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Has anyone converted an egear Balboni to manual?


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Hi All,

 

A question from London for our US friends. A mate has an auto/egear Balboni that he wants to convert to manual. Apparently this can be done in the normal Gallardo but a well established Independent here tried to do it on the Balboni, got about 95% done and then reaslied there was some hardware/software issue specific to the Balboni that stopped it working. This was apparently confirmed by a call to Italy (who were against the idea).

 

So I know the US has been converting gallardos to rwd only etc for a while now. Has anyone over there converted a Balboni to manual?

 

Many thanks,

BJ

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Hi All,

 

A question from London for our US friends. A mate has an auto/egear Balboni that he wants to convert to manual. Apparently this can be done in the normal Gallardo but a well established Independent here tried to do it on the Balboni, got about 95% done and then reaslied there was some hardware/software issue specific to the Balboni that stopped it working. This was apparently confirmed by a call to Italy (who were against the idea).

 

So I know the US has been converting gallardos to rwd only etc for a while now. Has anyone over there converted a Balboni to manual?

 

Many thanks,

BJ

 

Tell him to just buy a manual Balboni.

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Tell him to just buy a manual Balboni.

 

What he said.

 

I think the Gallardo/LP560 is a little bit tougher. The shift linkage on a Gallardo platform car isn't solid, it is cable actuated. The Balboni is also 2WD, so maybe that has something to do with it. Confusing though since the transmission is the same, I would think it would be no problem.

 

I would still rather have one that was original from the factory.

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