Can anyone let me know if these are both Unichip devices, I know the one with the sticker is but can anyone let me know the one in the second picture is. I see no difference except the one in the second has a grey wire coming off the right hand side and the other has both coming from the same side.

Thanks for all your help.

 

The second pic looks like an older model Unichip.

 

Thanks MIA, that is what I thought and I was hoping one of the older members would reply . I am guessing that they can both be tuned with the same software though? The reason why I am asking is that the tuner who is installing it is stating that his system is not recognizing the Unichip....maybe not a good tuner for this piggy back system.

Oh this is not on my car, I sold it to another member and he is the one who is running into this issue.

 

Actually it can't be tuned with the same software. The older style Unichip in the second pic uses a DOS based tuning program that requires Windows 95 or older to run. The first pic is a Unichip GP series which uses a newer interface cable and tuning software that runs on Win2K/XP.

 

Great thanks for all the info.

 

No worries...

 

The first picture is a 350Z Unichip from Unichip. The second pic is the Unichip included with the APS turbo kits. The grey wire is the shielded crank angle wire that APS includes in their turbo kits.

 

^^ I agree and they are both older "classic" unichips not the newer "Q"

 

Thanks to all, last question I promise, can both Unichips be used on an NA car, I know of 5 people who have them in G35's and have no FI but plenty of bolt ons.

 

Their functionality may be the same but the GP series is a much newer model then the older one from the APS kit. Tuning software and interface cables are all different.

 

Not different, same cables and software, only one that takes different cables and software is the Q and neither one of those is a Q

 

Thats interesting. I know the GP series uses a different tuning program for sure as I have modified the tune on one personally. Although now that I think about it I don't recall if it was a GP series for sure. I could have sworn it needed a different cable too.

 

Well I have not paid attention to the series of the Unichips we have tuned were but they have been Unichips that come with the APS kits, US Unichips on 350Z's and Mazdas in addition to the Q version and we only have two sets of cables and two software programs.

Actually the cable for the Q is just an adapter cable we still use the original cable and tuning boxes just add the adapter cable to be able to connect to the Q. When I went to Unichip training there was never mention of a third set of cables or a third software.

 

Thats what I'm getting at. The Unichip Q and Unichip GP series use the newer software and cables. The older Unichip like the one that comes in the APS kit uses the old DOS based tuning software.

 

The GP Series is the older Unichip and the Q is the newer, you can easily tell the older from the newer Q, the older has the white plugs and the Q has black plugs.

 

Maybe its just the Z GP series then because the GP series I worked on for the tC had white plugs and couple brownish looking plugs as well. It used WinXp for its tuning software and a different cable then the one used on the older APS style Unichip. The casing, connectors, and software were all different then the APS Uniship I looked at a few months ago.

 

I have the new unichip Q+ and you need to "cut and paste" some wires to get it plugged in. Very happy with it. Much better than the older versions. I am going to try it now on my built Z.