 16 bit version would offer a lot more in terms of control and map points, as the processor would be able to make finer adjustments and more frequently.

Interesting that the board shown in the picture has less than half the component count of a stock ECU !!

[Iwan]

I have done this just a week ago. After second engine failure with my Microtech, I have decided to go with ApexiPFC. I have installed the FD PFC version into my Series4 !!! Runs fine with special map, but will not run with FD map.

you can download a video from my website, but the quality is bad as it was made with my mobile- phone. Use Windows MediaPlayer to watch or Mplayer on linux.
link:
http://www.rotary-imports.de/space/mov00014.3gp

REgards
Iwan

[grinder]

Iwan

whats wrong with the microtech .. i might beable to give it a loving home ??

Stu

[Iwan]

Do no m8.

I can program the ECU and it is full working condition. Car runs, but I have lost two engines with is due to excessive knock even the ECU shows 5° degs as it was set to.

it is yours for 350 GBP with loom and the adapter.

REgards
Iwan

[grinder]

hummm might give it a miss on 2 accounts

1 - spent a load of money on the FC recently
2 - i assume you know what you are doing - i want my engine in one peice

im sure someone will snap it up at that price though

[Iwan]

it will be in one peice,,, but you will missing an apex seal or two or three ^^

however, will run it on my egi if nobody want it.

happy with ApexiPFC now, only my RPM are reading a half of real value.....

REgards
Iwan

[grinder]

so how did you get the special map into the POWER FC then ?