Gen IV E38 with VVT and a manual will it work?
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Workin on a swap into my 84 K20. I got a gen iv 5.3 with the VVT/AFM stuff still in it. I want to keep that stuff, itll be trekkin 100 miles a day for my commute.
Ive got a nv4500 and a non vss np241c transfercase. Here lies the issue, I only have a mechanical speedo output. I have researched my *** off trying to find a definitive answer.. the only thing that I have come up with is a couple of loose ends.
Idea 1, run the mech speedo through a dakota digital vss converter then into the TCM via the SGI-5E
Idea 2, Run the mech speedo through the SEN-01-4160 and straight into the E38 on the 71-72 pin VSS high input.
Idea 3 ditch the mech speedo, and use this SEN01128 pulse generator that supposedly will generate the proper pulse output..
Idea 4 sell the manual and swap a 4l80 into the truck instead.. Not ideal but it would work.
anybody do this with a t56 or similar and use an external vss?? I know its not super common..
thanks.
Workin on a swap into my 84 K20. I got a gen iv 5.3 with the VVT/AFM stuff still in it. I want to keep that stuff, itll be trekkin 100 miles a day for my commute.
Ive got a nv4500 and a non vss np241c transfercase. Here lies the issue, I only have a mechanical speedo output. I have researched my *** off trying to find a definitive answer.. the only thing that I have come up with is a couple of loose ends.
Idea 1, run the mech speedo through a dakota digital vss converter then into the TCM via the SGI-5E
Idea 2, Run the mech speedo through the SEN-01-4160 and straight into the E38 on the 71-72 pin VSS high input.
Idea 3 ditch the mech speedo, and use this SEN01128 pulse generator that supposedly will generate the proper pulse output..
Idea 4 sell the manual and swap a 4l80 into the truck instead.. Not ideal but it would work.
anybody do this with a t56 or similar and use an external vss?? I know its not super common..
thanks.
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I read somewhere you can get put a TCM in place and it will take the VSS signal and broadcast it over LAN, but I haven't tried that myself personally.
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So i have discovered that my current transfercase could be retrofit with the vss from the next year very easily. So i am going to order those parts, from what I was told It will be the factory GM 40Pulse per rev. Well see how that turns out!
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CAM on here has a L92 w/ Pat G custom VVT cam and a manual. Try a SEARCH.
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Been running no VSS since day 1 and actually have no issues.. I set the Idle to 800 rpm and disabled the DFCO and COT, I actually got the speedo converter from Dakota the other day only to find out my ECU plug was not pinned for the negative side of the REPTOS connection, so I have to order the crap from Molex to even test that.
Ive been driving this all last week and have had really no issues that I can tell are from no VSS..
Ive been driving this all last week and have had really no issues that I can tell are from no VSS..
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Resurrecting this thread because I have exactly the same issue - LY6/E38/manual transmission/No VSS - mine wont rev past 4000rpm, but otherwise drives fine (though it does rev hang a bit between shifts). I've had a local tuner working on it with limited success (it will work for a little while, then revert back to nothing over 4000 rpm). I have a Dakota Digital Sen -01-128 (GM 128000 ppm) that I was going to try as a VSS source from the mechanically driven speedo output from my Tcase. But I have no idea how to wire it directly into the ECM (I have no TCM). Some posters have commented that the X1 Pin 71 is the high VSS input, but I not sure how to access that (as in I haven't messed with the ECM plug wiring before). Any thoughts?
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I have an LY6/E38 with a TH400 behind it. Installed a Dakota Digital VSS into the transmission and wired it into the ECM but the ECM doesn't seem to do anything with the signal. From what I understand if the E38 has an auto OS on it, it expects to get the VSS from the TCM over serial and it will ignore the inputs directly on the ECM connector. It defaults to 158mph.
In other words, I don't think wiring the VSS to the ECM is going to do anything for you anyway. I can explain how to add pins to your connector if you, but I don't expect it will help you.
The 4000rpm issue is probably not related to the VSS at all. I don't have that issue on mine. You may have some other problem like a fuel shortage.
In other words, I don't think wiring the VSS to the ECM is going to do anything for you anyway. I can explain how to add pins to your connector if you, but I don't expect it will help you.
The 4000rpm issue is probably not related to the VSS at all. I don't have that issue on mine. You may have some other problem like a fuel shortage.
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I have an LY6/E38 with a TH400 behind it. Installed a Dakota Digital VSS into the transmission and wired it into the ECM but the ECM doesn't seem to do anything with the signal. From what I understand if the E38 has an auto OS on it, it expects to get the VSS from the TCM over serial and it will ignore the inputs directly on the ECM connector. It defaults to 158mph.
In other words, I don't think wiring the VSS to the ECM is going to do anything for you anyway. I can explain how to add pins to your connector if you, but I don't expect it will help you.
The 4000rpm issue is probably not related to the VSS at all. I don't have that issue on mine. You may have some other problem like a fuel shortage.
In other words, I don't think wiring the VSS to the ECM is going to do anything for you anyway. I can explain how to add pins to your connector if you, but I don't expect it will help you.
The 4000rpm issue is probably not related to the VSS at all. I don't have that issue on mine. You may have some other problem like a fuel shortage.
I think you have some other probs in your tune preventing the rpm from climbing. There is a ton of torque management settings to go through and it is very easy to miss something.
Msg me your email and if you want I can check over your settings and compare to mine to see what might be missing.
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To update this thread more specifically, I still have not run the VSS input with any success. I know believe at least in my manual trans application it does not need any sort of VSS to maintain a stable idle and good manners. The truck does not hang the idle or anything weird, this required some more idle tuning as far as changing the base timing table, getting the Min run airflow set properly.
The idle speed claims are also BS I can have this idle at whatever speed I want as low as 550 and it does nothing weird. Coming down from speed is fine etc rock crawling and the rest are fantastic.
I even switched to pure e85 fuel and it’s been a champ.. so if you are reading this know that you can run an e38 truck ecm with a manual trans and have no ill effects.
The idle speed claims are also BS I can have this idle at whatever speed I want as low as 550 and it does nothing weird. Coming down from speed is fine etc rock crawling and the rest are fantastic.
I even switched to pure e85 fuel and it’s been a champ.. so if you are reading this know that you can run an e38 truck ecm with a manual trans and have no ill effects.
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Thanks for the replys to my thread necropsy.
Interestingly if I have my tuner reflash the tune (including all the various torque management/TPS/rpm limits/manual-auto settings), it will work and rev happily to redline without any issues. It pulls strong to the redline without complaints and I've had the tuner ride along and look at parameters on the fly with no issues. But several hours/and or key cycles and it will revert back to a hard stop at 4000 rpm. It is just like hitting the rev limiter normally and cycles between full and 0 throttle every second or so.
Similar issues by a variety of folks in this thread:
https://forum.hptuners.com/showthrea...-past-4000-RPM
Some have fixed it with a tune, and some have not found a permanent fix.
My tuner is a little inconvenient to get to (about 45 min away), and hasn't been speedy and getting me the tune to post up and send to folks who have inquired they would take a look (thanks to those folks
)
Should I(can I) just buy an HP Tuners MPVI2 myself to access this information for now and in the future? Would I need to purchase a "credit" to be able to see the tune that my tuner has already done or can I buy one without a credit?
Interestingly if I have my tuner reflash the tune (including all the various torque management/TPS/rpm limits/manual-auto settings), it will work and rev happily to redline without any issues. It pulls strong to the redline without complaints and I've had the tuner ride along and look at parameters on the fly with no issues. But several hours/and or key cycles and it will revert back to a hard stop at 4000 rpm. It is just like hitting the rev limiter normally and cycles between full and 0 throttle every second or so.
Similar issues by a variety of folks in this thread:
https://forum.hptuners.com/showthrea...-past-4000-RPM
Some have fixed it with a tune, and some have not found a permanent fix.
My tuner is a little inconvenient to get to (about 45 min away), and hasn't been speedy and getting me the tune to post up and send to folks who have inquired they would take a look (thanks to those folks
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Should I(can I) just buy an HP Tuners MPVI2 myself to access this information for now and in the future? Would I need to purchase a "credit" to be able to see the tune that my tuner has already done or can I buy one without a credit?
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To update this thread more specifically, I still have not run the VSS input with any success. I know believe at least in my manual trans application it does not need any sort of VSS to maintain a stable idle and good manners. The truck does not hang the idle or anything weird, this required some more idle tuning as far as changing the base timing table, getting the Min run airflow set properly.
The idle speed claims are also BS I can have this idle at whatever speed I want as low as 550 and it does nothing weird. Coming down from speed is fine etc rock crawling and the rest are fantastic.
I even switched to pure e85 fuel and it’s been a champ.. so if you are reading this know that you can run an e38 truck ecm with a manual trans and have no ill effects.
The idle speed claims are also BS I can have this idle at whatever speed I want as low as 550 and it does nothing weird. Coming down from speed is fine etc rock crawling and the rest are fantastic.
I even switched to pure e85 fuel and it’s been a champ.. so if you are reading this know that you can run an e38 truck ecm with a manual trans and have no ill effects.
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Does yours "rev hang" at all? With my LY6/TH400 combo, if I rev the engine in park or neutral, after I let off, the rpm floats down pretty slowly. I wish it would just snap back down but it doesn't really cause any problems with the auto. I am wondering how it's going to feel when I put in a manual.
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That sounds really strange to me, I suspect possibly something else is at play here, some kind of dtc or something isn’t right.. I’ve been driving mine for 30k miles and haven’t had anything like that happen.
As far as the rev hang it’s non existent, I cured that by reducing the timing in the base idle table so it came back down properly. Some of it was minimum air but most of it was cured with reducing timing only on the areas I saw it tracking in the scanner as it came down from a rev.
As far as the rev hang it’s non existent, I cured that by reducing the timing in the base idle table so it came back down properly. Some of it was minimum air but most of it was cured with reducing timing only on the areas I saw it tracking in the scanner as it came down from a rev.
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Thanks for the replys to my thread necropsy.
Interestingly if I have my tuner reflash the tune (including all the various torque management/TPS/rpm limits/manual-auto settings), it will work and rev happily to redline without any issues. It pulls strong to the redline without complaints and I've had the tuner ride along and look at parameters on the fly with no issues. But several hours/and or key cycles and it will revert back to a hard stop at 4000 rpm. It is just like hitting the rev limiter normally and cycles between full and 0 throttle every second or so.
Similar issues by a variety of folks in this thread:
https://forum.hptuners.com/showthrea...-past-4000-RPM
Some have fixed it with a tune, and some have not found a permanent fix.
My tuner is a little inconvenient to get to (about 45 min away), and hasn't been speedy and getting me the tune to post up and send to folks who have inquired they would take a look (thanks to those folks
)
Should I(can I) just buy an HP Tuners MPVI2 myself to access this information for now and in the future? Would I need to purchase a "credit" to be able to see the tune that my tuner has already done or can I buy one without a credit?
Interestingly if I have my tuner reflash the tune (including all the various torque management/TPS/rpm limits/manual-auto settings), it will work and rev happily to redline without any issues. It pulls strong to the redline without complaints and I've had the tuner ride along and look at parameters on the fly with no issues. But several hours/and or key cycles and it will revert back to a hard stop at 4000 rpm. It is just like hitting the rev limiter normally and cycles between full and 0 throttle every second or so.
Similar issues by a variety of folks in this thread:
https://forum.hptuners.com/showthrea...-past-4000-RPM
Some have fixed it with a tune, and some have not found a permanent fix.
My tuner is a little inconvenient to get to (about 45 min away), and hasn't been speedy and getting me the tune to post up and send to folks who have inquired they would take a look (thanks to those folks
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Should I(can I) just buy an HP Tuners MPVI2 myself to access this information for now and in the future? Would I need to purchase a "credit" to be able to see the tune that my tuner has already done or can I buy one without a credit?
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I've bought an HPTuners MPVI 2 and pulled the tune. It looks like there were some more trans torque management setting that needed to be adjusted. I'll be fixing that up shortly and report back. Referenced in this thread:
https://forum.hptuners.com/showthrea...ny-with-no-TCM
That being said - I have everything to VVT delete and a BTR Stage 2 Truck Cam coming for the motor (as well as a valve train upgrade and refresh).
https://forum.hptuners.com/showthrea...ny-with-no-TCM
That being said - I have everything to VVT delete and a BTR Stage 2 Truck Cam coming for the motor (as well as a valve train upgrade and refresh).
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This feature actually helps drivability with a manual transmission a lot. I actually programmed it into my Dominator ECU in the Cougar. I created a table that alters the target idle RPM based on MPH.
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I've bought an HPTuners MPVI 2 and pulled the tune. It looks like there were some more trans torque management setting that needed to be adjusted. I'll be fixing that up shortly and report back. Referenced in this thread:
https://forum.hptuners.com/showthrea...ny-with-no-TCM
That being said - I have everything to VVT delete and a BTR Stage 2 Truck Cam coming for the motor (as well as a valve train upgrade and refresh).
https://forum.hptuners.com/showthrea...ny-with-no-TCM
That being said - I have everything to VVT delete and a BTR Stage 2 Truck Cam coming for the motor (as well as a valve train upgrade and refresh).
Any update yet? I have the 4K rev limiter issue as well.