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Make your 960 ridiculous: Put some paddle shifters on it!

I was thinkin maybe you could make a little LED panel with numbered faces to show you what gear you're in, that would be sweet! It should be do-able right? Since the controller knows what gear you're in, could you just have another output to power the proper LED?

I was watching that old yahoo megashift forum for a while now, never saw any progress on anything. I'm really glad that you took control and actually DID it.

John
 
The Aspirator said:
I was thinkin maybe you could make a little LED panel with numbered faces to show you what gear you're in, that would be sweet! It should be do-able right? Since the controller knows what gear you're in, could you just have another output to power the proper LED?

I was watching that old yahoo megashift forum for a while now, never saw any progress on anything. I'm really glad that you took control and actually DID it.

John
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my original fear that everything was gonna break kinda bit me in the ass in that regard :-D I used a (much) cheaper basic stamp 1, which only has 8 i/o pins. I onyl have two left as it stands, so not enoguh to control a gear display :-( If I get around to doing my new guage cluster before I have an MS-II solution set up, then I'll just get a BS2 with its 16 i/o pins, and strap it up to a 7 segment display. that oughta look rockin :)
 
ok 1st of all: holy ****ing **** goddamn, that is the coolest ****ing thing i've seen in recent history.

secondly: i skimmed the original write up like 4 times now, (if i try to read it all the electrical mumbo jumbo makes my eyes cross and i involuntarily reach for some sort of bottle...) and i still cant find what tranny you are using for this...is it just the factory 960 tranny?

and will this ever work in a 760? :badboy:
 
turboluv said:
ok 1st of all: holy ****ing **** goddamn, that is the coolest ****ing thing i've seen in recent history.

secondly: i skimmed the original write up like 4 times now, (if i try to read it all the electrical mumbo jumbo makes my eyes cross and i involuntarily reach for some sort of bottle...) and i still cant find what tranny you are using for this...is it just the factory 960 tranny?

and will this ever work in a 760? :badboy:
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the stock aw30-40LE in the 960 yes. and it won't work for a 760 or anything with a fully mechnical transmission :-( doesnt mean you cant try to retrofit a aw30-40 to the redblock though, heh
 
the poi said:
doesnt mean you cant try to retrofit a aw30-40 to a redblock tho, heh
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i take that as a subtle way of saying thats a difficult task? this coming from somebody who figured out how to put paddle shifters on a volvo is somewhat disheartening :-P
 
turboluv said:
i take that as a subtle way of saying thats a difficult task? this coming from somebody who figured out how to put paddle shifters on a volvo is somewhat disheartening :-P
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heee. compare some pictures of both, theres some whispers floating around that you could put the aw71 bellhousing on the aw30-40, but my foggy memory of the aw71's bell makes me think it isnt that easy....
 
the poi said:
my original fear that everything was gonna break kinda bit me in the ass in that regard :-D I used a (much) cheaper basic stamp 1, which only has 8 i/o pins. I onyl have two left as it stands, so not enoguh to control a gear display :-( If I get around to doing my new guage cluster before I have an MS-II solution set up, then I'll just get a BS2 with its 16 i/o pins, and strap it up to a 7 segment display. that oughta look rockin :)
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Aren't two pins enough to run one of the LCDs off of the paralax website?
 
not without a PWM output or that sort of thing. technically only 2^2 available combinations, and thats only 4. couldnt run a pwm output as it could not run while the main loop ran : (
 
740TurboPerformance said:
To quote Jeremy Clarkson "uggggh, floppy gear box" (freakin' floppy paddles) . . . .
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he likes the automatic trans w/ flappers, he just doesnt like the manual trans w/ flappers 'cause they don't work.

werd...
 
coldfusion21 said:
how different is the aw30-40 from an 4l60e? as in if i built your basic stamp, would it control a 4l60e, or are most e trannys different?
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you could do it.

even if they were different.

megasquirt is/was working on a 4l60e controller at one point.

or im making stuff up....
 
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