VPC HardWire-'87/'88 ECU & Dipswitch Settings

There are two major reasons for hardwiring the installation of the HKS VPC: People purchase VPCs without the required interfacing harness. To forego additional harness mass, & the impedance mismatching that occurs. I have the necessary harness, so the reason behind this painstaking documentation of the hardwire was due to the latter. The hardwire diagrams depicted are as accurate as could be determined from reverse engineering the VPC harness, & careful examination of all related OEM wiring. Understand that I cannot be held liable if you use this information; whether it contains errata, or not.

VPC Harness Photos

The infamous VPC harness, showing the resistor-side up. The F-Con harness can be seen toward the top of the photo.

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The infamous VPC harness; VPC headunit wiring side up. The F-Con harness can be seen toward the top of the photo.

Harness W ire Colors for the OEM 24-pin *R* Connector

Image depicts the OPEN side of the connector. If confused, refer to the wire colors to verify. Pinout # 3 4 5 13 15 24 Color Blue/Red Stripe Red/Black Stripe Light Green [or Blue]* Black/Red Stripe Light Blue/Red Stripe Brown

*This wire could be interpreted as either Light Green, or Light Blue, depending on the person look ing at it.

Harness W ire Colors for the OEM 18-pin *T* Connector

Image depicts the OPEN side of the connector. If confused, refer to the wire colors to verify. Pinout # 3 Color Light Blue/Brown Spots

Diagram of VPC Harness W iring to ECU Harness

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ECU Connectors, viewed from the rear These are the VPC's wire colors & their corresponding location on the ECU connectors, labeled connectors 'R' & 'T' in the TSRM. The wires coming from the VPC simply get spliced into the wires indicated by the pinouts. Use whichever splicing method you prefer, but I recommend soldering. Before you begin the wiring process, see the resistor diagram in the next section below. Splicing of the Black/Brown Spots VPC wire needs to be done before the resistors. VPC Wire Harness Color Red/Black Spots Gray/Brown Spots Black/Brown Spots White/Brown Spots TO 24-pin *R* Connector 24-pin *R* Connector 24-pin *R* Connector 18-pin *T* Connector Pinout # 13 15 24 3 ECU Harness Wire Color Black/Red Stripe Light Blue/Red Stripe Brown Light Blue/Brown Spots

Diagram of Resistors in the VPC Harness

Note #1: The tolerance stripe on the resistors is gold; IE, go for the gold! Note #2: The Black/Brown Spots VPC wire gets spliced in before the resistors.

Note #3: Wires at Pinout #4 [Red/Black stripe], & pinout #5 [Light Green] are cut; IE, they no longer provide signal to the ECU. Be sure to leave sufficient excess on the connector side to enable wiring in of the resistors. This diagram depicts the resistors that are placed in the wiring between the harness & the ECU connector. Why does it look like a cluster fu<#? The most commonly held belief is due to the exclusion of the High Altitude Compensation [HAC] component of the engine management. The '89+ ECUs, have the HAC integral to the ECU, which means a hardwire to that version of ECU is more straightforward. There is a resistor, but only 1,
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instead of 3. If I ever get the diagrams for hardwiring the VPC to the newer ECU, I'll be sure to update this page. NOTE the orientation of the stripes. I don't think there's polarity in resistors, but don't tempt fate- orient them as they appear. At least 2 of them are the same kind of resistor. AND, they are a LIGHT tan base color, not dark as in the pic; if that makes a difference. I studied the thing long & hard, since I'd like to dump the harness myself, so you can rest assured...I looked at it LONG & HARD before I drew it up as shown here.

VPC Internal Dipswitch Settings

This pic shows the internal dipswitch settings for the VPC, regardless of what year Supra you run. Thanks go to Stanward Oshiro for the pic.

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Last Update: 02/09/2002 Author: Lawrence K Anderson Jr Powered by: Notepad

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