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Old May 13, 2005 | 02:40 AM
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I got it today.
just opened the box and inspected it.

its nicely packaged and well protected for shipping.
the unit itself is smaller than i expected.
3.5 inches wide
1 inch high
3.25 inches deep

about 1/4 din i'd say...

on the back is one plug connector for the wire harness and a bank of 8 dipswitches.
the wire harness has 11 wires in it.
some of them (7 of them) are pre-terminated with male/female bullet ends.
one ground wire and a red, blue and green wire without ends on it

the only supplied mounting method is double sided foam tape.

the instructions supplied are detailed, but in Japanese...
was cautioned this would happen with the first shippment state side.
it does have some diagrams that will help. like the many ECU's with the pins you need to tap.

my camera is at work, so i'll take pictures and post up in 24hrs...
i'll also put it in on Sat with a follow up on that process.
Old May 13, 2005 | 03:14 AM
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cool man ...keep us updated...and let us know the por's and con's of the item...
Old May 13, 2005 | 03:29 AM
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Sweet If I wasn't selling my XB , I would have brought one .
Old May 13, 2005 | 03:29 AM
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Perfecto! Just let us know what happened in the mounting process and power obtained, or what you feel at least.
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Originally Posted by Munch
Sweet If I wasn't selling my XB , I would have brought one .
i know you would have...
Old May 13, 2005 | 01:58 PM
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munch your selling ? I thought you were doing forced induction and such?
Old May 13, 2005 | 04:18 PM
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look in the sales area...says it all...
Old May 14, 2005 | 01:16 AM
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DJ let us know about the performance ASAP
Old May 14, 2005 | 02:01 AM
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Please tell me you are going to put your car on the dyno? This is my next part im buying, but it would be nice to see exact numbers and everything before buying.

Congrats!!!
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a few pics as promised...





as you can see it's rather small...


had a co-worker tried to translate it and said one of the wire colors was 'TEA'.....

so i had to get a translated owner/install manual....
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Looks good Super....We finally have the ten people for the group buy but I will take more if I can so hop on it people... I am doing them for 325 + 10 shipping.. Looks good D, let us know how it feels..
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it will be done in the am...
will need to get to a dyno to fully tune...

Stuart, i have been letting people know about your Group buy...
might have a few more coming...
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Originally Posted by killerxromances
Please tell me you are going to put your car on the dyno? This is my next part im buying, but it would be nice to see exact numbers and everything before buying.

Congrats!!!
i will be gettin to the dyno...
but everybody has a diff setup, so everybodies results will be diff...
Old May 14, 2005 | 03:25 AM
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well obviously, but i can atleast get a feel and idea you know? Keep us posted.
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I hope this mod works well....I want one....
Old May 14, 2005 | 04:58 AM
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bah now i need a PE blower instead of the blitz i was aiming for
Old May 14, 2005 | 09:24 PM
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ok, i put it in this morning...

pulled the glove box and ECU...


making the connections on the ECU wire harness...


tested it before i put everything together....


all done...


took it for a test drive...it threw a CEL...not happy.
brought it back home and double checked the connections. they were fine.
i figured out that it was not set right for my set-up...
took a little bit to learn how to make the setting and make them for my car...

now it runs good with out throwing a CEL.
i need to get it on a dyno to get all the power i can from it...

the nice thing about this unit is you can turn it off and run from the ECU.
Old May 14, 2005 | 09:40 PM
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so did ya get a chance to actually tune it yet...the waiting game is killin me!!!!
Old May 14, 2005 | 09:43 PM
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so uh did you notice any difference
Old May 14, 2005 | 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by hotbox05
munch your selling ? I thought you were doing forced induction and such?
I sold the turbo setup I had and the motor is being sold very soon also.



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