Driftit 2008 Report post Posted June 6 Came across this cool little project someone has made. Too fit atop their gear knob. 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30 325i Rag-Top 2936 Report post Posted June 7 Too many gears for an E30… wonder if it’s clever enough to illuminate which gear the car is in? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2008 Report post Posted June 7 We have micro switches at work that would be perfect for it to be capable of that. A mate and I actually use similar ones to build Sim switch panels for DCS (Combat Flight Sim). I would be just a matter of 3d printing a bracket to hold them below the factory trim. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cement 807 Report post Posted June 9 I coincidentally watched that one recently, can't recall how they were doing the gear detection. What I am doing in the E46 is calculating the gear based on speed / rpm which will get most of the functionality without physical switches / detection. Unsure on other models but the ABS unit broadcasts all wheel speed signals over CAN so you can sniff from there. Will also take a feed from the clutch switch and trans neutral switch 👍 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1042 Report post Posted June 9 Gear postion is relatively easy to calculate from speed and rpm. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1042 Report post Posted June 14 The one I designed I've been running for the past 10 years in the e30. GEARP is displayed as the large number in the middle. I also use a clutch switch (simple reid switch) to remove erroneous data during shifts and coming to a stop, it also was also quite good for calculating faster shifting and resultant increases in time for time attack runs when I use to do it in this car around the track. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
