Ok I plan to have holidays soon and need something to keep myself entertained over the period.

Is there something (ecu,pcm,bem) that is going to prevent this from working? I feel there has to be something back there in one of the computers that is going to not make this work. Does anyone know of a reason it may not work?

Thanks guys

Well looks like the CAN BUS system has killed my idea

If you want a (feasible) project like that, why not do a BA sequential-style shifter? A guy on here a while back did that exact conversion in his EA with a BF shifter.