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by **d_dan** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:35 pm

Hey guys,
anyone have an apexi neo?

I just got one today,
fitting it tomorrow!
dose the v-tec converter work for hte mivec #(i prob wont use it but still)

also anyone have one tuned? any gains?

by **steelroe** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:39 pm

Is this unit not for Turbo vehicles.

by **d_dan** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:42 pm

no its a puggy back ECU/ fuel/vtec controller

by **d_dan** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:59 pm

all wired up and running!

DIDNT wire up the AF wiring or the MIVEC controller

But nice piece of kit and really sets the interior off!

by **colm_mcm** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:17 pm

as long as it looks pretty! :lol:

by **d_dan** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:19 pm

was too sick of it to out the car back together!
havnt wired uo the pressure monitor, the fuling or the mivec but hopefully tomorrow

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:52 pm

Jesus Dan - did you lose a finger or two fitting the Neo?? ;-)

by **d_dan** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:06 am

what makes you say that?

by **Myfeckin FTO** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:01 am

d_dan wrote:.......havnt wired uo the pressure monitor, the fuling............

Muad_dib77 wrote:Jesus Dan - did you lose a finger or two fitting the Neo??

d_dan wrote:what makes you say that?

My guess is that Muad reckons your keyboarding skills are suffering due to lack of fingers.

Though usually at this time of night (from personal experience) its more to do with alco-mohol than the whole digitary thingy-ma-gig! :lol:

by **d_dan** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:20 am

lol

nice bit of kit! if you have a full breathing system,
eg.
exhaust,
intake,
pump,
etc.

great idea as with the new maps youll really get hte extra umpf out of the mods you have.

If your looking for something that looks cool get an APEXI RSM

by CJ » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:19 am

I would would really want to be seeing before and after dyno grapha to back up any power gains. How does the car feel to drive (placebo affect aside) after fitting the Neo?

CJ

by **steelroe** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:24 pm

I would be one of the doubter's here too. Looks good but is it of any advantage on the FTO. Dyno the only real way to prove it. Look forward to the dyno results.
I still reckon this unit is more suitable to Turbo or smaller more tunable engines.

by **johnny** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:58 pm

steelroe wrote:I still reckon this unit is more suitable to Turbo or smaller more tunable engines.

Agree....can't see an FTO benefiting much from messing around with mapping...would love to be proved wrong though!

by **d_dan** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:43 pm

@ cj i didnt get the car mapped yet!
so there is no difference as all its doing is relaying info back to me.

Im not looking for mad power gains if i got 10BHP id be very happy,
The main reason i got the neo over anything was to sort out the fueling of the car!

The fto as we all know runs ferry rich after you fit aftermarket parts to the breathing system of the car.

So i am looking to sort them out, if it saved me 5-10 yoyo or so a week on petrol a week it would pay for itself!

by **Myfeckin FTO** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:06 pm

I do think myself that an aftermarket ECU is the way to go once you have breathing mods like the intake, decat exhaust, iridiums,FPR and walbro fuel pump etc fitted - I wouldn't like to depend on the standard ECU to adjust the fueling.
Not saying there will be any great gains but it should maximise the potential of the mods.

by **d_dan** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:27 pm

i got onto a few lads and they reccomended the NEO for what i had done to the car and a ECU if i had bigger stuff done such as turbo/ sc etc.

by **d_dan** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:28 pm

i got onto a few lads and they reccomended the NEO for what i had done to the car and a ECU if i had bigger stuff done such as turbo/ sc etc.

by **Myfeckin FTO** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:06 pm

d_dan wrote:i got onto a few lads and they reccomended the NEO for what i had done to the car and a ECU if i had bigger stuff done such as turbo/ sc etc.

It may be sufficent to just alter the air/fuel ratio with an Neo rather than both air/fuel and timing with a more expensive ECU type.

A rolling road will session will tell a lot. I'd be very interested myself to see what the benefits actually are.

by **d_dan** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:26 pm

yea time will tell, but as if said its more to get the running costs down and have her running smoothly!

If i really wanted HP id get her set up for nos!
at the moment my intake and exhause is as follows;

BMC filter
ARC intake chamber
Standard Plug leads
Standard Plugs
Standard fuel pump
Standard manifold
Standard downpipes
Decat
5zegin Pro racer CATBACK

before i get the neo mapped,
all listed in red will be upgraded,

Leads -> magnicore 8.5mm
Plugs -> iridiums
Pump -> Walbro 220
ADDING A FPR TO THE MIX
*hopefully* aftermarket downpipes.
ADDING HEAT SHEALDING TO THE AIR INTAKE

by **Bernard** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:07 pm

You're doing well for someone who was on a shoestring budget a month ago....

What's your secret??? :wink:

by **d_dan** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:18 pm

found out my girlfriends AUNT is the manager of the local cred union, and a months holiday pay i have recieved!

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