mortal Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Hallo new member here from Europe - Croatia I've bought few month ago 2016 TC from Germany with 140000km and i love it. I have a few issues with it. Turbo is gone and i made large service so at start it costed me some money more. But now is working well. It is 1.5 diesel with 120HP. I have some plans for it that is why i am on this forum. I have model without lcd display just a small one on a radio unit. I would like to change it to something with display but i am not 100% sure. I have parking sensors and parking camera in rearview mirror so it is not a necessary thing to do. But i do not have a cruise control that bothers me a lot. I need to find out if my body control module has possibility to install Cruise control. i think.... What bother me The gear ratio is large. It should be less. I was driving before 1.6ecoboost focus and ratio was smaller. What have i done already I have bought titanium alu rims from focus and they look great on it. Roof bars which looks nice. I have bought armrest. Led lights everywhere it is possible And afcourse i have ordered ST line stripes white, and i am waiting for them to come. Sarals 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtn Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Damn that's a nice house Other than that, you can order a matching 2DIN fascia plate from Aliexpress and fit which ever head unit you like. The gear ratio is lower due to the van origin, it needs to be driveable fully loaded and/or towing a trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortal Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 Opposite, gear ratio is longer not shorter. That is why it is weird. Is it possible that Germany models get differet gear ratios? Thank you for house, this is our business Bed&Breakfast Stancija Ruseti, TC will work there. I will not buy 2din fascia plate i want to keep OEM look. So maybe headup unit that replaces part where lcd screen should be like this https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001197425236.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtn Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Holy moly! jrm223 and Sarals 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortal Posted December 4, 2020 Author Share Posted December 4, 2020 Yes that is us, a lot of work there. Everything made with old stone, restoration took us 10 years. Few acres of land and forest to clean regularly. We won award The best place to stay outside city in year 2018. mrtn, jrm223 and Sarals 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G B L Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 On 12/2/2020 at 10:37 AM, mortal said: The gear ratio is large. It should be less. I was driving before 1.6ecoboost focus and ratio was smaller. The 1.6 Eco has 160 Hp and the new one has 120 Hp or minus 25-30 % The taller gears are to make it do the job. Nice looking house and nice looking van Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifty150 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 The problem with replacing the radios is that some Ford features are connected to the computer. New cars make is very difficult to replace the radios. If you get an upgraded Ford radio from another Transit Connect, it still may not work because the van't computer needs to be reprogrammed to operate with the new radio. You can install an aftermarket radio, with a lot of features, and it may not work with your van's steering wheel controls. It is possible, to get cruise control. Other forum members have done it. They buy a steering wheel with the cruise control buttons, and activate it using FORScan. I haven't seen anyone remap the air/fuel ratio or recalibrate gear shifting with custom tuning. It is probably possible. Maybe a shop which offers dyno tuning would help you. Just haven't heard of anyone trying it. You are not going to physically regear the front wheel drive transmission. Most mods on this van is for appearance. There are suspension components for changing ride height. Some mods are functional like cameras and lighting. But not much you can do about performance and mileage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrm223 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 I'm one of the guys that added cruise control to my 2015 non-CC van. Bought a correct steering wheel from Ebay (make sure it's the right Ford part number! Another guy learned the hard way recently by buying a full-size Transit steering wheel, looks exactly the same but doesn't work in TC's), then went into the BCM using Forscan and enabled Cruise Control and Adaptive Speed Control; my CC did not work when I only enabled the Cruise Control setting, but does work with CC + ASC enabled, YMMV. Sarals 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortal Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 Regarding gear reatio, i have manual transmition so do not need reprograming. I will write down RPM and speed i am getting maybe in third or fourth gear so i can compare with somebody here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortal Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 so in third gear 80km/h i get 2800rpm in fourth gear 80km/h 2100rpm. Is it the same at your cars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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