Ba Xr8 Auto Engine-changing To Manual Trans

[Missile6T]

Hello,

My mates dad is building a project GT40 replica, and has pulled an XR8 engine from an auto equipped BA wreck.

What changes, if any, would have to made to make the engine ECU run with a manual he is planning to install?

Can a version of Edit be used to kill two birds with one stone? Going by my mates additude to motor vehicles (like father like son) , the Boss 260 won't cut it in stock tune anyway.

Sorry if this has been covered previously-was in a hurry.

Thanks in advance.

Chris....

[Locomick]

he will need to flash to ecu with a manual tune, ford can do it for him.

mick

[Missile6T]

Thankyou Mick

[MaTTe]

when I converted my car from auto to manual, ford struggled with the ecu.. first they said I had to use my original auto ecu, then they told me the couldn't use my auto ecu and had to put the manual tune onto the manual ecu..

3 days later I got my car back from what I thought would be a simple procedure.. Part of the problem was that ford HQ gave no help on what tune was what.. there are literally thousands of different ecu maps from BA-BFII

The wiring harness can be modified to suit the manual box, I don't know how, but can be.. The auto ecu can supposedly be changed to suit, but ford couldn't do it for me.. I had a manual ecu anyway, but it sounds like you'd have to source that..

I've heard if you remove the neutral rev limit it should all work, and have the car set to run in neutral..

I'd say call ford and ask to speak to the head technician, he should be able to give you an idea of his skill and knowledge.. maybe speak to a few workshops..