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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:20 pm 
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For about the last 6 months I've been running a shift kit in my EF that I made...

The way I designed it is so you don't need a switch to turn it on and off...
When putting around town shifts are normal, but when your throttle exceeds a level determined by the user, the shift kit enables and provides a firmer shift, back off the throttle and the kit switches back to stock shift...

Reason I made this post is i hadn't seen anything like this on the market, I'll probably be looking at selling this kit as I am selling my EF (just bought a 5sd BA XR6 :P) but i wanted to see what sort of interest there would be and was toying with the idea of making some more...

Installation of this kit is as basic as installing a shiftkits.com.au one, only with 1 more wire...

Let me know you're thoughts...

 

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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:25 pm 
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thats a brilliant idea, well done. 99% of the time you only want that when you are giving it some anyway

 

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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:48 am 
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sounds alright if its proven and tested
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:45 am 
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just a modified switch to the accel pedal?

 

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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:53 am 
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just beware that if it switches on / off too regularly, or if it switches on /off during a shift, it can make it go into limp mode
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:29 pm 
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thats a top idea mate, hope you can make yourself some money, good luck to you.

I personally would only have the shift kit activated at full throttle, that way it wont be turning on and off all the time
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:03 pm 
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MoNGooSE wrote:
sounds alright if its proven and tested

Its been working fine for me, and thats been at least 6 months of use...

Disco Frank wrote:
just a modified switch to the accel pedal?

Nah no switches need to be fitted at all... just 4 wires (+12v, Ground and 2 wires from the ECU)


66 coupe wrote:
just beware that if it switches on / off too regularly, or if it switches on /off during a shift, it can make it go into limp mode

I was thinking the same thing and was worried this would happen, but i've never had my car in limp mode...

 

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