Hi guys.
Any thoughts on getting the sports mode on the trans to stay on and the HEVAC recirc flaps to stay closed rather than them resetting themselves each time when the key is turned off?
'97 GEMS
Thx, Jason

Hello.

You want a permenant sport mode? or it doesn't stay activated after you've pressed it?

Hi blue, yes would prefer it to stay on and not reset when turning the car off.

And have now found the track topic button so hopefully I can respond earlier next time!

Yeah, the track topic button doesn't really do much yet... ;-)

97P38 wrote:

Hi blue, yes would prefer it to stay on and not reset when turning the car off.

Not sure. Not something I've considered. Why do you require permanent sport mode? Not a major inconvenience to press a button and also if you Jerry Rig it, i think you might then have issues for the low range. Also there's the fuel cost implication.

Somebody on here will know how to hot wire it.

I find I get far better fuel economy in "Sports" mode when I'm driving on twisty roads than normal mode, because the engine isn't slogging away at low revs to try and keep moving.

As the Sport button is just a momentary press you'd need to check to see what conditions it sends on the two MES lines. Assuming it just sends grounds or +ve signals and not data, then it is possible you could arrange a momentary operated relay to apply the correct signals as soon as the engine starts (taken from the alternator the same as the HEVAC uses). You'd need to be able to disable it or you'd have probems in low range though.

No idea how you'd be able to do it with the recirc though without a pneumatic finger to poke the button although maybe it would be possible to set the recirc blend motors to the correct mode then disconnect them. It'd give you a permanent book symbol on the HEVAC though.

Gilbertd wrote:

it is possible you could arrange a momentary operated relay to apply the correct signals as soon as the engine starts

if you subsitute the word "relay" for finger, then the job's already done. lol