Hvac digital conversion?

[WeeYari]

It was done by a Canadian owner several years back. Unfortunately the whole thing was documented on the now defunct microimage site.

If I recall, one of the biggest issues was replacing all the vents with new ones that had actuators on them.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by WeeYari

It was done by a Canadian owner several years back. Unfortunately the whole thing was documented on the now defunct microimage site.

If I recall, one of the biggest issues was replacing all the vents with new ones that had actuators on them.

I did the conversion for him. He had to order quite a few parts from Japan, and had to move the servos over from the Japanese airbox to the USDM one (as they are mirror images of each other). He didn't import a fan with the electronic speed control, so I also had to reverse engineer the protocol between the JDM HVAC ECU and make a microcontroller based speed controller for the stock fan. Here's a video of me testing the functionality before shipping it to him:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbInNKKEwFc

[miiser]

Originally Posted by CTScott

I did the conversion for him. He had to order quite a few parts from Japan, and had to move the servos over from the Japanese airbox to the USDM one (as they are mirror images of each other). He didn't import a fan with the electronic speed control, so I also had to reverse engineer the protocol between the JDM HVAC ECU and make a microcontroller based speed controller for the stock fan. Here's a video of me testing the functionality before shipping it to him:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbInNKKEwFc

I wish it was just a plug and go thing :( why so much work for something like that. Really. The way it looks, it's easier to build my build my own a/c into the car from the scratch than all of this.
At the end of the day everything has a reason. Do you want digital hvac? Ok order the car with them on it and pay +1000 € for this extra. Damn...

Your work is impressive. Good job


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