Vr Manual to vp Auto Conversion

[bobby_wayne]

Hi, I recently bought a vr v6 manual gearbox and ecu with gearbox wiring and all the associated parts to bolt into my vp v6. I have a query regarding the gearbox wiring. What ecu should I use with the manual and also since my vp is auto and I have the vr manual wiring how do I wire in the speedo and reverse lights?

Will I need to change the ecu in my vp to the manual ecu supplied with my gearbox? will the car stall out at idle with the manual? I hear that the vp auto and manual used the exact same ecu so if this is true then I should only need to wire the speedo and reverse light switches and not have engine MIL issues or dtc's. Please help me as I am desperate to start the conversion

Thankyou

Wayne

[social]

shouldnt be a problem mate, if u have an auto ecu in a manual i believe it thinks its just forever n neutral and oif they are both swappable u shudnt have a problem.

[bobby_wayne]

hi thanks for your reply on this subject. I hope that it all works for me and the only stress is my speedo and reverse lights cheers

[Pub247]

To get reverse lights working you'll need a manual short wiring loom these plug from gearbox into main harness. I think this also covers the speedo been a while though

[bobby_wayne]

cheers mate, I have the harness for the gearbox as well. cheers

[bobby_wayne]

Need urgent Help, I have been into holden and looked at the part numbers for the manual and auto memcals and they are different. The thread on here about vn-vp manual conversions says I need a manual memcal or have my vp memcal reprogrammed. The kit from the VR I bought comes with the ECU from the VR and has the Manual memcal fitted in the ecu. my vp has a standard ecu with auto memcal. other than the instalation of my conversion to manual, only the memcal is stressing me out. What do I need to do to make the engine work with a manual box, what memcal do I need to run?

[Pub247]

MATE calm down.....

OK now listen dont worry about holden they have no idea they told me you cant buy an oil pump anymore.

You do not i repeat do not need a manual ecu or memcal in fact i ran a VP manual ecu and memcal in a S1 vn with an auto.

The only VR onwards need a manual ecu memcal and wiring loom BECAUSE they have an electronic auto which is controlled by an auto ecu. If you were to put a manual in theses models without changing them the ECU goes WTF theres no gearbox !!!

[FXST01]

Need urgent Help, I have been into holden and looked at the part numbers for the manual and auto memcals and they are different. The thread on here about vn-vp manual conversions says I need a manual memcal or have my vp memcal reprogrammed. The kit from the VR I bought comes with the ECU from the VR and has the Manual memcal fitted in the ecu. my vp has a standard ecu with auto memcal. other than the instalation of my conversion to manual, only the memcal is stressing me out. What do I need to do to make the engine work with a manual box, what memcal do I need to run?

If you are running the VR ECU and VR memcal, you will need to have the memcal reset to 1250.05 (KSPDSENA) for the speedo.

Added: If using VR memcal will also need to turn off the VATS the anti theft setting. Although I think you can use a VP memcal in a manual VR ECU.

[Pub247]

Stuff that sell the vr memcal and ECU they're worth a mint cause theyre rare and use the vp one. Also a VR ecu wont work/fit on a vp loom and engine anyway

[FXST01]

Stuff that sell the vr memcal and ECU they're worth a mint cause theyre rare and use the vp one. Also a VR ecu wont work/fit on a vp loom and engine anyway

A VR manual ECU is straight plug and play, a VR Automatic ECU causes magic smoke to come out.