RX8 with L83 and 8HP

[Richard.C]

Recently picked up this track based car, basically a finished car but some small improvement projects for me to do.

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The car currently has a BMW shifter which works fine but doesn't quite feel right for a track car so while I'm in the USA for a couple of weeks I've picked up the following courtesy of Greg at Turbolamik US:

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Can't wait to get home now to start the improvement projects.

[garyjettrike]

Hi Richard how do you configure the tcu for the push button gear change Iv been looking at that myself

[Richard.C]

Hi Gary,

I've made the mount for the shifter but haven't got round to the keypad yet, I hope to do some testing this week with it just loosely wired to get it working before deciding on final fit location.

The keypad is large however, I think the smaller version from Blink Marine with 15mm buttons would be better although there's only the choice of 4 or 6 buttons in the smaller format.

Richard

[Richard.C]

Hi Gary,

Just doing some testing tonight, I just have the DCT shifter connected and set position 8 of the rotary switch to engage park when the vehicle is stopped. I think I will leave it like this for a while and see how I get on, I like the clean installation without a load of additional buttons.

Richard