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Old 04-18-2011, 02:19 PM   #1
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Default Running avcs with JDM version 7 ecu and 02 wrx wiring harness?

I have done some research lately and concluded i wanted to either do a 04 sti ecu swap and get the entire wiring harness for it or if i wanted to get a jdm version 7 ecu and use the 02 wrx wiring harness...which one would be the easiest to use and why?

I know if i go with the 04 sti body/engine and interior wiring harness i might need to get a STi intake manifold and throttle body but do i really need to? Is their a way to use my 02 wrx intake manifold, throttle body and throttle cables or will that not work? explain if it will or not.

If i get the version 7 ecu im going to need to wire something to make avcs work but im not sure what i actually need to re-wire. If someone could help me out and/or maybe post a thread i missed on the same subject let me know. Thought i might get a better answer in the powertrain forum than the newbie section.

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Old 04-18-2011, 11:46 PM   #2
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come on someone has to know
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Old 04-18-2011, 11:50 PM   #3
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i have a v7 spec c in my 04 with v7 ecu.
You have an 02 so ur car is simple.
go to IAperformance and buy their AVCS JDM wiring kit. You wire that into your car. Then just plug in the ECU and ur good to go
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Old 04-18-2011, 11:50 PM   #4
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you can run avcs with a jdm ecu, but you have to use the jdm heads, dont believe you can use the usdm heads, actually pretty sure you cant
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Old 04-18-2011, 11:52 PM   #5
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o yea, i figured u were putting in a JDM v7 motor in there... so nvm to what i said.
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Old 04-19-2011, 09:33 AM   #6
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so what would it take to run avcs? i would have to put in an 04 sti ecu and above correct?
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Old 04-05-2012, 04:09 PM   #7
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Why do you have to use V7 heads? Can someone please explain! There must be some way to work around this. I have basically the same setup. 03 WRX built 2.5 bottom with 04 avcs heads. but obviouly avcs not active YET. And I will figure it out.
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Old 04-06-2012, 06:52 AM   #8
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This comes up every now and then.

There is a write-up on how to swap the EJ255/257 in the EJ205 body.

To get it to run with drive by cable, you use the EJ205 ECU and replace the crank and cam sensors, a bit more wiring, I believe. The AVCS has no ports to go into in the EJ205 ECU and therefore it gets disconnected.

The question has always been: What if you keep the EJ255/257 as is, extend the AVCS wiring to the ECU cunnectors, then plug in the EJ255/257 ECU.

At this point, this ECU will have what it needs, EXCEPT, it will not see a connection to the throttle, because you are keeping the throttle by cable.

The only answers I've ever gotten from gurus are:
It won't work.

There are two other things: The ECU in the 205 is 16bit and the 257 is 32bit.

But if the ECU has all it's connections made, this should mean nothing.

In open source there are checkboxes, to eliminate codes, there may be one to eliminate the throttle body code, then you could go in a table and maybe have to zero out something.

Another answer was that to get everything else connected into the ECU, you need to do extensive wiring. You have to start to get involved even with the body harness, etc. At this point, it seems everyone decides that now the throttle body modification, where you run a different accelerator pedal, becomes minor and they just swap the whole thing.

The only other thing is I've read of a forum member that had a swap done and I guess, the person that did the swap did not read much on the forums, just went and did this, and there was a strange problem with the engine cutting off in certain ranges.

After seeing the problems with the ringlands in the 255/257, I decided to go with the EJ207, which allows you to have AVCS and keep the throttle by cable. I'm very happy with my decision.

One more thing. As part of my swap, I drove a bit with my AVCS not working yet and then I finally enabled it. It's essential to have the AVCS working, you're missing out otherwise.

To be honest with you, this avenue can be researched further.
I stopped because I took a different direction and at the time my knowledge of Open source/Romraider was very limited.

Having a close look side-by-side at the rom for a EJ205 and a 32bit EJ257 may provide some answers, as perhaps the table for the Throttle body cannot be elliminated or is used for a core function.
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Old 05-25-2012, 12:41 PM   #9
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Why do you have to use V7 heads? Can someone please explain!
bump for answer....anybody know the technical reason why a JDM ecu HAS to be run with a JDM head? How would the ecu know other than the sensors? And if so, wouldnt the sensors match if the motor is single avcs and the ecu is as well?
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Old 04-10-2012, 04:08 PM   #10
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Ok, can anybody verify if this can be done? Sti bottom end, cnc matched(for 2.5) jdm v7 or 8 heads with wrx intake mani and wiring. and use the iaperformance avcs kit to add the avcs.? And of course a custom tune.

Right now I'm non avcs 2.5 and debating between getting non avcs cams for my 04 heads or going with the aformentioned option. obviously more expensive but would be even more fun.
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Old 04-10-2012, 05:45 PM   #11
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What about ecu? You would need an ecu that came with jdm avcs. Preferably the ones from the heads.
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Old 04-11-2012, 12:52 AM   #12
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Yes I should of mentioned that, def need the matching ecu. Just wanted to be sure that the 03 wrx harness is compatible with the jdm v7 and v8 ecu. !
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Old 04-11-2012, 07:37 AM   #13
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You would need to have the compression ratio checked, it's not a combo others did before, not machined anyway.
In general, the EJ207 heads are much shallower, as the EJ207 piston stops lower inside the cylinder (piston deck is more negative).
The machine shop may help you with that, but if you end up with like a 9:1 you will only run low boost on pump.
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Old 05-25-2012, 12:44 PM   #14
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from another thread http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=1857521

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JDM AVCS and USDM AVCS use different sensor types
maybe its possible to swap in JDM sensors?

now i see why its best to run either non avcs cams or a standalone...
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Old 05-25-2012, 01:28 PM   #15
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you dont have to swap out cams just run them with the sensor unplugged.
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Old 05-27-2012, 01:17 PM   #16
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Isn't the real issue that the plugs of your wrx harness will not have pin locations for avcs wiring into your new jdm ECU, even if the plug shape is actually the same?
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Old 05-27-2012, 03:10 PM   #17
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Isn't the real issue that the plugs of your wrx harness will not have pin locations for avcs wiring into your new jdm ECU, even if the plug shape is actually the same?
The wrx harness has no avcs wires, but u can just buy a avcs wiring kit and still use your wrx intake mani and of course you need a jdm v7 or v8 ecu. It's by far the easiest way to swap the 2.5 into a wrx.
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JDM STi engine is not 2.5, its 2.0. 257 is UDSM STi 205 is USDM WRX 207 is JDM STi.
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I ran V8 heads with an EJ257 bottom end in a 02 WRX back in...2005. I managed to just re-pin most of the TGV wires, I think it's the same number of wires. Also if you know someone who can supply the pins used in the WRX ECU harness you can run your wires, but they aren't easy to source. Moving the pins in the ECU harness is difficult, moving them in the plugs which connect to the JDM engine harness isn't very difficult.

In the end I wish IA performance would have had the kit back when I did my swap!
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good info here....I'm looking to do a ECU/ Ver. 7 front end swap to complete my build.
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