Discussion
i am thinking of buying a jap import cooper spi around 1996 and pinch all the air con parts from it for my rover mini cabriolet. i can do this myself, but, does anyone know what i do about the ECU? has the ECU got anything to do with controlling the air con? if so, if i use the jap one, with it alter the engine controls? all help gratefully welcome.
The Engine ECU will have a signal from the compressor for sure (to control the Compressor clutch), probably to give an idle "jack" (A raise in rpm/fuelling) at idle or low rpm to compensate for the extra loading on the engine that the A/C compressor will exert.
To ensure no intergration problems you'll do best to graft the whole 1996 jap spec spi powertrain, inc loom into the cabrio... A load of work.
A Cabrio....???
How about take the roof down for the fully air-conditioned experience....
To ensure no intergration problems you'll do best to graft the whole 1996 jap spec spi powertrain, inc loom into the cabrio... A load of work.
A Cabrio....???
How about take the roof down for the fully air-conditioned experience....
there is a guy in bradford who has just imported a load of jap spec late stuff with air con.....
some nice looking cars, very busy under the engine bay, and dont forget that the inner wings and bulkhead are different on the jap spec models for all the extra pipes, rads and fans to fit!
not a easy job............................
some nice looking cars, very busy under the engine bay, and dont forget that the inner wings and bulkhead are different on the jap spec models for all the extra pipes, rads and fans to fit!
not a easy job............................
erm.........
">www.importedjapminis.com..........
dunno,
i can find a phone number tomorrow, or if you let me know your email i can email you about 20 photos of the four (i think) cars he had. some nice snaps of the aircon
">www.importedjapminis.com..........
dunno,
i can find a phone number tomorrow, or if you let me know your email i can email you about 20 photos of the four (i think) cars he had. some nice snaps of the aircon
i take the cab abroad a lot, so the conversion appeals. a reliable source tells me the ECU on the jap mini copper differs only in the way it controls the air con, not the fueling or the ignition of the engine. but i need to know 100% this is the case. i have also found out that MPi minis never went to japan, SPi only till the end, so any jap import copper with injection will do. i think it should be a fairly simple swop over job between the two cars. only problem i can of in the future is what if the ECU goes bang? where do i get one from!
dave
m.p.i's with air con where sold in japan, normally with auto's.
this confuses people as the rad is on the side, so they look like s.p.i's - and leads to a good pub question of 'what years did rover stop using side mounted rads'? - fools will answer 1996, look smug and say 'actually........'
m.p.i's with air con where sold in japan, normally with auto's.
this confuses people as the rad is on the side, so they look like s.p.i's - and leads to a good pub question of 'what years did rover stop using side mounted rads'? - fools will answer 1996, look smug and say 'actually........'
guru, thanks for your input. the link your posted does not work. have you got the other pix yet? with regards to the MPi in japan, according to some rover records i have dug up, japan continued with SPi until exports there finished in 1999. however, from 1997 the distributor was removed and the quad coil fitted, as MPi in the uk. as you say, the side rad stayed to the end in japan.
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