Electronic transmission control
Electronic transmission control
(OP)
I've been wanting to put an electronic overdrive transmission (such as a 4l60e, 4l80e, E4OD, or AOD-E)in my car for a while, but I really don't want to pay $1000 for a stand-alone controller. So, I figure, why not make one? Since the company I work for currently designs and makes ECU's for fuel injection, I know I have the resources to make it happen. However, after a quick internet search, I wasn't able to turn up much info. I was thinking about buying a factory manual, before I spend $100+ per manual for each of the above transmissions, does anyone know if it will have enough info to get rolling on this project? Or, do you know of any other sources for info? There doesn't seem to be any trans equivalent of diy-efi.org, unfortunately.





RE: Electronic transmission control
RE: Electronic transmission control
http://www.baumannengineering.com/elect.htm
RE: Electronic transmission control
http://www.transmissioncontroller.com/products/tcu.html
As far as developing your own transmission controller.... To properly develop an engine controller, plan to spend at least as much time and effort as you would for an engine controller. If you plan on making your own, right off the bat you will be spending several hundred dollars for prototype circuit boards and components are quite expensive. That is assuming you have the time and ability to write code for an appropriate microprocessor, have a strong knowledge of automatic transmission function, have the ability to lay out a circuit board and have the ability to build a case among many other necessary abilities. My point being that to create your own transmission controller for personal purposes would make $500-1000 for an existing market solution a bargain to say the least.
RE: Electronic transmission control
RE: Electronic transmission control
RE: Electronic transmission control
you can email me at aallen@injectionlogic.com
We make our own ECU, comparable to the Holley Commander 950 in capability I would say (they've got a few things we don't, and we've got a few things they don't). I think our website is still out of date.
I'll try not to toot my own horn much more