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Originally Posted by Runaway_Diesel
My question (and it may be a stupid one) would be could you run the anteater itself, for say bracket racing (say you have it set up to run consistent 7.7x or 6.7x passes) but then with the flip of a switch be able to run tap shift for a full power pass?
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Better that that. The up/down buttons are live and will put the trans in manual mode if it's in automatic mode.
For instance, you're cruising around town in your '64 in automatic mode, in tune 3 in 3rd gear. You drive beside some oraler and decide he needs a beat down. Press shift down, the trans immediately shifts from 3 to 2 and is now in manual shift mode, second gear. It holds 2nd until you put the taillights to the oraler and either press an up/down shift button in manual mode or press the auto/manual button and the controller shifts back to the gear assigned in your tune file for the TPS/MPH combo. It's actually seamless between modes and can switch between the two at any time.
Another case would be you're in Commifornia and an officer has just pulled out behind you. You hit the auto/manual mode button and the truck stays in the gear commanded and won't accidentally lug, smoke and have your truck impounded.
You get the best of both worlds, FMVB and automatic.
As a side note, if your cruising along some backroads and your child happens to drop an object at the test shifter buttons laying on the seat, the trans will shift from auto 3 to manual 2 and leave you very confused until you see your child giggling from his car seat.