DIY: E60 Sport Automatic Retrofit Redux
05-29-2012, 09:07 PM
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Here's an excerpt of the GKE215.ATS file
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;Fahrzeugzuordnung (Auftrags-Steuerdatei) vom 13.11.2009 11:51 ;TAIS-Abfragedatum (ab) 26.11.2009 FZG;LA;SA;ZB_NR;SE_VS NV93;;205;7601460;VS NW13;;2TB;7601458;VS NW13;;205;7601460;VS
This is an excerpt of my GKE215.DAT file
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$ PS10INIT N00000000000000000000000055000000000000 V $ VERSIONKFCONF: kfconf10.dat ;Zusbauvorschrift vom 11.11.2009 09:22 ;SG-TYP: GKE215 ;ZB-NR TYP-NR HW-NR IX SW-NR AM PIN S CS 7601460,0000000,7591971,A,7601461DA,0FFFFFFFFFD,000,1 Y 7601458,0000000,7591971,A,7601459DA,0FFFFFFFFFD,000,1 8
If you already have WinKFP setup, click on Comfort Mode, then click Enter ZUSB and enter 7601458 - you should see something like this.
Then just hit okay, click enter VIN and type it in, then go back to the main menu (hit done) and then click program.
05-30-2012, 03:24 AM
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terra - fantastic and very helpful post. I will give it a try.
06-08-2012, 04:36 PM
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I re-flashed GKE as terraphantm described and it worked perfectly.
Now when I press the sport button, it actually does something other than just display "sport" on the dash. Now I can tell the transmission is in "sport" mode because it downshifts like it does when the lever is over to the left in sport mode. I have not tested for higher shift points, or anything like that. When the sport button is pressed AND I have the lever to the left my gear display now shows S1, S2, S3, etc
I'm not sure what the combined behavior is (sport button and lever to the left) other than the display.
Now when I press the sport button, it actually does something other than just display "sport" on the dash. Now I can tell the transmission is in "sport" mode because it downshifts like it does when the lever is over to the left in sport mode. I have not tested for higher shift points, or anything like that. When the sport button is pressed AND I have the lever to the left my gear display now shows S1, S2, S3, etc
I'm not sure what the combined behavior is (sport button and lever to the left) other than the display.
06-08-2012, 07:18 PM
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I re-flashed GKE as terraphantm described and it worked perfectly.
Now when I press the sport button, it actually does something other than just display "sport" on the dash. Now I can tell the transmission is in "sport" mode because it downshifts like it does when the lever is over to the left in sport mode. I have not tested for higher shift points, or anything like that. When the sport button is pressed AND I have the lever to the left my gear display now shows S1, S2, S3, etc
I'm not sure what the combined behavior is (sport button and lever to the left) other than the display.
Now when I press the sport button, it actually does something other than just display "sport" on the dash. Now I can tell the transmission is in "sport" mode because it downshifts like it does when the lever is over to the left in sport mode. I have not tested for higher shift points, or anything like that. When the sport button is pressed AND I have the lever to the left my gear display now shows S1, S2, S3, etc
I'm not sure what the combined behavior is (sport button and lever to the left) other than the display.
Do you notice any driveability difference between the sport button and "DS" mode? Trying to decide if it's worth retrofitting the physical stuff
Oh I should probably mention: The software numbers I listed are only for n54 engined cars. Other models will require different software.
06-16-2012, 07:27 PM
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Been out of town without my car right after I made this change so will I do some more experimenting with the combinations over the next few days.
07-11-2012, 04:47 AM
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My Ride: 2007 530xi: Sport, NAV, PDC, HUD, Cold Wthr, CA, Logic 7, HD Radio, SAT, Custom NCS coded options 2008 535xi: Sport, Night Vision, NAV, PDC, HUD, Cold Wthr, CA, Logic 7, SAT, Custom NCS coded options, Rear Seat Heat Retrofit, Passport 9500ci
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i'm still not too sure of the difference when I have the sport button on and when I have the sport button AND the shifter to the left. I think it just kind of hard to pin it down on the city streets.
What I did learn yesterday is a nice new change in the HUD display. A coding change some like to make is to enable the M-view for the HUD but something that has disappointed is the green/yellow/red banded rpm gauge was not calibrated for our engines so it never matched up.
Watch this video and if you look carefully you will see when I hit close to red line in the tach the HUD display matches! Pretty lousy video at the moment. I'll check it out some more to confirm what I am seeing and make a better video.
http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m265/NoQuarter1/?action=view¤t=2b243ade.mp4
What I did learn yesterday is a nice new change in the HUD display. A coding change some like to make is to enable the M-view for the HUD but something that has disappointed is the green/yellow/red banded rpm gauge was not calibrated for our engines so it never matched up.
Watch this video and if you look carefully you will see when I hit close to red line in the tach the HUD display matches! Pretty lousy video at the moment. I'll check it out some more to confirm what I am seeing and make a better video.
http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m265/NoQuarter1/?action=view¤t=2b243ade.mp4
07-11-2012, 12:00 PM
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My Ride: 2008 AW N52 with sports package & premium package; natural brown interior
MODs:
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Great DIY. Thanks
07-17-2012, 11:13 PM
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i'm still not too sure of the difference when I have the sport button on and when I have the sport button AND the shifter to the left. I think it just kind of hard to pin it down on the city streets.
What I did learn yesterday is a nice new change in the HUD display. A coding change some like to make is to enable the M-view for the HUD but something that has disappointed is the green/yellow/red banded rpm gauge was not calibrated for our engines so it never matched up.
Watch this video and if you look carefully you will see when I hit close to red line in the tach the HUD display matches! Pretty lousy video at the moment. I'll check it out some more to confirm what I am seeing and make a better video.
http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m265/NoQuarter1/?action=view¤t=2b243ade.mp4
What I did learn yesterday is a nice new change in the HUD display. A coding change some like to make is to enable the M-view for the HUD but something that has disappointed is the green/yellow/red banded rpm gauge was not calibrated for our engines so it never matched up.
Watch this video and if you look carefully you will see when I hit close to red line in the tach the HUD display matches! Pretty lousy video at the moment. I'll check it out some more to confirm what I am seeing and make a better video.
http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m265/NoQuarter1/?action=view¤t=2b243ade.mp4
Do you notice a difference between the shifter to the left *without* sport pressed and shifter in D with sport pressed?
07-18-2012, 08:54 AM
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