i know their are man/auto's and other types of trans that allow an auto to shift at the drivers will, but is their anyway you can tap into the ecu of our auto to allow us to make a device that will let us upshift or downshift when we want to? the old vw's ,like beetle's, had a weird trans that when u let off the gas you could shift. any on an electrical engineer that can clear this up?

 

http://www2.atdsm.com:88/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=209
http://www2.atdsm.com:88/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=582

 

wow. all i can say is damn. thank you for those links. thats a huge help. i would like to see someone start on a project like that us. does the es have a cruise control lever as well? but just not have the function? it would be nice to be able to shift gears like a manual.

 

just shift the shifter yourself, start in 1, then move it to 2 etc.

 

that's not particularly the best way.

 

thats not the way i was talking about. the tcugo was just what i was looking for. to bypass the functions of the tcu and allow the driver to choose their shift points, either by shifting at those points, or making new shift pionts. going from different gear settings is kinda ghetto. not flaming you, but that wasnt what i was after.