Vehicle Installation Notes

Document Number DVIN0003

Title Ford Focus ST170
Approved By
Revision Date Prepared By Change History
1 01/12/2004 MM

Introduction
This document outlines the installation of an M400 ECU into a 2003 Ford ST170 Focus. This car was
prepared to run in the GT Production class, where the original loom must remain as it came from
the factory, although it can be modified within 100mm of the ECU connector. The ECU wiring
installation was in a piggy-back (“T” loom) mode due to the body control functions of the factory
ECU. It is also recommended that a similar setup is used on a road car.

Vehicle Details
Make: Ford
Model: Focus ST170
Body Code:
Year: 2003
Engine: Duratec (Zetec with Variable inlet cam timing)
Injectors: 14ohm
Firing Order: 1,3,4,2

Parts required
Quantity Description Part Number Notes
1 M400 ECU 13004
1 34 pin M800 connector 65044
1 26 pin M800 connector 65045
2 12 pin DTM Female 68058
1 12 pin DTM Male 68059
2 8 pin DTM Male 68061
2 8 pin DTM Female 68060
3 6 pin DTM Female 68056
2 6 pin DTM Male 68057
1 Bosch 200 module 41200
1 Module connector 65010

M800 Start up file

Available from the Intranet – Ford ST170 Focus Start up.e21

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Engine Special features

The Focus engine has a variable Inlet cam and variable intake runner length. The cam is controlled
by a simple variable duty cycle oil control valve. The variable intake runner length is controlled by
a motor that pulls a lever that rotates intake runner extensions into place as below. A spring returns
the runner extensions for hi RPM/load running.

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ECU Wiring

A CONNECTOR ENGINE: 2L "Duratec" (Aust. Spec.)

M800 pin OEM Description Comments Wire Color P-BACK

A1 83 AUX 2 IDLE CONTROL (CUT) VIOLET M12-2
A2 5V ENGINE
A3 26 IGN 1 EXTERNAL MODULE ORANGE M12-9
A4 52 IGN 2 EXTERNAL MODULE YELLOW M12-10
A5 IGN 3
A6 IGN 4
A7 IGN 5
A8 IGN 6
A9
A10 24 GROUND SPLICE BLACK F6-5
A11 25 GROUND SPLICE BLACK F6-6
A12 8V ENGINE POWER
A13 8V AUX POWER
A14 89 AV 1 TPS (SPLICE) GREEN F6-2
A15 9 AV 2 BAP (SPLICE) VIOLET F6-3
A16 88 AV 3 AFM (SPLICE) BLUE F6-4
A17 37 AV 4 FUEL PRESS (SPLICE) BROWN F8-1
A18 45 AUX 1 CAN TIMING SOL (CUT) ORANGE M12-10
A19 70 INJ 1 CYL 1 (CUT) GREY M12-5
A20 20 INJ 2 CYL 3 (CUT) VIOLET M12-6
A21 95 INJ 3 CYL 4 (CUT) BLUE M12-7
A22 96 INJ 4 CYL 2 (CUT) YELLOW M12-8
A23 12 AUX 3 MANIFOLD FLAP (CUT) BROWN M12-4
A24 ext AUX 4 LAMBDA HEATER GREY
A25 39 AV 5 AT (SPLICE) GREY F8-4
A26 71 12V POWER SPLICE RED F6-1
A27 INJ 5
A28 INJ 6
A29 INJ 7
A30 INJ 8
A31 AUX 5
A32 AUX 6
A33 AUX 7
A34 AUX 8

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B CONNECTOR
M800 pin OEM DESCRIPTION COMMENTS Wire Color P-BACK
B1 21 REF MAG FALL (SPLICE) WHITE F8-2
B2 85 SYNC MAG FALL (SPLICE) WHITE F8-3
B3 AT 1
B4 AT 2
B5 AT 3
B6 AT 4
B7 AT 5
B8 58 DIG 1 SPEED (SPLICE) BLUE F8-6
B9 DIG 2
B10 31 DIG 3 POWER STEER (SPLICE) YELLOW F8-7
B11 DIG 4
B12 LA2S
B13 LA2P
B14 0V COMMS
B15 0V AUX POWER
B16 0V ENGINE
B17 RS232 Tx
B18 RS232 Rx
B19 AT 6
B20 38 AV 6 ET (SPLICE) VIOLET F8-5
B21 AV 7
B22 AV 8
B23 Can HI
B24 Can LO
B25 LA1S
B26 LA1P

CAN
M800 PIN CAN PLUG DESCRIPTION
A13 3 8V AUX POWER
B14 1 0V COMMS
B23 5 Can HI
B24 4 Can LO

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The diagram above shows the connection instructions for adding the M400 “T” loom into the
modified factory loom, the external lambda is not shown in this view. The “T” parts of the M400
loom (M6/F6 and M8/F8) contain all the spliced connections and the other connector (M12) is for
the cut wires (injectors, ignition, cam control etc). The installation is reversible so that the M400 can
be installed in another car at a later stage without affecting the first.

Sensor Calibration
The sensors that needed to be calibrated were the air temperature and coolant temperature. It
must be noted that the air and water sensor calibrations below are for sensors piggy-backed into
AV inputs on an M800. Resistive circuit type sensors (temperature sensors usually) cannot be spliced
into AT inputs due to the internal pull-up resistor in the M800, splicing into an AV eliminates this
problem although a custom calibration has to be made with the sensor attached to the complete
vehicle loom.

Air Temp Calibration (AV piggy-back)

°C -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
A/D 1700 1500 1330 1230 1070 930 750 555 490 415 267 212 167
°C 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200
A/D 137 118 82 63 47 30 25 22 20 18 16 14 12

Water/Engine Temp Calibration (AV piggy-back)

°C -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
A/D 1100 1040 940 850 760 670 550 482 350 312 256 213 162
°C 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200
A/D 124 92 69 59 51 42 34 25 20 17 15 13 11

Fuel Pressure Calibration (AV piggy-back)

kPa 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240
A/D 109 142 175 209 242 276 309 343 377 411 444 478 512
kPa 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 400 420 440 460 480 500
A/D 546 579 613 647 681 714 748 782 812 847 883 918 953
The MAF sensor was not put on a flow bench to determine an exact calibration. Throttle position is
a simple standard non-linear calibration.

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ECU Parameters
Main Setup
Name Abbreviation Value
Injector Scaling IJPU 15
Injector Current IJCU 0
Injector Battery Comp Ijbc 4
Efficiency Calc Method EFF 1
Load Calc Method LOAd 1
Load Sites Selection Ld S -1
Number of Cylinders CYLS 4
Ref / Sync Mode rEF 41
Crank Ref Teeth cr T 36
Tooth Ratio Tor 42
Crank Index Position criP 440
Ignition Type ign 1
Number of Coils COIL 2
Ignition Dwell Time dELL 3
Ignition Delay Time dLY 40

Ref/Sync Sensor Setup

Name Value
Ref Type 2
Ref Edge 0
Ref Filter 1
Ref Trigger Level 1.2
Sync Type 2
Sync Edge 0
Sync Filter 1.5
Sync Trigger Level 0

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Auxiliary Output Settings

Auxiliary 1: Variable Inlet Cam Timing Control
Function 117
Source Channel 1
Proportional Gain 2.00
Integral Gain 0.5
Derivative Gain 0.08
Dead Band 0.3
Y Axis 1
Frequency 300
Polarity 0
Lo Limit 35
Hi Limit 55

Auxiliary 2: Idle Control

Function 2
Idle Speed 850
Proportional Gain 18
Integral Gain 50
Derivative Gain 38
Anti Stall Gain 30
Air Con Duty Inc 0
Integration Limit 35
Frequency 1000
Minimum Duty Cycle 15
Maximum Duty Cycle 90

Auxiliary 3: Variable Intake Length

Function 3
X Axis 1
Y Axis 1
PWM/ Switched 1
Polarity 0
Frequency 0
Minimum Duty 0
Maximum Duty 0

* Note: Development vehicle had a broken manifold actuator so its effect on power was not able
to be tested. It was reported that the factory ECU swapped from long to short runners at 6000rpm.

Auxiliary 4: Lambda Heater Control

Function 9
Lambda Sensor 1

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