Boost Controller Solenoid/Stepping Motor placement

[cittris]

Hi Guys,

Yesterday spent some time trying to install my boost controller that i got yesterday.

Its a HKS EVC 4 (5 in the US)

I am trying to find a suitable place to mount it however i can't. There is a spot at the back og the firewall however is VERY tight. The thing with the HKS unit is that it has to be pointing up.

So yeah suggestions please?

It looks like this

 

[pu-11-me]

Its a coNtroller, not a coCtroller lol.... I editted the title so everyone didn't think you were some kind of Viagra spammer!

You sure it needs to be facing up? I would just use the bolt that holds the factory solenoid....

 

[cittris]

HAHA thanks dawso! lol

Yeah it does according to the installation guide. (see attached)

Do you think it will matter?

 

[pu-11-me]

I honestly can't see what difference it would make..... I wouldn't worry about it personally

And since when do blokes read instruction manuals anyway?

 

[cittris]

haha i thought do it once do it right. anyway ended up mounting it where the factory one is.

Im about to now wire it up and configure it. should be fun!

 

[Tom]

Hopefully yours will be a lot easier to figure out than the one I had was hahaha..

 

[snickells]

Perhaps it uses gravity some how, and that's why they state it must be orientated in a particular way. Good luck with the install Tris.

 

[cittris]

well all wired up however it is showing error 100! google tells me nothing! *explodes*

 

[pu-11-me]

Take it back.... Its rooted lol

 

[snickells]

Oh no's, u didnt get a dud did you Tris??

 

[cittris]

nope error 100 means there are no settings. I reset it and did all the settings. Thought i did it all right but once i started the car it is show error 100 again. FUCK!~

now i have spent ages trying to fucking reset this and it wont reset!!!

/vent

 

[matchtheclown]

Maybe you haven't got the power / accessories wired right if it is losing the setup. It should have 1 wire for constant 12v and 1 for accessory power (telling it the car is running).

You could have them both running off acc maybe. Think battery backup on a head unit.

This is all assumption btw.

 

[cittris]

there is only power and ground

i do not know and i am at the end of my tether.

I called 2 HKS dealers in AUS. One in WA and one in NSW. WA will call me back and NSW said to try disconnecting all the wires, leave it for 1 minute and reconnect. If it still shows error 100 then its faulty. I did this and it did not work however i have done it before, today even i just cannot do it again.

Somebody help me please.

 

[pu-11-me]

Take it back.... Its rooted lol

 

[cittris]

I can't send it back to japan...

 

[mills_88]

Sounds a bit dodge, was it new or second hand. Are you sure you have the wastegate set to internal. And would also be worth checking the offset isnt some ridiculous value, high boost isnt lower than low boost etc.

Finally have you been through learn mode?

 

[pu-11-me]

Ebay it

 

[cittris]

Sounds a bit dodge, was it new or second hand. Are you sure you have the wastegate set to internal. And would also be worth checking the offset isnt some ridiculous value, high boost isnt lower than low boost etc.

Finally have you been through learn mode?

I can't set it up at all. It just tells me that error 100 shit

Waste gate is set correctly i am pretty sure.


Also it was second hand. got it through yahoo auctions

@ Dawso - want a HKS EVC 4 boost controller? Fully functional i swear. $7000 just for you

 

[mills_88]

There is an inhibit function on them which stops you changing shit, could this be turned on?

On my 4 (US spec) i think you hold mode and change the wastegate type or sumin, yours will prob be different though.

 

[cittris]

in mine to change the wastegate type there is a seitch and it is set to internal wastegate