the way E60 was meant to be
07-05-2013, 05:15 AM
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My Ride: 2005 E60 545i Manual, Sport, L7
Model Year: 2005
Where you guys are installing the this button on manual cars?
Anyone has a pic how it looks? I have just push button hidden under the center console storage but would like to put the sport one in visible place
Anyone has a pic how it looks? I have just push button hidden under the center console storage but would like to put the sport one in visible place
It's like driving a new car!!!
07-07-2013, 07:51 PM
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07-08-2013, 02:22 PM
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My Ride: 545i Sport
Model Year: 2004
Engine: N62
Without going to the dealer, you get:
- Faster shift times
- Direct steering
- downshifting with intermediate throttle application
By going to the dealer, you get the following addional features:
- when sports button pressed, "SPORT" being displayed on your speedometer
-in DS mode, with sports button pressed, you actually see which gear the car is in
that is all i can think of at the moment..
But guys beware - the dealer will not readily program this for you... You need a "open minded" dealer to this for you. Mine was not willing to do it, though like i said, i found one in germany, but it is a 3000km drive for me
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- Faster shift times
- Direct steering
- downshifting with intermediate throttle application
By going to the dealer, you get the following addional features:
- when sports button pressed, "SPORT" being displayed on your speedometer
-in DS mode, with sports button pressed, you actually see which gear the car is in
that is all i can think of at the moment..
But guys beware - the dealer will not readily program this for you... You need a "open minded" dealer to this for you. Mine was not willing to do it, though like i said, i found one in germany, but it is a 3000km drive for me
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I read the above post in the Sportautomatic (SAT) retrofit Thread. Is it possible, via coding/programming, to see what gear (M1, M2...M6) the car is in when in DS + Sport, or this is just for Sportautomatic (SAT)?
07-08-2013, 09:04 PM
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here is a post from that thread notice how he at first skipped the ncs expert part and just flashed his firmware and said he automatically saw a change in the cluster. Reading this makes me think that even if we were to do just the NCS part we wouldn't get the S in sport. mode I have ncs expert I'm wanting to try but Id rather not be the scape goat funny things happen to me when I mess with the VO
One major aspect this retrofit is missing is reprogramming the actual transmission module. The sports auto and standard auto have different software.
Using WinKFP, I flashed my standard auto (in a 535xi) to the sports auto software (in the case of the 535i, it's 7601458 as of Ista/P v41.. may have changed in newer releases). I had to clear a few errors in the DSC, EGS ,and DME, but after that the car had no complaints.
The transmission still works, and it feels like it shifts faster, particularlly in S and M modes. It's also a lot more aggressive about downshifting in S mode. I did *not* change my VO, nor did I recode my KOMBI (partly because $2TB was never an available option for the xi models). However, my KOMBI is behaving differently now; when I'm in S mode, it displays the gear the car is in instead of just simply showing "DS" - I will probably try adding $2TB and see if my KOMBI accepts it.
I have not retrofitted the sports shifter (yet), so I have not been able to test the actual sport button. But even without it, it's a pretty nice upgrade. And it does seem to work properly on the xi despite it never being available officially on the RWD models.
EDIT: Well the car did accept the $2TB VO without complaint, and I was able to recode the KOMBI without issue. The FSW_PSW does show changes, but I cannot say I actually notice anything different with the recoded KOMBI.
Using WinKFP, I flashed my standard auto (in a 535xi) to the sports auto software (in the case of the 535i, it's 7601458 as of Ista/P v41.. may have changed in newer releases). I had to clear a few errors in the DSC, EGS ,and DME, but after that the car had no complaints.
The transmission still works, and it feels like it shifts faster, particularlly in S and M modes. It's also a lot more aggressive about downshifting in S mode. I did *not* change my VO, nor did I recode my KOMBI (partly because $2TB was never an available option for the xi models). However, my KOMBI is behaving differently now; when I'm in S mode, it displays the gear the car is in instead of just simply showing "DS" - I will probably try adding $2TB and see if my KOMBI accepts it.
I have not retrofitted the sports shifter (yet), so I have not been able to test the actual sport button. But even without it, it's a pretty nice upgrade. And it does seem to work properly on the xi despite it never being available officially on the RWD models.
EDIT: Well the car did accept the $2TB VO without complaint, and I was able to recode the KOMBI without issue. The FSW_PSW does show changes, but I cannot say I actually notice anything different with the recoded KOMBI.
07-08-2013, 11:05 PM
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My Ride: BMW E60 M5
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07-09-2013, 02:40 AM
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My Ride: E60 530i LCI N53
On LCI you won't get S1-6 without flashing your EGS to the SAT firmware, I know because I've done the conversion myself. You get a 100% SAT mode after flashing ie throtte blip on manual downshift, and faster changes in SPORT mode. Without flash you just get heavier steering, when SPORT button is pressed