sprouly07 Donating Members 62 Member For: 10y 5m 16d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 12/10/17 12:17 AM Share Posted 12/10/17 12:17 AM Hey guys, so as the title says im just wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to swap a zf auto into a car that is say 30 years old and get it to actually run. I'm more worried about getting the zf to work than the motor because I know we can get the motor to run. Is there a way to get the standard computer to run the zf and the motor in a completely different car or does the computer not like playing the game? If not the standard computer, is there something aftermarket that would allow the zf and barra to run happily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,998 Member For: 9y 11m Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 12/10/17 12:55 AM Share Posted 12/10/17 12:55 AM http://www.rrs-online.com.au/typhoon-turbo-conversions.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 6m 28d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 12/10/17 12:56 AM Share Posted 12/10/17 12:56 AM Nothing is impossible.... lots and lots needs to be pulled from a zf donor vehicle and shoehorned into the classic vehicle nothing aftermarket can control the ZF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,998 Member For: 9y 11m Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 12/10/17 01:02 AM Share Posted 12/10/17 01:02 AM http://www.usshift.com/usq6.shtml This can control the 6r80. It might not be too hard to adapt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m 6d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 12/10/17 01:16 AM Share Posted 12/10/17 01:16 AM It won't unfortunately. Although mechanically similar the brain in the 6r80 is quite different. It would be far more cost effective to use a factory setup modified to suit. 17 minutes ago, JETURBO said: Nothing is impossible.... lots and lots needs to be pulled from a zf donor vehicle and shoehorned into the classic vehicle nothing aftermarket can control the ZF It can be done with just the PCM and wiring for the trans. transplanting into an older chassis that doesn't require BEM or ABS integration is a much easier task. OP it's entirely possible, as always best to start with a donor vehicle and make sure whoever you use understands the conversion otherwise the cost will rack up very very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,998 Member For: 9y 11m Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 12/10/17 01:49 AM Share Posted 12/10/17 01:49 AM 21 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said: It would be far more cost effective to use a factory setup modified to suit. I think that if using a zf is mandatory then this bit of info is the take home here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m 6d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 12/10/17 01:55 AM Share Posted 12/10/17 01:55 AM (edited) 53 minutes ago, Puffwagon said: http://www.usshift.com/usq6.shtml This can control the 6r80. It might not be too hard to adapt it. Looking at this in detail it looks like a nice piece of kit, however someone would need to be willing to strip the TCM from a 6hp26 and rewire to run off the standalone controller (the unit is designed to run a 2011+ 6r80 which doesn't have an integral TCM) but the major flaw I see for us is all the mapping is TPS based load not MAP based. As we know with a turbo car under 100% TPS, TPS and Load don't always correlate. Edited 12/10/17 01:56 AM by Ralph Wiggum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,998 Member For: 9y 11m Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 12/10/17 02:39 AM Share Posted 12/10/17 02:39 AM Even that issue aside it wouldn't be a cheap exercise running a standalone trans controller alongside a Haltech or similar ecu. Even if one was to wire/install/tune it themselves there would be stuff all change from $4000 if any. This is the same place as the first link I posted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnqfisher71 New Member 9 Member For: 7y 2m 17d Posted 12/10/17 10:41 AM Share Posted 12/10/17 10:41 AM Have one in my XP coupe behind a BF f6 typhoon engine 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box stock T. Member 1,384 Member For: 9y 8m 22d Posted 12/10/17 10:10 PM Share Posted 12/10/17 10:10 PM Hey far north Queensland fisher, some pics of the engine bay would back up your wild claims. Hahaha. Only joking mate. Pretty sweet piece of classic steel married to a trick modern engine/ trans combo. Welcome to the forum as well champ. Go The Storm. Hehe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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