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Tangles Grand Master

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Hey all

freaky, but I bidded on, and promptly forgot about, a S2 steering wheel and automatic shifter unit.

won for $40 total.

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Quick question - how "possible" would it be to setup the auto shifter to work with the series-1 auto?

Ive got access to Mike from MV Automatics at blackwood, just up the road for me; with him being the auto wizard Id think it could be possible

your thoughts?

anything special to it? or simply plug and play - ie install and use

Id think Mike @ MV Auto should be able to set it up if I cant...................

when I 1st bought my stagea I really wanted the S2 for the larger turbo and triptronic auto shifts, but 18k compared to 26k just wasnt in my budget.

now, for $40, auto service and some fiddling around to install, say $450 max(?), its affordable to do, and it'd make my powerful Rb25 that much more fun to drive.

peace :D

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Tangles Grand Master

Tangles

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bitch you outbid me.wunder if it was darrins

bwahaahhaha Mike

welll... i don't know how soon you want to go about it but i'll soon be replacing my s2 tiptronic setup with a manual box so if you want to work something out pm me - i'm in adelaide too :D

cheers Mike, I'll go see Mike at MV's and see whats possible with my current setup 1st.

GoldZilla Grand Master

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Reminds me of lyrics from a Beastie Boys classic song:

"Here's another one for y'all to peep,

It's called M-I-K-E on the M-I-C..."

Right around 3.30 in this clip, but it appears in another song too, just can't remember which one.

KiwiRS4T Grand Master

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By all means see the specialist but I fear it may not be that easy. The gearbox is the same but the auto ecu may be different. With the S1 the auto ecu is inside the main ecu which is why I am having trouble getting a chipped ecu. Since the S1 ecu can't (easily) be chipped X-tune has chipped an R32 ecu but that doesn't run the auto. So he is basically piggy backing both ecus together. With the S2 this is not necessary which makes me think that the S2 auto ecu may be elsewhere. In that case you may need an S2 loom, ecu, and auto ecu but the neo injectors and cam control are different. Nothing that can't be overcome! On the bright side if you do all that you should be able to run a Vipec or Nistune!

Hopefully I am wrong and it will be very simple.

_Ryan_ Grand Master

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By all means see the specialist but I fear it may not be that easy. The gearbox is the same but the auto ecu may be different. With the S1 the auto ecu is inside the main ecu which is why I am having trouble getting a chipped ecu. Since the S1 ecu can't (easily) be chipped X-tune has chipped an R32 ecu but that doesn't run the auto. So he is basically piggy backing both ecus together. With the S2 this is not necessary which makes me think that the S2 auto ecu may be elsewhere. In that case you may need an S2 loom, ecu, and auto ecu but the neo injectors and cam control are different. Nothing that can't be overcome! On the bright side if you do all that you should be able to run a Vipec or Nistune!

Hopefully I am wrong and it will be very simple.

i thought the trans had slight differences, as i know the service kits and valve bodies are different

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By all means see the specialist but I fear it may not be that easy. The gearbox is the same but the auto ecu may be different. With the S1 the auto ecu is inside the main ecu which is why I am having trouble getting a chipped ecu. Since the S1 ecu can't (easily) be chipped X-tune has chipped an R32 ecu but that doesn't run the auto. So he is basically piggy backing both ecus together. With the S2 this is not necessary which makes me think that the S2 auto ecu may be elsewhere. In that case you may need an S2 loom, ecu, and auto ecu but the neo injectors and cam control are different. Nothing that can't be overcome! On the bright side if you do all that you should be able to run a Vipec or Nistune!

Hopefully I am wrong and it will be very simple.

nope, S2 auto ecu is apart of the engine ecu aswell. its just easier to chip because it has a different chip type than the R33/S1 Stagea.

KiwiRS4T Grand Master

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Please correct me if I am wrong, I was of the impression the S1 Stagea had an R33 Series 2 motor and ecu with an R34 pin pattern.
Yes you are right but although the plug is the same as the R34 the pinouts vary in a few cases and the ecu internally is not exactly the same as either the R33 or R34 Skyline.

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