very intresting topic

 

bump. whats the status sciondad.

 

i e-mailed. let me know wsup...hopefully we can get a 3rd scion maybe? yes? okay i tried. haha..

 

Well, I got the ESK yesterday in the mail...but I have to send it back. This will be a piece of cake to wire up guys.

There are 6 wires. A ground and 12v, Then there are 4 wires "2 each red/back and 2 each yellow/black." Basically you will cut 2 wires that go to your transmission from the ECU and place this inline with that (2 wires in from tranny and 2 wires out to ECU). It is specific which 2 wires are in(from ECU) and out (to tranny) and two wires are labeled...except the test unit they sent which was missing one label and I wasn't going to guess. Hopefully have another unit by end of week to install and test.

Basically, what Sam told me is the unit will increase the speed in which your transmission shifts....no more gliding from gear to gear.

The box is small - about 5 inches long by 3 inches wide and mounts right by the ECU.

 

They weren't color coded at all? I could have sworn on mine it was colored so you could call em up and just get clarification.

Sounds like you got one of the first ones they made. They used to, at least, have different version like I mentioned that monitored tps, load, etc so you didn't have the firmer shifting when you didn't really need it.

Oh well, good luck and keep us posted.

 

Oh, they were color coded...but 2 wires were red/black and 2 wires were yellow/black.

 

haha, so what's the problem? ;)

 

ScionDad,

Are you going to post up pics while doing the install?

-David

 

I gotta find mine, I had some good ecu pictures. I used little connectors on the 2 trans wires so when I sold the thing, I could just plug em back in. Short ecu wires are a PITA.

 

Let me know... I'm very interested in doing this... and also seeing how it affects your gas mileage...

 

Oh yea, I'll do pics and a how to and how it performs. That's also a great idea mattssi. I've been thinking how to make this connection clean, reliable and reversable.

 

gas mileage? Doesn't at all. It indirectly may make you get on it the gas pedal more though.

 

Sciondad,
why are you send it back.?

 

Don't know which wire is what

 

Well, will this ECU cause it to upshift like it always does or not?

 

it effects the line pressure during shifts. It doesnt' change shift points or do anything like that. You just get a firmer shift.

 

Aha... ok then. In that case i'm REALLY interested now :D

 

Ok so where do i buy this damn thing? If the box sits next to your ecu.. How do you turn this thing off to go back to normal crappy auto mode like you said it would?

 

Does anyone read all the posts?

They HAD different versions. Mine, for instance had a green switch. Others had no switch, and yet gen3 had a bunch of other features (tps, load, etc)

 

I am ready to order mine