Basic logicon to digital logicon swap

joemaddox · 12-01-2010, 06:13 AM

So has anyone where ever done this with success? I am going to be attempting it, but i dont want to mangle my wiring harness without knowing what i am doing first as its a rhd s5 harness and will NOT be cheap to replace!

What do you guys know about this swap? Easy? Hard? Worth it?

My5ABaby · 12-01-2010, 09:37 AM

If you're talking about the JDM stocker digital logicon then I've only heard of it being done once on the 7 club and the person was referencing someone else doing it and had no clue how. The only thing they said was that it was very difficult and needed some sensors or something that don't come on the USDM cars. However, that's basically heresay.

RETed · 12-01-2010, 12:09 PM

No, that's basically the gist of it.
The hard part is getting a hand on that remote temp sensor.
I dunno if it's possible to run everything without that temp sensor, of if the digital unit just barfs due to no sensor?

It's going to be a lot of wire splicing, since the plugs are not even close to being identical in dimensions.

-Ted

Max777 · 12-01-2010, 01:06 PM

What's interesting is that 7 owners, we do all sorts of crazy shit with the engine, yet when it comes to mods like the digital logicon, we give up and say it's too hard.

Honda and Nissan owners on the other hand, thrive on mods like this, and from what I've read, for them it isn't much easier to do.

I just wanted to put this out there....

Pete_89T2 · 12-01-2010, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Max777

What's interesting is that 7 owners, we do all sorts of crazy shit with the engine, yet when it comes to mods like the digital logicon, we give up and say it's too hard.

Honda and Nissan owners on the other hand, thrive on mods like this, and from what I've read, for them it isn't much easier to do.

I just wanted to put this out there....

Priorities.... I would conclude us rotorheads are more concerned with how our cars drive than how they look, hence we don't waste too much of our time and cash on mods that are essentially cosmetic.

My5ABaby · 12-01-2010, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Max777

What's interesting is that 7 owners, we do all sorts of crazy shit with the engine, yet when it comes to mods like the digital logicon, we give up and say it's too hard.

Honda and Nissan owners on the other hand, thrive on mods like this, and from what I've read, for them it isn't much easier to do.

I just wanted to put this out there....

We have better taste than they do.

RETed · 12-01-2010, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Max777

What's interesting is that 7 owners, we do all sorts of crazy shit with the engine, yet when it comes to mods like the digital logicon, we give up and say it's too hard.

Honda and Nissan owners on the other hand, thrive on mods like this, and from what I've read, for them it isn't much easier to do.

I just wanted to put this out there....

Basically what others have said...

I can get the JDM FSM.
I can read most of the diagrams, and anything else that I can't decipher, I can get translated very easily.
Electrical work is my forte.
It's just the matter of putting in the time and effort to do this.

My old, stock turbo has been spewing oil for a while now.
I just swapped in a hybrid just to take care of the smoking exhaust.
...retune Haltech.
...add bigger fuel pump.
...retune Haltech.

Yes, I've got other things that take priority right now in my life.

-Ted

RotorDad · 12-01-2010, 05:51 PM

Wouldn't mind having one myself, but I don't see myself ever having the patience to install it.

Mazdabater · 12-01-2010, 07:15 PM

On a side note in this thread, I have a jdm s5 and a jdm s4. The s4 has the digital climate control and my s5 does not. Would it be possible for me to put everything for the climate control from the s4 into the s5, or its it just not worth doing? I'm selling the s4 in the near future

Max777 · 12-02-2010, 12:17 AM

I guess what I'm trying to get at, is the attitude that it's "impossible".

My5ABaby · 12-02-2010, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Max777

I guess what I'm trying to get at, is the attitude that it's "impossible".

Nothing is impossible. It's just a lot of things aren't worth putting the time into.

joemaddox · 12-02-2010, 01:11 AM

well i am patient and have the will of a warrior so i will go through hell for it...lol...

So anyone have one or two i can buy?? lol

vex · 12-02-2010, 11:24 AM

Or just get a digi dash and a stand alone? That's my plan anyways.

12-01-2010, 06:13 AM	#1
joemaddox Hooked For Life! Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Philomath OR (five blocks long!) Posts: 137 Rep Power: 15	Basic logicon to digital logicon swap So has anyone where ever done this with success? I am going to be attempting it, but i dont want to mangle my wiring harness without knowing what i am doing first as its a rhd s5 harness and will NOT be cheap to replace! What do you guys know about this swap? Easy? Hard? Worth it? __________________ s5 Infini RHD -RIP S6 Efini RHD RE, Custom Burnout -Build in progress

12-01-2010, 09:37 AM	#2
My5ABaby Sigh..... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Murfreesboro, TN Posts: 2,377 Rep Power: 20	If you're talking about the JDM stocker digital logicon then I've only heard of it being done once on the 7 club and the person was referencing someone else doing it and had no clue how. The only thing they said was that it was very difficult and needed some sensors or something that don't come on the USDM cars. However, that's basically heresay. __________________ 1986 Sport: 132k miles, 5A (Sapphire Blue Metallic), Tokico Blues, Racing Beat Springs, Custom LED tailights (only S4 LED tails in the world), SSR Mark II, Racing Beat exhaust, S5 black interior, Rotary Resurrection rebuild at 120k miles Community Service Manual RotorWiki "Imagination costs nothing; we could build square locomotives or fly to Mars" - Felix Wankel Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the "present."

12-01-2010, 01:06 PM	#4
Max777 Pirate Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central IL Posts: 1,323 Rep Power: 19	What's interesting is that 7 owners, we do all sorts of crazy shit with the engine, yet when it comes to mods like the digital logicon, we give up and say it's too hard. Honda and Nissan owners on the other hand, thrive on mods like this, and from what I've read, for them it isn't much easier to do. I just wanted to put this out there.... __________________ Rotaries:They are NOT that complicated!

12-01-2010, 05:51 PM	#8
RotorDad Big Ugly Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Fredericksburg, Va Posts: 591 Rep Power: 17	Wouldn't mind having one myself, but I don't see myself ever having the patience to install it. __________________ *Boosted Big Body On 335's* PS3 ID: Rotordad 1986 Mazda RX7 GXL - Street ported 13BT, Haltech, 62mm, ect. 2006 MazdaSpeed 6 - Eagle, Wiseco, Cobb, ect.

12-02-2010, 12:17 AM	#10
Max777 Pirate Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central IL Posts: 1,323 Rep Power: 19	I guess what I'm trying to get at, is the attitude that it's "impossible". __________________ Rotaries:They are NOT that complicated!

12-01-2010, 07:15 PM	#9
Mazdabater FC3S Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Townsville, QLD, AUS Posts: 326 Rep Power: 15	On a side note in this thread, I have a jdm s5 and a jdm s4. The s4 has the digital climate control and my s5 does not. Would it be possible for me to put everything for the climate control from the s4 into the s5, or its it just not worth doing? I'm selling the s4 in the near future

12-02-2010, 01:11 AM	#12
joemaddox Hooked For Life! Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Philomath OR (five blocks long!) Posts: 137 Rep Power: 15	well i am patient and have the will of a warrior so i will go through hell for it...lol... So anyone have one or two i can buy?? lol __________________ s5 Infini RHD -RIP S6 Efini RHD RE, Custom Burnout -Build in progress

12-02-2010, 11:24 AM	#13
vex RCC Loves Me Not You Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Influx. Posts: 2,113 Rep Power: 19	Or just get a digi dash and a stand alone? That's my plan anyways. __________________ The Official FC Radiator Thread My Project Thread: Cerberus CCVT Virginia Rotary Group