More tuning support for FR-S / BRZ - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

scmil95eg · 10-03-2013, 03:50 PM

HKS sent me a new toy to play with.

The F-Con IS is a piggy-back ECU designed to work in conjunction with the OEM ECU. The benefit is stand-alone-like control while retaining all the original OEM vehicle functions. The stock calibration is never modified, the ECU signals are intercepted *after* the stock ECU allowing the tuner to manipulate them as desired. HKS (will) provide a complete jumper harness to make the installation as close to plug-n-play as possible.

I'm running tests for final cals on US 93 & 91 octane gas (they use 100 oct. in Japan). When I was in Japan in January, I was factory trained on the F-Con VPro ver 4.+ but this is my first experience with the F-Con IS. So far, I likey likey!

It's too early to talk about US retail pricing and I don't have anything to do with sales anyway. Just want to let the FR-S / BRZ community know that someone else is working for you. More details will be divulged soon. Trying to upload pic now...

scmil95eg · 10-03-2013, 03:54 PM

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IceFyre13th · 10-03-2013, 04:34 PM

for those who want to know what this is

http://www.hks-power.co.jp/en/produc.../is/index.html

King Tut · 10-03-2013, 04:42 PM

Oh noes. Competition for Hydra it would appear.

vgi · 10-03-2013, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by King Tut

Oh noes. Competition for Hydra it would appear.

looks like more to the unichip?

ML · 10-03-2013, 05:16 PM

From the site:

Quote:

HKS "F-CON iS" is a piggy-back ECU for fuel and ignition management as well as new features.

scmil95eg · 10-03-2013, 05:27 PM

Correct - this won't modify any paramater of the OEM calibration.

King Tut · 10-03-2013, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by vgi

looks like more to the unichip?

. All I read was stand alone "like" capability and saw the OEM like looking connectors.

Zach3794 · 10-03-2013, 06:01 PM

It looks pretty, that's all that counts!

Calum · 10-03-2013, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by King Tut

. All I read was stand alone "like" capability and saw the OEM like looking connectors.

Me too my friend.

Glad to see more products in this space, as more competition is always good. Good luck with the product, @scmil95eg. Would you be willing to put that this is a piggy back in the first post, please? There's plenty of market for this product, adding a more accurate description will only help target your audience better.

SloS14 · 10-03-2013, 09:59 PM

Speaking of piggybacks, anyone try and AEM F/IC? I had one on a Miata and it was great.

ciro · 10-03-2013, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by SloS14

Speaking of standalone, anyone try and AEM F/IC? I had one on a Miata and it was great.

i dont believe it can do both direct and port injection at this time.

SloS14 · 10-04-2013, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by ciro

i dont believe it can do both direct and port injection at this time.

Very good point.

scmil95eg · 10-04-2013, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Calum

@scmil95eg. Would you be willing to put that this is a piggy back in the first post, please? There's plenty of market for this product, adding a more accurate description will only help target your audience better.

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scmil95eg Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: '95 delSol, '13 EvoX, '14 Leaf Location: miserable mitten Posts: 59 Thanks: 0 Thanked 48 Times in 26 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	More tuning support for FR-S / BRZ HKS sent me a new toy to play with. The F-Con IS is a piggy-back ECU designed to work in conjunction with the OEM ECU. The benefit is stand-alone-like control while retaining all the original OEM vehicle functions. The stock calibration is never modified, the ECU signals are intercepted after the stock ECU allowing the tuner to manipulate them as desired. HKS (will) provide a complete jumper harness to make the installation as close to plug-n-play as possible. I'm running tests for final cals on US 93 & 91 octane gas (they use 100 oct. in Japan). When I was in Japan in January, I was factory trained on the F-Con VPro ver 4.+ but this is my first experience with the F-Con IS. So far, I likey likey! It's too early to talk about US retail pricing and I don't have anything to do with sales anyway. Just want to let the FR-S / BRZ community know that someone else is working for you. More details will be divulged soon. Trying to upload pic now... Last edited by scmil95eg; 10-04-2013 at 09:43 AM.

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scmil95eg Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: '95 delSol, '13 EvoX, '14 Leaf Location: miserable mitten Posts: 59 Thanks: 0 Thanked 48 Times in 26 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Correct - this won't modify any paramater of the OEM calibration. Last edited by scmil95eg; 10-04-2013 at 09:44 AM.

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