I want tap-shift for the LSx Powered Kia Sorento. Help?
12-30-2015, 03:18 PM
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I want tap-shift for the LSx Powered Kia Sorento. Help? So the LSx Powered Kia Sorento runs and drives... Its a beast, it snaps necks when it drives by, if any car person is around when i pull into a parking spot i get asked a bunch of questions.
She is down at the moment due to a failure of the Advance Adapters transfer case adapter. They have been no help whatsoever and put the blame on me. However the pictures i have show how paper thin the casting is near the flange and how poor the cast aluminum is.
Anyway.... the Kia had tap-shift from the factory so i have all the wiring for that ready to go.
The transmission is a 6L90e from a 2009 Silverado 2500 HD.
Is there an easy way to run tap shift?
Trans reprogram? Do i need a BCM from a Silverado? Even if i have the bcm i wont be running anything to the BCM but tap shift.
Thanks in advance for the help.
She is down at the moment due to a failure of the Advance Adapters transfer case adapter. They have been no help whatsoever and put the blame on me. However the pictures i have show how paper thin the casting is near the flange and how poor the cast aluminum is.
Anyway.... the Kia had tap-shift from the factory so i have all the wiring for that ready to go.
The transmission is a 6L90e from a 2009 Silverado 2500 HD.
Is there an easy way to run tap shift?
Trans reprogram? Do i need a BCM from a Silverado? Even if i have the bcm i wont be running anything to the BCM but tap shift.
Thanks in advance for the help.
12-30-2015, 05:37 PM
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Yes you can do it. Yes you will need the BCM (and harness ). I think the truck had a small rocker switch on the column shifter. You will need to re-wire the Kia tap up/tap down (I assume it is on the factory shifter?) with the proper resistor values to send the BCM the correct signals. I have done something very similar to my Econoline build with the factory BCM and a steering wheel from a Malibu with paddle shifters.
There are aftermarket set ups as well but they are pretty pricey.
There are aftermarket set ups as well but they are pretty pricey.
12-30-2015, 06:45 PM
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Yes you can do it. Yes you will need the BCM (and harness ). I think the truck had a small rocker switch on the column shifter. You will need to re-wire the Kia tap up/tap down (I assume it is on the factory shifter?) with the proper resistor values to send the BCM the correct signals. I have done something very similar to my Econoline build with the factory BCM and a steering wheel from a Malibu with paddle shifters.
There are aftermarket set ups as well but they are pretty pricey.
There are aftermarket set ups as well but they are pretty pricey.
The shifter and tap-shift setup for the LSx Powered Kia Sorento
The system has 3 switches. One told the BCM that it was shifted from Drive to Manual mode. The other 2 were for shift up and shift down. There are no resistors built into the shifter unit so it will make that much easier on my end.
Will I be ok with any trucks BCM and harness? I don't know if I can get the one from the exact truck my engine and trans came from. If I DONT need to program the BCM I will be MUCH happier.
I heard there was a way to reprogram the actual transmissions computer to operate off of a directly connected wire to the transmission itself. Anyone know about that?
12-30-2015, 06:51 PM
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We are working on a stand alone system for tap up/down. No BCM will be needed. It should be a nice simple hookup when done. I have been out of the loop on its production, but I think it just sends a CAN signal to the ECU through the OBD2 port. If you are interested, I will see if I can get more information on it. It should be ready to go in a month or so.
12-30-2015, 09:48 PM
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We are working on a stand alone system for tap up/down. No BCM will be needed. It should be a nice simple hookup when done. I have been out of the loop on its production, but I think it just sends a CAN signal to the ECU through the OBD2 port. If you are interested, I will see if I can get more information on it. It should be ready to go in a month or so.
Yes I am interested. I don't want to sound like the standard internet troll, but price is a deciding factor. Things are pretty tight here after having to pay a second time for my transfer case adapter. This time I had a machinist build me a billet aluminum version that wont break.