help me with the setup of my safc2?!, if you help me get it going, i'll buy you lunch! Options

[Bitter]

hey all, i need a little help getting my safc2 setup, someone who can speak plain english! the setup manual is horribly written and i'm tired, making heads and tails of this is difficult. twist that, flick this, sounds like foreplay to me! if you're local to me and can come help in person, i'm buying you dinner. if you call on the phone i'll paypal you some $$ for your assistance once it starts.

see 2nd post!

This post has been edited by Bitter: Sep 3, 2007 - 9:50 PM

[Bitter]

i got my setup correct, its a wiring issue. not getting the tach signal to the safc2.

[Bitter]

got my tach and knock signal working, but when i plug in the pressure sensor part i get no start. i am getting a pressure sensor reading on the unit now tho. i dont know whats up with that?

[presure2]

got my tach and knock signal working, but when i plug in the pressure sensor part i get no start. i am getting a pressure sensor reading on the unit now tho. i dont know whats up with that?

is it hooked to the correct wire?
is the SAFC set up correctly ?(sensor = pressure)
1 in, 1 out.

[Bitter]

got my tach and knock signal working, but when i plug in the pressure sensor part i get no start. i am getting a pressure sensor reading on the unit now tho. i dont know whats up with that?

is it hooked to the correct wire?
is the SAFC set up correctly ?(sensor = pressure)
1 in, 1 out.

yes, yes, and yes i'll mess with it some more next weekend or something i guess. as it stands now im running safely and just watching my knock. the highest knock counts im seeing are like 120ish at 100% throttle and higher RPM. i dont know what to reference that against, is that high or low?

[CaliJeff]

I believe that the higher the knock, the worse it is.

[presure2]

got my tach and knock signal working, but when i plug in the pressure sensor part i get no start. i am getting a pressure sensor reading on the unit now tho. i dont know whats up with that?

is it hooked to the correct wire?
is the SAFC set up correctly ?(sensor = pressure)
1 in, 1 out.

yes, yes, and yes i'll mess with it some more next weekend or something i guess. as it stands now im running safely and just watching my knock. the highest knock counts im seeing are like 120ish at 100% throttle and higher RPM. i dont know what to reference that against, is that high or low?

as long as its calibrated correctly, that would be on the low side, IMO.
before i turboed, on a WOT run, i would see as high as 225.

[Bitter]

i recalibrated it with a nice hot engine and im getting about 20 knock cruising and peaking at around 100-120.

[FunkySR]

I have a 7A ST with SAFC2 and get no knock signal, though it's wired in. lol.

Dude, make sure you cut the MAP wire, and not spliced it. This is the only wire that needs cutting.

[Bitter]

lol, i followed the directions to a T, double checked, talked to a guy in florida with a turbo 7afe and safc, his wiring was the same as mine. it all works EXCEPT when i tap into the airflow signal. i'm leaving it be for now, but when i get back into it im sure i'll find its just a ****ty connection. i didnt break out the meter and really get into tracking it down since it was late both times i was working on it. its a pita to get to the pcm, i'll fix it when i fix it.