Auto gearbox modification

[daithediver]

Planning to get in the same state myself in a bit,waiting for the missus to disappear into the bathroom before I open a bottle of cab sauv,you know it goes off if you don`t drink it all in one go.

[BUSHWHACKER]

You'll have to shout louder, he's probably drunk in TonyN's back yard.

[daithediver]

Hi Apache,been reading this thread with interest,just wodering if you have made any further progress.

[Apache]

I was actually considering multiplying up the pulse frequency from the speed sensors (there's two of them both feed the ECU) and fooling the car into thinking its going faster than it really is - which is what you were vaguely alluding to - but that would then throw out the speedo too, and would only give you lock-up in OD.

Believe me, I'm not someone who looks for the hardest way of doing something, and the way I'm looking at is the simplest (foolproof) way of doing it that I can see.

Must sort out my scratching post, Vicki's sick of the damage to the furniture

[MattF]

- no scratching, hitting below the belt and no tickling

That's just ruled all of Apache's tactics out then.

[That Ruddy Squirrel]

How does the existing system work?




You're now owed one bitch slap and a whack with the 2"x4". Get some new rope on your scratching post, btw.

ding ding - round 1, we want you to come out fighting - no scratching, hitting above the belt and no tickling

[MattF]

OK Matt... as this project will potentially benefit lots of people on here, fancy fleshing out your approach with some diagrams? As I said, engineers tend to 'tunnel vision' on a single solution - your fresh eyes could improve things.

How does the existing system work?

I doubt it, but you never know

You're now owed one bitch slap and a whack with the 2"x4". Get some new rope on your scratching post, btw.

[Apache]

OK Matt... as this project will potentially benefit lots of people on here, fancy fleshing out your approach with some diagrams? As I said, engineers tend to 'tunnel vision' on a single solution - your fresh eyes could improve things.









I doubt it, but you never know

[MattF]

Do I need to simplify it for you mate?

So... you press the switch, and a little man in the wire runs along to a chip (full of little men with calculators)...

Alright then matey, I'll rephrase. My alternate approach would make some of those 'peculiarities' you have noted nonexistent. Plus, you wouldn't need safety overrides, i.e: the brake light override. One approach may trash your box, one won't. Guess which?

[Apache]

Ah, but neither should one create a highly technical approach

Do I need to simplify it for you mate?

So... you press the switch, and a little man in the wire runs along to a chip (full of little men with calculators)...

[That Ruddy Squirrel]

Oh, you is gonna get such a bitch slap for comparing me to a project manager, matey.

[BUSHWHACKER]

Oh, you is gonna get such a bitch slap for comparing me to a project manager, matey.

[MattF]

Its the kind of thing I got used to Project Managers saying Matt.

Oh, you is gonna get such a bitch slap for comparing me to a project manager, matey.

You know, people who talk first then think about the technicalities later?

Ah, but neither should one create a highly technical approach first and then have to trim it back to bare minimum afterwards. Start simplistic and then add the necessary extras if or when needed. Not that I'm suggesting you may have taken the overkill approach, mind........................

[Apache]

Its the kind of thing I got used to Project Managers saying Matt.

You know, people who talk first then think about the technicalities later?

[MattF]

Hahahaha!! Yeah right, you still 'dicking' around with your website?

Oh, alright then. Simplicity would be my middle name if I could stop arsing around with stuff and making it ten times more complex than it needs to be. They do say it's the thought which counts though.