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New Apexi Safc II 12 point limited edition $310 shipped.

That's the one I'll get.

eBay? Good deal! Just saw that there where some limiteds in the US still.

STAZI - I shipped the SAFC-2 as of 11AM Pacific. PM'd you the tracking #. ETA - Wednesday.

Any progress?

I think stazi's got it all figured out - he said he's shipping mine back soon.

Good! I ordered my SAFC II LE lastnight. I won't have to install it for about a month, but I hope the revised "how-to" makes it out by then.....

Only difference to the 1st generation S-AFC is the extra Purple wire for the knock sensor. You tap that into Pin 57.

Now, how you use this knock feature is beyond me, as I have yet to see a manual, other than in Japanese, and I can't figure it out in my coconut.

The new unit is sweet though, very cool looking, with a few different monitoring options and an extra TF&TF style screen monitoring screen.

The only thing I didn't like about it is the way you navigate through the screens with the joystick, it's super sensitive and does about a million things so you can jump all over the place if you're not careful.

All the same, I might get one when the prices drop a bit, and better info (in English)is available on them, to help tune it better......

I put mine in my SE this past weekend. When I got to the purple wire, WOW no wire on pin 57! Does only the SVT have a knock sensor?

I doubt it..... Make sure you are counting the pins right. The number go from right to left and when you get to the end of the row, they start up again on the otherside, up a row.

From what I know, the looms in all V6 Contiques are identical, provided your car is OBDII (EEC-V).

Is the SAFC fully functionable on our cars, or are there "controls" that we will not be able to use? I thought I remember reading somewhere that some tuners are not fully functional on the contours.

It's fully functional. All it does is bastardize the MAF signal to trick the ECU into adding more or less fuel, as you desire.