hey guys i have heard that for us 2gnts with the auto tranny you can put a ecu from a manual tranny to raise the redline from 6200 to 7200 and that it will be a good mod to do for automatic transmission. Is this really true or will the ecu from a manual tranny not even fit an auto tranny.please help:wary

That's interesting.... I never heard of that before. Can someone let us know. But I doubt you can do it.

I doubt it will work either, but I know the rev limiter is set at 6500 to keep your tranny together. The tranny can't take 7200 rpms for very long, then KABOOM.


Black '98 GS auto
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mine will hit redline, then shifts. no higher. 6500.

i don't think the manual ecu will work. I am looking for a way to raise my shift pionts also. the shop iam going to start get my stuff through thinks that they know someone that can reprogram the ecu to shift at a higher rpm. i should know more this weekend, i will post any good news

hey guys i got an idea?! what about putting on an ignition system like a msd dis2 with the rev limiter and then use a higher rev module like 7500 would that work or not? if not then what is the purpose of that rev controller? i dont know but someone please help us out.:wary

Okay guys, here's the deal. You cannot raise the rev limit with an auto tranny... even if you swap ECUs or use an ignition system. The limit is set by the TCU. Nobody has found a work-around for this but Level 10 may be able to help you out. http://www.levelten.com

When I had the venom 400 on, my tranny would tach up to 7k. But we all know where that went. My shift sensors stopped working, and it had to be towed in to a dealer. I sold the venom 400 and took my $100 loss.

Simply replacing the auto ECU with a manual ECU will not effectively function. The auto tranny has the auxiliary task of figuring out the shift points for the vehicle.

So all of us with auto trannys are stuck with 6500 rpm. That's it, and if ya don't like it, trade it in for a 5 speed.


Black '98 GS auto
I-vers intake
Custom (home made!) ram air conversion
OBX fog lights
RSR rear section
JVC cd player
Kenwood components
Sony XM-250 amp
10" Polk DX sub

it's better than having an auto gs spyder only rev to 6000