page_title: Lucas 14CUX
section_title: Hardware
hierarchical_section_title: Lucas 14CUX / Hardware
caption_attribution_description: Range Rover 3.9 V8 engine
context_page_description: The Lucas 14CUX is an automotive electronic fuel injection system developed by Lucas Industries and fitted to the Rover V8 engine in Land Rover vehicles between 1990 and 1995. The system was also paired with the Rover V8 by a number of low-volume manufacturers such as TVR, Marcos, Ginetta, and Morgan.
  The system is also sometimes referred to as the "Rover Hot-Wire" or "Hitachi Hot-Wire", in reference to the style of airflow sensor it uses.
context_section_description: The engine control unit (ECU) of the 14CUX system is run by a Motorola MC6803U4 8-bit microprocessor, which is an uncommon variant of the otherwise ubiquitous 6803. The processor is mislabelled in the ECU, possibly to deter any reverse engineering efforts. The 14CUX determines fueling values for each bank of the V8 separately, which requires the use of two dedicated timer outputs for independent control of the fuel injectors. This requirement helped to drive the selection of the MC6803U4 part, which has three timer outputs available (in contrast to the single timer output on the standard 6803.)
  Minor design updates were made to the ECU through its life, with the earlier units given the part-number prefix "PRC" and the later units "AMR".
  The code and data used by the microprocessor is stored in either a 27C128 or 27C256 EPROM (depending on the revision of the ECU), which is soldered in place on most PRC units and socketed in some late PRC units as well as AMR units. Only half of the 32KB PROM space is used, so the code/data image appears twice, duplicated in the upper half.
caption: A Rover V8 3.9L engine fitted with the 14CUX system
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