So this is my first time actually working on a car myself. I read a lot of good things about the JB4 and was pretty excited to find that it works with the Veloster N. I've never installed anything like this before and considering there is little to no info about the Veloster N out there I was kinda worried I would mess something up. It was actually much easier than I thought.
Since there isn't much info out there for installing one of these in the Veloster N, Burger themselves don't even have any info their instructions are for the Stinger, I figured I'd go ahead and post how I installed it.
First thing I did was run the OBD plug from inside my car to the engine. I know 1FastStagea and RPM8300 both ran their cable through the firewall where the hood release comes in but I wanted to do something a little less intensive and easier to remove/install. So what I did was run the cable through a little opening inside the fender into the engine bay. The photo bellow shows where the wire will be coming out.
You will see in another picture bellow that there is a hard piece of black plastic that acts as a sort of stopper between the fender and the door hinge. You'll see that you can push it aside and see right through the fender into the engine bay. So you'll push that black plastic aside and slip the small connector of the wire through the fender area and pull it out from the engine bay. From there I ran the wire under the plastic cover that goes over where the strut is bolted down (pictured above).
So with the wire in the engine bay I cleaned up the wire inside the best I could. While it's not that stealthy it is a bit easier to remove if need be. I was in a bit of a rush so I used some weatherproof gorilla tape to keep it in place for now.
I pulled out the rubber seal around the door and ran the wire under that and ran the wire into the dash and out bellow the fuse box where the OBD plug is.
After that part was done I went ahead and closed the door and locked my car with the hood open, took my keys inside my office, then waited about 10 min to make sure the computer was asleep. Then I went ahead and plugged in the MAP and TMAP sensor plugs. They were pretty easy to find after I saw what they looked like in real life.
Originally I put the JB4 between the battery and the factory air box. If you don't plan on replacing the intake then this place will work just fine. I ended up replacing my intake and decided to move my JB4 to the top of the fuse box. I bought some industrial strength Velcro strips rated for 65C and 10lbs and stuck it to the top. I've taken the JB4 on and off a few times already and it still holds up just fine.
Lastly I cheaped out and went with just the simple USB cable to hook up to my PC. I have a Surface Go so it's small enough to carry around if I want to monitor any live diagnostic stuff but since performance parts are pretty much nonexistent right now and I'm pretty new to this stuff I don't think I'll be doing much fine tuning myself so I just left the cable in the engine bay tucked behind the left headlight. So I can just pop my hood and pull the cable out and run it through the same route as the OBD cable if I need to use it in the car or just change the map/upgrade the firmware and tuck it back.
And that's it. I turned the car on(engine off), hooked up the USB to my PC, and it detected it right away! In all it took me about 2 hours but that included going over all my options for running the cable. Once I decided on that part I'd say it took me less than 30 min to get it updated and working.
So I hope anyone looking for a little guidance on how to install one of these on the Veloster N finds this helpful. Like I said I was a bit worried about doing this for the first time with such little info out there about this specific car but it really wasn't too bad.
For any of you that DO have experience with this stuff let me know if I did anything wrong or if there is something that could have been done better. I'd hate to mess my car up so any criticism or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Fuel Wire Install:
So @Maggei82 messaged me a few days ago about the fuel wire install for the JB4. They helpfully pointed me to RPM8300's blog where he had a small guide for installing the fuel wire. It was in Korean but incredibly helpful and made it much easier for me to figure out how to go about installing it. So I went ahead and hooked the wire up today and figured I'd update my post with a few pictures.
So the above image is the location of the O2 sensor you want to tap into. Specifically the red wire on that harness.
Here you can see the little red vampire tap that came with the wire. It was quite easy to get on the wire. Just unscrew the gray end and slip the wire between the little spaces then just screw the red part back onto the gray. There is a tiny little needle like point inside that should pierce the wire and tap into it.
Then unscrew the opposite red end and put the long black wire coming from the JB4 into it and carefully place the stripped end of the black wire through the red cap you just unscrewed and then into the red tap. The stripped end should be making contact with the metal inside the tap, then just screw the end back on.
Before I put the cover back on I wrapped the wire around one of the tubes that run from that side of the engine to the other to keep it away from anything too hot. I'm probably going to order a heat shield tube and put the wire inside of it just to be safe.
That's pretty much it. It was very simple to do and took all of 5 minutes after I saw the O2 sensor to tap into. Also to note that my JB4 came with the fuel wires already installed into the JB4. I know that some don't and you have to put the wire into the JB4 yourself. I didn't have to do that but from RPM8300's blog his had to be done that way and he said to put the wire into the number 20 slot on the JB4.
Again thanks to @Maggei82 for their work in finding RPM8300's blog on Naver and showing it to me!
Since there isn't much info out there for installing one of these in the Veloster N, Burger themselves don't even have any info their instructions are for the Stinger, I figured I'd go ahead and post how I installed it.
First thing I did was run the OBD plug from inside my car to the engine. I know 1FastStagea and RPM8300 both ran their cable through the firewall where the hood release comes in but I wanted to do something a little less intensive and easier to remove/install. So what I did was run the cable through a little opening inside the fender into the engine bay. The photo bellow shows where the wire will be coming out.
You will see in another picture bellow that there is a hard piece of black plastic that acts as a sort of stopper between the fender and the door hinge. You'll see that you can push it aside and see right through the fender into the engine bay. So you'll push that black plastic aside and slip the small connector of the wire through the fender area and pull it out from the engine bay. From there I ran the wire under the plastic cover that goes over where the strut is bolted down (pictured above).
So with the wire in the engine bay I cleaned up the wire inside the best I could. While it's not that stealthy it is a bit easier to remove if need be. I was in a bit of a rush so I used some weatherproof gorilla tape to keep it in place for now.
I pulled out the rubber seal around the door and ran the wire under that and ran the wire into the dash and out bellow the fuse box where the OBD plug is.
After that part was done I went ahead and closed the door and locked my car with the hood open, took my keys inside my office, then waited about 10 min to make sure the computer was asleep. Then I went ahead and plugged in the MAP and TMAP sensor plugs. They were pretty easy to find after I saw what they looked like in real life.
Originally I put the JB4 between the battery and the factory air box. If you don't plan on replacing the intake then this place will work just fine. I ended up replacing my intake and decided to move my JB4 to the top of the fuse box. I bought some industrial strength Velcro strips rated for 65C and 10lbs and stuck it to the top. I've taken the JB4 on and off a few times already and it still holds up just fine.
Lastly I cheaped out and went with just the simple USB cable to hook up to my PC. I have a Surface Go so it's small enough to carry around if I want to monitor any live diagnostic stuff but since performance parts are pretty much nonexistent right now and I'm pretty new to this stuff I don't think I'll be doing much fine tuning myself so I just left the cable in the engine bay tucked behind the left headlight. So I can just pop my hood and pull the cable out and run it through the same route as the OBD cable if I need to use it in the car or just change the map/upgrade the firmware and tuck it back.
And that's it. I turned the car on(engine off), hooked up the USB to my PC, and it detected it right away! In all it took me about 2 hours but that included going over all my options for running the cable. Once I decided on that part I'd say it took me less than 30 min to get it updated and working.
So I hope anyone looking for a little guidance on how to install one of these on the Veloster N finds this helpful. Like I said I was a bit worried about doing this for the first time with such little info out there about this specific car but it really wasn't too bad.
For any of you that DO have experience with this stuff let me know if I did anything wrong or if there is something that could have been done better. I'd hate to mess my car up so any criticism or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Fuel Wire Install:
So @Maggei82 messaged me a few days ago about the fuel wire install for the JB4. They helpfully pointed me to RPM8300's blog where he had a small guide for installing the fuel wire. It was in Korean but incredibly helpful and made it much easier for me to figure out how to go about installing it. So I went ahead and hooked the wire up today and figured I'd update my post with a few pictures.
So the above image is the location of the O2 sensor you want to tap into. Specifically the red wire on that harness.
Here you can see the little red vampire tap that came with the wire. It was quite easy to get on the wire. Just unscrew the gray end and slip the wire between the little spaces then just screw the red part back onto the gray. There is a tiny little needle like point inside that should pierce the wire and tap into it.
Then unscrew the opposite red end and put the long black wire coming from the JB4 into it and carefully place the stripped end of the black wire through the red cap you just unscrewed and then into the red tap. The stripped end should be making contact with the metal inside the tap, then just screw the end back on.
Before I put the cover back on I wrapped the wire around one of the tubes that run from that side of the engine to the other to keep it away from anything too hot. I'm probably going to order a heat shield tube and put the wire inside of it just to be safe.
That's pretty much it. It was very simple to do and took all of 5 minutes after I saw the O2 sensor to tap into. Also to note that my JB4 came with the fuel wires already installed into the JB4. I know that some don't and you have to put the wire into the JB4 yourself. I didn't have to do that but from RPM8300's blog his had to be done that way and he said to put the wire into the number 20 slot on the JB4.
Again thanks to @Maggei82 for their work in finding RPM8300's blog on Naver and showing it to me!
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