M6 (Tremec T56) Gear PID?

[SinisterSS]

Interesting how we went from a T-56 PID to Mad Max in the span of a few threads eh?

Who is bringing beer for our next bench racing bs session? :lol:

[joecar]

I get very little sleep every night (4 to 6 hours)...

so in the morning I want my car to wake me up (only 300+ hp will do that; LS1 qualifies);

I also want the right to lose traction at will... :lol: :lol: :lol:

and I do like metered (red/green light) freeway on ramps (tune your 1-2 and 2-3 firmness (aka tune tyre chirp));

I too floor it (induces downshift and lots of rpm) when I come up on a hybrid... :lol: :lol: :lol: yes, be Max.

oh, and that explains why we lost the topic of this thread...

[Tordne]

Damn, I wish we had the vast open roads you folks in the US enjoy. Our roads are too narrow, and have too much traffic most of the time. It's often hard to even cuise at the speed limit (100kmh) during the day! So stoping on the gas would just put you into someones boot :(

[joecar]

Damn, I wish we had the vast open roads you folks in the US enjoy. Our roads are too narrow, and have too much traffic most of the time. It's often hard to even cuise at the speed limit (100kmh) during the day! So stoping on the gas would just put you into someones boot :(

My typical drive to work each morning:
1. drive 1 mile down street to freeway on-ramp; good for warming up engine and trans;
2. freeway on-ramp is single-lane two-cars per green; 50% of the time I'm first so I nail it; some people can't read ("two cars per green");
3. 20 miles of 45-55 MPH with slow downs and/or stop-go; sometimes completely and utterly STOPPED (all 6 southbound lanes); yes, freeway indeed, groan...
4. 12 miles of toll road; consistently very FEW cars... $2.75 per direction using transponder;
speed limit is 65MPH; CHiP allows 70; most people do 80; some people hit 100 sometimes (watch out over 100: CHiP may permanently impound vehicle);
5. off-ramp has gentle right-hander;
6. street has 2 signals; second is good for 0-60 times;

I'm just trying to give you an idea
I'm not trying to rub it in, honest... .

Oh, and yes we're off the original subject again... :lol: :lol:

[joecar]

Is there such a thing?

I'm wondering if there is a PID that can be used to tell what gear you are (or were) in on a Tremec T56 M6 transmission.

Thanks,

Andrew,
Do any of the following PIDs work for the M6 (or are they for the A4 only)...?
GM.BOXRATIO
GM.TOS
GM.TIS

Cheers,
Joe

[Tordne]

Andrew,
Do any of the following PIDs work for the M6 (or are they for the A4 only)...?
GM.BOXRATIO
GM.TOS
GM.TIS

Cheers,
Joe

Hi Joe,

I tried the GM.BOXRATIO PID and basically (for me anyway) it never moved off a value of 0.

Haven't tried the GM.TIS or GM.TOS PIDS, I can try and log them and see what they do.

I'll give it a go tomorrow morning and report back.

Cheers,

[Tordne]

Sorry, forgot to post yesterday... Values of 0 logged for both the GM.TIS and GM.TOS PIDS :cry:

[joecar]

Sorry, forgot to post yesterday... Values of 0 logged for both the GM.TIS and GM.TOS PIDS :cry:

Andrew, too bad, there's no direct way to get your current gear ratio;

another way is to get VSS and convert it to revolutions/minute (taking axle ratio and tire circumference into account),
and then divide this into engine RPM and you have your gear ratio (easier said than done).

[Tordne]

All sounds too hard!

It would have been cool if it was as easy as selecting a PID (like it appears to be for an A4). But it isn't really that important. I just have to use mental arithmetic to work out what gear I would have been in given the VSS vs. RPM.

Cheers,

[joecar]

Give me a day or two and I make you a calc_pids.txt file.