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I went ahead and swapped the TCU this afternoon. Really easy job to do tbf.
and then it went from bad (though fine for 150miles) to worse.
Though the car initially showed no faults, as soon as I started to drive I noticed it showed D (for drive) instead of the actual gear..... then it swapped a few gears and dropped into limp. Looks like the TCU is for a lesser version even though it looked externally the same.
So what to do.... might as well separate the original TCU and fit a new capacitor
Swapped it in, reset everything and took it for a test drive. All good so far, but that said it was already behaving.... not sure if its a placebo effect but the shift feels a lot cleaner and when in sport mode its banging through nicely. Will see how it plays out and if I can get a refund on the china town TCU.
and then it went from bad (though fine for 150miles) to worse.
Though the car initially showed no faults, as soon as I started to drive I noticed it showed D (for drive) instead of the actual gear..... then it swapped a few gears and dropped into limp. Looks like the TCU is for a lesser version even though it looked externally the same.
So what to do.... might as well separate the original TCU and fit a new capacitor
Swapped it in, reset everything and took it for a test drive. All good so far, but that said it was already behaving.... not sure if its a placebo effect but the shift feels a lot cleaner and when in sport mode its banging through nicely. Will see how it plays out and if I can get a refund on the china town TCU.
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Steve Swan
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Fascinating not the Adjective I would have chosen, still it would have begun with an F, so that's something..
Don't want to jinx it so not saying too much, but did nearly 2 hours of driving in traffic at 22+degrees (must get AC sorted next as that's gone warmish)....
Defo think its shifting better, like cleaner and crisper.
Not sure if I mentioned before in the thread but I bagged some trophy front shocks with 3k on them and around a year old. Decided to order up some matching trophy rear shocks through Kam Racing so will be giving the suspension a little refresh. Its on Cooksport springs on the original, now 114k old cup shocks. Should tighten things up a little all being well
There are 3 factory setups available that I can tell, Standard, Cup and Trophy, all with different part numbers
Defo think its shifting better, like cleaner and crisper.
Not sure if I mentioned before in the thread but I bagged some trophy front shocks with 3k on them and around a year old. Decided to order up some matching trophy rear shocks through Kam Racing so will be giving the suspension a little refresh. Its on Cooksport springs on the original, now 114k old cup shocks. Should tighten things up a little all being well
There are 3 factory setups available that I can tell, Standard, Cup and Trophy, all with different part numbers
