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Old 01-13-2014, 07:56 PM   #7 (permalink)
tony_2018
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Originally Posted by Jakins View Post
Yo I had an idea the other day. I'm going to test it out. The shift light comes on t
when you have really low load in every gear but 5th. Sooo all you gotta do is find out what wire tells the ecu that the car is in 5th, disable it and bam, you got an economy light. It would be perfect for anyone without an mpg gauge. Im going to try and figure it out and report back.
The ecu doens't gauge what gear you're in. It gauges MAP, TPS and VSS. The 3 stage vtec ecu gauges those and then decides to let you into lean burn mode.
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