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Gootch
08-19-2004, 11:41 AM
Will the Black Top Pwer FC work with a Red Top?

If not, how can you tell when your motor was made.

thx all

proj240sx
08-19-2004, 04:54 PM
not sure if it would. i dont know if there are any different wiring on a s13 blacktop versus s13 redtop. i havent played with one. if there is you can just do a little pin changing to match with the blacktop fc. if you have a front clip check out the metal chasis plate on the firewall, you can tell from that info that year it came from. hope this helps.

TheSparo
08-19-2004, 08:21 PM
if you wired it the same as the redtop then it should not make a difference at all

nrg
08-20-2004, 05:45 PM
from what i remember. 2-5 of the wires are different. All you do is switch them around.

Gootch
08-23-2004, 05:08 PM
Yeah i must have called 20 different people for advice and no one could give me a straight answer. They reccomended that i just buy the redtop FC, but i can get a blacktop for WAY cheaper. Oh well i guess i have to just cough up more money 'cause a few who i talked to said "you will wish you hadn't done that if it doesnt work correctly, cause problems like that are a pain to diagnose." So meh....
Thx to all who replied.