I was reading about that turbo magna in adelaide and it said that he has a stage 2 shift kit in his 4 speed tiptronic gearbox...
it has me thinking - what modifications are available for our transmissions (particularly the 4 speed tippy)

GuRu

upgrade to TL 5 speed tippy ;)

hehehehe..

what about a 3grand stall converter ;) that will get ya off the line quick! 8)

what about a 3grand stall converter ;) that will get ya off the line quick! 8)

yeah that would do wonders for city driving, not! ;)

mmmmm ... manual conversion ... mmmmm

have looked into this, for serious power up there is nothing out there. if you are going over about 35% power gain the only reliable option is a manual. the 5 sp tippy is no stronger or reliable than the 4 speed auto and having your auto rebuilt tougher is way way expensive because there is no demand out there for kits be developed.

I agree entirely and its well proven the manuel transmission is super strong and will take a beating.
I'm sure Malcolm could back that up hey 8) 8) :D :D

SO is there any upgrade on the auto??
how hard is it to install the manual Convertion??
from auto?
i will convert a AWD in my life time.

I'm studying the Service Manual at the moment to see if it's possible to wire tiptronic buttons to the standard 4sp box, based on The Verada 4sp tiptronic.

I haven't finished reading it yet, so It's still 50/50 chance at the moment. :?

interesting, let us know how this goes.

[quote:5e63ac2184="BOoya"]
what about a 3grand stall converter ;) that will get ya off the line quick! 8)

yeah that would do wonders for city driving, not! ;)[/quote:5e63ac2184]


mm hence why lot of drag cars are not st driven if we had cruise to victor and back the thing would losse drive. they are not made for long distances

I'm studying the Service Manual at the moment to see if it's possible to wire tiptronic buttons to the standard 4sp box, based on The Verada 4sp tiptronic.

I haven't finished reading it yet, so It's still 50/50 chance at the moment. :?

From what I have read, it is cheaper to put in a manual box than make a std auto a tip auto......

just realised the original post said there is on the SA turbo magna a stage 2 shift kit on a tippy auto???, thats ridiculous-tippy changes anytime u hit it and the change is instant. i say he has his hand on it- not his short shifter either.

[quote:a7744a14f7="driver"]I'm studying the Service Manual at the moment to see if it's possible to wire tiptronic buttons to the standard 4sp box, based on The Verada 4sp tiptronic.

I haven't finished reading it yet, so It's still 50/50 chance at the moment. :?

From what I have read, it is cheaper to put in a manual box than make a std auto a tip auto......[/quote:a7744a14f7]

Well the rewiring of the extra tiptronic buttons seems simple enough - just not too of...
1. ECU firmware (software) differences. Different Part Numbers?
2. The extent of the mechnical-based auto-control-cable that goes from the gear selector to under the hood. I believe the D/N/R/P positions are directly effected by it, but not too sure if L/1/2 positions are effected by it too. Or are these gears selected electronically, via the ECU. :?: