drummerboy
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2019 GT350
While I intend to learn to heel-toe eventually, I don't want to do that in my first sessions in this car on track. Having had my eyes on the auto-blip for awhile, I came across this post and realized that since 1) laying on the floorboard and working my hands and arms into tight places under the dash is never my idea of fun, 2) I hate spending the time involved to tap wires properly, 3) combining those two things would make me want to punch a hole in the wall, and 4) my garage walls are cinder blocks... I decided the auto-blip unit wasn't for me at this time (maybe they will add pass-through connectors in the future). Using the PC app to dial in precisely how I want the unit to act is right up my alley, so I bit.
This is going to be short and sweet. It took my all of 5 minutes to tape up the connectors to a 12" rod and send them from the passenger side (where the unit is mounted) over to the drivers side, and peel all the tape back off. Connecting the throttle up took about 1 minute, clutch probably 10 minutes while I had to figure out how to access the correct connector. Lastly, opening up the fuse panel and inserting the 12V and brake wires per the instructions was another 2 minutes.
A couple of zip ties later to keep everything tidy resulted in what felt like would be a 15 min install if you knew exactly which plugs you were looking for and how to access them. Needless to say, I am ecstatic about the pass-through connectors and the ease of install. The only hiccup is where I located the wrong clutch connector, tried to use that, and then had to figure out how to get to the correct one. But a good flashlight cleared everything up.
And that's it. A quick ride down the road verified the unit works as intended, although much more aggressive than is needed at low RPM downshifts. I'll bring the laptop along on a spirited romp soon to see where it works best.
A+ for the install, will report back after using it on track.
Sidenote: I really love the idea of the intelligent rev matching feature that comes on the GTs, that would be fantastic to have.
While I intend to learn to heel-toe eventually, I don't want to do that in my first sessions in this car on track. Having had my eyes on the auto-blip for awhile, I came across this post and realized that since 1) laying on the floorboard and working my hands and arms into tight places under the dash is never my idea of fun, 2) I hate spending the time involved to tap wires properly, 3) combining those two things would make me want to punch a hole in the wall, and 4) my garage walls are cinder blocks... I decided the auto-blip unit wasn't for me at this time (maybe they will add pass-through connectors in the future). Using the PC app to dial in precisely how I want the unit to act is right up my alley, so I bit.
This is going to be short and sweet. It took my all of 5 minutes to tape up the connectors to a 12" rod and send them from the passenger side (where the unit is mounted) over to the drivers side, and peel all the tape back off. Connecting the throttle up took about 1 minute, clutch probably 10 minutes while I had to figure out how to access the correct connector. Lastly, opening up the fuse panel and inserting the 12V and brake wires per the instructions was another 2 minutes.
A couple of zip ties later to keep everything tidy resulted in what felt like would be a 15 min install if you knew exactly which plugs you were looking for and how to access them. Needless to say, I am ecstatic about the pass-through connectors and the ease of install. The only hiccup is where I located the wrong clutch connector, tried to use that, and then had to figure out how to get to the correct one. But a good flashlight cleared everything up.
And that's it. A quick ride down the road verified the unit works as intended, although much more aggressive than is needed at low RPM downshifts. I'll bring the laptop along on a spirited romp soon to see where it works best.
A+ for the install, will report back after using it on track.
Sidenote: I really love the idea of the intelligent rev matching feature that comes on the GTs, that would be fantastic to have.
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