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07-31-2017, 10:05 AM | #23 |
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- mechanical: easily sorted with part numbers as the chassis was offered with both - electrical: Somewhat easy, SSP & PIB documents available in ISTA/D to determine necessary DME repinning. No unique harness, all from OEM. - Programming: change VO and reprogram/recode as necessary. From the DME's perspective the program area is identical between cars, only the calibration area is different and it's a single 8bit value in two different locations (1 ignition/1 injection side). A member just did this on M5Board from SMG -> 6MT. It was actually done in a weekend. |
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Is it doable? Yes and eventually yes but I DOUBT you will be able to. I now have a DCT car and am GLAD I got this vs the 6mt. Nothing against the 6mt but the DCT in this car is just amazeballs (everyone is entitled to their opinion am sharing mine). Grass is greener, if I had to even make a remote suggestion for your conversion, DONT do it. Like I said there were a LOT of electrical gremlins we had to deal with the then E36 chassis to make it work and no one has every go around this so not sure you want to be the prime suspect here. If you MUST, sell it and import another used manual car. Lutfy |
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07-31-2017, 02:17 PM | #26 |
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Thanks for the input guys. Yeah idk if I wanna go with it too.
The owner of the shop has done a 335i e9x conversion as stated earlier, I suppose the electronics will be similar. Selling the car doesn't seem to be an option or something I wanna do. Cause I have put a akra full system which cost quite a lot, plus te37 wheels. Another main reason is , if I wanna import a car I wont be able to inspect it. Maybe yes If I go to UK or something, but then there is not much manual car in the UK so it is not a real option. Plus UK is not small, might have to do domestic flights just to inspect car etc etc. Really something I dont plan on doing. Perhaps I wont do it after all. And just drive it in S mode and using the shifter to shift (pretenting its a manual...lol....) Anyone knows if a transmission that has been sitting long is bad? |
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All a transmission which has been sitting 5 years needs is a tranny fluid change. It isn't any worse than a car that sat for 5 years
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The MSS65 V10 platform on the other hand has a few bytes changed and will not run properly without out the right transmission parameters set in calibration. (Will throw SMG CAN faults) If I recall correctly the MSS54 is the one that has one 8bit value per side designating SMG or manual.
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Are you still wanna swap to Manual. I have e90 m3 with manual and want to swap to dct. I live in BKk thailand so, it is very easy to drive.
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This is a 2 year old thread. He probably doesn't own the car anymore! .
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Let me get this straight... You are swapping out parts designed by some of the top engineers in the world because some guys sponsored by a company told you it's "better??" But when you ask the same guy about tracking, "oh no, I have a kid now" or "I just detailed my car." or "i just got new tires."
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10-10-2019, 08:06 PM | #32 |
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Factory M3 owner, manual trans. From my experience 30 years driving manual cars (heel and toe anytime, on any road, in traffic or on a track but i don't track the M3). I think the weak link is the dual mass flywheel in the M3, not the transmission. Mine has gone bad, and actually showed early sign of being problematic right from the factory (bought new euro-delivery in 2013). i can tell from rough shifts and oscillatory like torque response after a shift that one of the flywheel circularly mounted springs or its stopper has failed. This has happened under original bmw factory warranty, but bmw failed me and refused to investigate it under warranty. A young unexperienced regional (states side) bmw engineer drove my car, without my presence (i never had a chance to meet him) escaped the issue by emailing me :the clutch is a wear item:. The nerve. All independent mechanics, three in total, told me after driving my car that's not a clutch issue.
So you want to get 6MT or DCT either way is fine. 6MT works just fine. But beware the dual mass flywheel in the E9x. I don't know if only some of them defectively built and others not. It is the weak link. Some DCT issues probably come from failing DM flywheels. Once the spring(s) that smooth out engine torque after a shift is broken, the poor dct gets more beating from the engine which cannot be good for it. Last edited by Rajmun340; 10-10-2019 at 08:20 PM.. |
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I don't know a single person who compares the E92 M3 gearbox to that of a Porsche... I have friends with 911's and Spyders and let me tell you, HOLY SHIT. The trannys on those are AMAZING, so direct, precise, and short throws. No guessing what gear you are going in. The E92 m3 has a very sloppy shift feel, and when aggressively driving it can sometimes be difficult to downshift/revmatch and smoothly enter a turn. I am currently upgrading to an Autosolutions SSK which should help with this. If you are planning on doing the upgrade don't play around, get an M5 shift knob, order a Autusolutions SSK with proper bushings and BOOM, you are good to go. But the M3 shifter is nothing to rave about....
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