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hi just wonderinf if anyone can tell me how the manual conversion on the stagea's work with ecu

like is the auto ecu inside the actual enigne ecu which located in the passnger side kick panel if so how do i go about running the car with the manaul in it and is there a way to pull out the ecu an wiring loom and replace it with a manual one or is that to much trouble.

or is there no need to do this

thanks

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The connection between the ECU's of a S1 Stagea and R33 (and quite possibly between S2 and R34) are the same, so a PFC should just plug straight in.

The only issue is that there was never a version of the PFC made for an RB25DET with ATESSA AWD, so you have to "tweak" it somehow to make it all work.

I'm not exactly sure what that "tweak" is because I haven't done it myself (although I would like to, sometime in the near future).

thanks for the info, what u might have to do is plug the power fc in to the loom and then just work out whick wires are for the 4wd then just use the old computer for that and use the fc for everthing else that would work.

casuae thats what i was going to do with my auto leave the ecu on there then just piggy back thr fc for everthing but the auto and stuff so i can still tune the motor.

so how does it go with the manual and is it reall hard or not i have seen the threads about.

if you do go manual and want to put the power fc in, just pm me and i can provide you with the "Secret Squirrel Tweak"

i have successfully put it into 3 stageas so they work with power fc's thus far.

hey andy whats this tweak u talk about? is it to connect the 4wd up? i found 3 wires i think are for the 4wd.

these are the pin numbers and colours from the engine ecu...

5 - tacho - white/black

43 - ground - brown/white

37 - TPS - blue/black

are these the correct colours? and where do u hook them too, to get it to work?

thanks mate

hey andy whats this tweak u talk about? is it to connect the 4wd up? i found 3 wires i think are for the 4wd.

these are the pin numbers and colours from the engine ecu...

5 - tacho - white/black

43 - ground - brown/white

37 - TPS - blue/black

are these the correct colours? and where do u hook them too, to get it to work?

thanks mate

...hot tip, it has nothing to do with 4wd

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