sadly for us here in australia the market is too small and then the people who have 451s arent into modding them..
even the uk seems very slack, but im hoping the US willkick things along.....
sadly for you guys you dont get the turbo, your really missing out, cant wait till you finally do get it though as the aftermarket and tuning side of things will really kick of then, but till then we just have to wait..
anyways... faster gearshift? a remap wont make the gearshift faster, BUT... there is a company in italy that sell the software to be able to reprogram the gearbox so you can do as you please with it, much faster changes, alter the clutch point etc... who knows whatever really... thing is the large $$$ outlay, but in the US im sure you'd be able to get hundreds of ppl interested in it and that'd bring the cost right down.... then we can all benefit... how about it :D
even the uk seems very slack, but im hoping the US willkick things along.....
sadly for you guys you dont get the turbo, your really missing out, cant wait till you finally do get it though as the aftermarket and tuning side of things will really kick of then, but till then we just have to wait..
anyways... faster gearshift? a remap wont make the gearshift faster, BUT... there is a company in italy that sell the software to be able to reprogram the gearbox so you can do as you please with it, much faster changes, alter the clutch point etc... who knows whatever really... thing is the large $$$ outlay, but in the US im sure you'd be able to get hundreds of ppl interested in it and that'd bring the cost right down.... then we can all benefit... how about it :D
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I am in the UK.
as was said above.
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Permalink Reply by jackb on -
Hi Ian,
Can you give some indication of what degree of shift speed reduction and any other gear change performance improvements your gearbox ECU remap will provide?
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Dino , when did you remove the gearbox ecu and remap it?
What programmer did you use?
Who did the hardware and software changes on the gearbox ECU?????
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I was at the dealer today. Asked the service department about the ECU. They gave me a checklist they go through at time of car prep. It only has one ECU listed that also controls the gear box. The Smart in USA has one ECU not two. I found the ECU as the dealer said behind the passenger seat. Did not see a second unit there.
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The ECU located behind passenger . One unit that I un pluged and got it remaped by chiptune. Shifting got faster. Only one not 2 units.
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There is NO gearbox ECU when I asked my smart dealer.
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That is what I was told. Big can be mixed up?
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Funny funny Andy :)
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Maybe he is..... My dealer was completely unaware of a second ECU and told me there was only 1.
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