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jack. This little box called the
Display/Programmer has the power to program the computer right from
the seat of your car. After a few button pushes, then save and exit,
your ready for a different acting transmission. Here are some of the
things you can monitor with the display/programmer. System Status and
Diagnostics - Vehicle Speed - Engine Speed - Current Gear - Throttle
Position - Relative Hydraulic Pressure - Transmission Temperature -
System Voltage - Dynamometer - Accelerometer - Stopwatch with Lap Times
- Data Log. To see more on what this can do, check out the
specifications
page on Bowties web page which can do a better job of explaining things.
Some of the remote adjustments (pushing some of
the buttons) that can be made are
"Shift Pressure" and "Shift Speed". Lets say you
wanted to have a smooth shifting car while your cruising around town but
wanted a firmer shift when you wanted to play. No problem with this
unit. It all works on percentages. What I mean is the amount of throttle
percentage (position) that your at. To get the above conditions, you would program it to
have smooth shifts up to...say...30% throttle and after that, have it
shift hard. Now that's just one example of "Shift Pressure"
but you get the idea. It's like having a "Shift-Kit" installed
without the kit. Besides, a shift-kit shifts the same ALL the time
(weather it's soft, firm or hard, that's what you get). "Shift Speed" is when you want the
transmission to change gears at a certain RPM. Just program the unit to
any RPM that you want at "Wide Open Throttle" (WOT) and it will shift there ALL DAY with out your worrying
about over-revving your engine. I'll probably set it to an RPM of 6000 to
start off with and go from there. I will want my transmission to shift
at a lower RPM when I'm cruising so I would again pick a throttle
position of...oh....30% and have it shift gears at 2800 RPM which would
work with the above "Shift Pressure". With this combination, I
would have easy shifting while cruising (like a Cadillac) and when I have my foot in
it, then the hot rod mode would kick in. Almost like having your
cake and eat'n it too....TO SWEET!
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