6 speed neutral safety switch bypass

[Jawdn]

My mates v7 STI is playing up.. We have come to the conclusion that it is the neutral safety switch, he has call winger and they have to come out of Japan so...

Is there anyone out there who knows of any way to bypass the switch? Or no of any thing else that the problem could be, the car feels gutless up in the high rev range and dosnt boost correctly anymore...

Cheers, :

[Wiretap]

 Jawdn said:

My mates v7 STI is playing up.. We have come to the conclusion that it is the neutral safety switch, he has call winger and they have to come out of Japan so...

Is there anyone out there who knows of any way to bypass the switch? Or no of any thing else that the problem could be, the car feels gutless up in the high rev range and dosnt boost correctly anymore...

Cheers, :

I'm not aware of any 'neutral safety switch', can you confirm what function this serves? I know of a Neutral Switch, which simply tells the ECU whether or not it is in neutral, shouldn't have any effect on performance as it mainly affects idle control tables.

When was the last time the sparkplugs were changed and the MAF sensor checked?

Are you in Auckland? I can run a diagnostic on the car for you if you are and confirm if any of these are behaving incorrectly.

[Pappu1]

yea man as above..

could be something else as well..

is the making noises/smelling/hessitating at higher revs?

lol using 98 gas?

edit - is this the blue one with the td06 turbo?

[NTYCME]

 pappu said:

yea man as above..

could be something else as well..

is the making noises/smelling/hessitating at higher revs?

lol using 98 gas?

edit - is this the blue one with the td06 turbo?

td06 is off atm i think, but yeah itll be that one

[boon]

 Jawdn said:

My mates v7 STI is playing up.. We have come to the conclusion that it is the neutral safety switch, he has call winger and they have to come out of Japan so...

Is there anyone out there who knows of any way to bypass the switch? Or no of any thing else that the problem could be, the car feels gutless up in the high rev range and dosnt boost correctly anymore...

Cheers, :

These have a neutral safety switch? And how would that affect it being gutless/not boosting? Are you sure it's not just in limp mode?

[dimin]

The neutral switch affects the AVCS, it is disabled in neutral, which could cause performance issues. My V8 Sti was having an issue with the power delivery feeling rough, did some datalogging and could see the AVCS dropping out randomly. Tracked it down to the neutral switch faulty. Bypassed it and solved the AVCS issue. Dunno if this is the prob you're having though.

[funkytown]

sounds near to it Dimin. If it affects AVCS if definitely will make it run wrong.

I thought to myself yesterday thinking about this problem, i bet the people trouble shooting above aren't 100% on what effect a faulty neutral switch has on tune if your cruising and ecu thinks its in neutral.

to the OP - i see gotasuby is selling some 6speed bits and a center diff - maybe he has a neutral switch from one that saves an overnight part from japan delivered on harry's tab.