auto/manual ecu

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auto/manual ecu

Post by doingitsideways » Sun Aug 02, 2015 8:45 am

I'm considering a manual conversion.

The car has a Robou ecu, so I was wandering if there's any difference in the ecu, or will I have to make any other changes?
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Re: auto/manual ecu

Post by glasgowjim » Sun Aug 02, 2015 11:02 pm

steve is it a 2ltr NA car if so read off the serial/part number off of the ECU and post up here.

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Re: auto/manual ecu

Post by doingitsideways » Sun Aug 02, 2015 11:46 pm

Sorry Jim, I'm talking about the 460T.

Turbo and currently auto, looking to convert to manual. Also Roboumodded, don't know what effect that may have.

Hopefully, The Oracle himself will be along to enlighten us with his wisdom :)
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Re: auto/manual ecu

Post by Robou » Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:14 pm

Can't resist. Same ECU is used in both manual and automatic. Ignore the switches under the selector, my mod controls torque in a different way.
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Re: auto/manual ecu

Post by doingitsideways » Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:45 pm

Thanks, R-Oracle-Bou :)

Although, switches under the selector?
Not stripped the car down yet, but if I find any, I'll ignore them :)

I only asked in the OP because I seem to remember reading something about one pin going to ground on manuals, providing more torque or something.

Could be talking crap.
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Re: auto/manual ecu

Post by Robou » Tue Aug 04, 2015 10:20 pm

Less torque in reverse. Switch under the gear shift. I bet you guessed that.
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