Hi everyone, Just picked up a 360 last Tuesday, must say this board has been priceless in providing great information. On to my question. I'm a little puzzled about the the F1 tranny on my 360 as it does not throttle blip on downshifts very often. Only when shifting down a gear from pretty high RPMs. I also have a '03 BMW M3 with the SMG transmission and I get throttle blips when donwshifting from higher RPMs but I can also illicit the throttle blip by simply tapping the throttle myself as I downshift (on M3 it does wonders to smooth out the 3-2 shift), at any RPM. Does the F1 tranny just not have this feature where you can illicit the throttle blip yourself or is there something wrong with mine? Because if I blip the throttle myself when downshifting I get nothing. Thanks all.
I seem to remember that the extra reves are a function of RPM and Sport Mode. I do know that the throttle is connected to a computer, not to the engine, which is why you get no alteration in noise when you blip it mid gear change.
It's done to match the revs. If your road speed does not require a blip it won't do it. If you want the blip, change down 2 gears or change down earlier or slow down less!
Your profile is blank. If I knew the year of your car I could give you some very specific information. The engine should rev, often only very slightly on all but the most conservative downshifts if the system is operating correctly. It will even do it on automatic downshifts at very low speeds as you are rolling to a stop (in standard or sport mode), but again only if the system is in proper order. If you have the early TCU in your car and it is malfunctioning as almost all do, that is the problem. If you either have a later car or later TCU in your car, adjusting the PIS properly will usually correct that.
It's a 2000, is this within the range of possible faulty TCU's? I will search the forum for more info on this faulty TCU issue, but if possible could you give me a little more info on it? Thank you.
Agreed - Downshift and if the revs are higher it will blip, i have seen this done many times, and it gets better each time!
They were never defined by Ferrari as being faulty. They were replaced and called an "improvement". They also were often not replaced by the dealer because we were told not to do so unless the customer complained about the poor operational performance they often caused. Since most customers did not know how good the F1 system in a 360 could work they had no basis of comparison to base their complaint on. I and people in a few other dealers around the country, contrary to Ferrari policy, generated complaints in house to facilitate warranty replacement of the early (IMO opinion trash) ECU's. The first generation ECU that was good went online in 8-01 and carried pn 189542. It is located behind the Rt seat under the access panel.
