[bishbosh]

Originally Posted by Eddamoo

Hey mate, just posting to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for this guide. I did it this evening and it literally took me 15 minutes. It was so straight forward and easy to follow (apart from having a mild heart attack when flashing) lol.

Even though i had the parking lights on, for some reason my ignition switched off half way through the flash . I literally had 20 errors including airbags the lot pop up on the dash and had a near heart attack.

I just turned the ignition back on and re-flashed and now all is well. I would suggest anyone doing this to cycle the ignition before they press "Start" just in case

So yeah thanks again for your effort - if i see you about Sheffield, ill buy you a beer

EDIT: I bloody love the Alpina gearbox mode in the short drive i did. It suits a remapped car well with much less dragging on the Torque Converter.

Ahh yes, I had the igntion on mine turn off right before I did the flash. I forgot that happened. I've heard plugging the seatbelt in can stop the car going to sleep - along with the parking lights.

Haha, anytime. I'm not averse to the odd Golden Sheep

Originally Posted by DaveH28

I did the alpina flash, tbh I've gone back to normal now and prefer it..
But I am guessing it's because I'm running the stock engine map and suspect the alpina software is tuned for 350hp, which has is why it seems to suit the remapped cars better.

Brilliant for the instructions though,
Took me many hours of research too to find out..

I've heard of one or two people going back to the stock gearbox map and it's usually been because the engine hasn't been remapped. Mine is tuned for 360bhp and 700Nm torque, which incidentally is the same torque value as the Alpina.

In my research I came across one chap who said that we should all be updating the engine ecu (DDE) with the Alpina version as well as the gearbox with seemingly no consideration given to the fact that the Alpina engine is different to the 335d engine. (Twin parallel turbos vs twin sequential turbos.) Talk about poor advice!

[zaynn786]

Do you not need to flash any EGS dependencies as some flashing guides suggest? i.e, looking at the TailLineIDs?

[Eddamoo]

FYI to the x30d owners - With the Alpina flash, the car no longer shifts optimally in sport mode for maximum power. Ill do some more tests, but an optimal shift for a remapped car seems to be ~4300RPM. In Sport/Sport, the Alpina software shifts around 4750, where the car's turbo is noticeably inefficient.

[Digidick]

Originally Posted by Eddamoo

FYI to the x30d owners - With the Alpina flash, the car no longer shifts optimally in sport mode for maximum power. Ill do some more tests, but an optimal shift for a remapped car seems to be ~4300RPM. In Sport/Sport, the Alpina software shifts around 4750, where the car's turbo is noticeably inefficient.

Interesting.... I'm about to get this flash done on my remapped 330d.

[Eddamoo]

Originally Posted by Digidick

Interesting.... I'm about to get this flash done on my remapped 330d.

Would be good to hear your thoughts. After another drive tonight, the car is much better in comfort without the kick down. I've been thinking of disabling it for some time now as it's lethal if it kicks down whilst powering out if a corner.

[bishbosh]

I've found the kickdown to be a bit useless, especially in comfort. A lot of noise and not much action. I suppose the alpina flash might be better suited to the x35d cars because like the Alpina they have 2 turbos, although sequential not parallel.

@eddamoo if you're around Sheff you're welcome to see how the flash works on my 335d

[Digidick]

Just done this on my remapped 330d and so far I'm pleased with it. Easy to do following the guide plus a little bit of advice from Bishbosh Dave even whilst he was on holiday bless him.

[jackstrath]

Got any more details on making this?

I’m needing one myself as my trickle charger isn’t cutting it

[bishbosh]

It's easier and a bit cheaper if you don't want or need the LCD display.
Hilka jump leads from screwfix (£10) soldered onto the server power supply. (£15 or so)

However any power supply would need to be modified to output 14V.

[bishbosh]

This is the power supply I used - DPS-750EB Rev A https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Delta-Ele...YAAOSw-jxc4mhh

I can give instructions on how to modify it to output 14V.

[jackstrath]

Thanks, il probably be in touch !

[Saroo]

I’ve tried this but don’t get the options at the end to select the options from the check box in the tal-processing only options I have are all and hwdeinstall about suggestions?

Step 20 at calculate Only takes a few seconds?

[GOWRIN]

Originally Posted by TiredGeek

You are a god, we are not worthy
Now if only mine wasn't in warranty....

This REALLY deserves to be sticky

Does the Alpina flash void warranty?

[bishbosh]

Originally Posted by Saroo

I’ve tried this but don’t get the options at the end to select the options from the check box in the tal-processing only options I have are all and hwdeinstall about suggestions?

Step 20 at calculate Only takes a few seconds?

Do you have the full psdzdata?

Originally Posted by GOWRIN

Does the Alpina flash void warranty?

I presume in theory it could void it for the transmission.

[doumyouji]

Can be done with MPPK 435i gc？

[TiredGeek]

Originally Posted by GOWRIN

Does the Alpina flash void warranty?

Well, you're not doing it to an Alpina so it's not designed to be on there, and the stealer / BMW will use any little thing to get out of a warranty repair.....is it really worth the risk on what's probably a £5k gearbox?
You pays your money etc

[bishbosh]

You could say the same about engine remapping.

The gearbox is the same though in the Alpina and the 335d, but yes if there's a drivetrain issue from the gearbox onwards then BMW could in theory use it to deny a warranty claim.

Personally I think the alpina flash is quite mild compared to what I've read the xhp flash can do. I don't think alpina are in the business of shafting gearboxes in their cars.

[GOWRIN]

Originally Posted by TiredGeek

Well, you're not doing it to an Alpina so it's not designed to be on there, and the stealer / BMW will use any little thing to get out of a warranty repair.....is it really worth the risk on what's probably a £5k gearbox?
You pays your money etc

Originally Posted by bishbosh

You could say the same about engine remapping.

The gearbox is the same though in the Alpina and the 335d, but yes if there's a drivetrain issue from the gearbox onwards then BMW could in theory use it to deny a warranty claim.

Personally I think the alpina flash is quite mild compared to what I've read the xhp flash can do. I don't think alpina are in the business of shafting gearboxes in their cars.

Thanks for the replies, I will reconsider. I'm not really thrashing the car around TBH. Just got the 435D so that I know I have the power when I need it

[Saroo]

[QUOTE=bishbosh;25652539]Do you have the full psdzdata?

Hi yes I have the full PSZdata what I’ve figured out is if I don’t Change Typeschlussel to 3E51 for the F3X or XA71 for F1X models. This identifies the car as an Alpina. Step 8

Then I can calculate HIIT no changes for esg if I don’t follow step 8.

however when I do change that then nothing is done it shows as a 0 in changes and am with the same issue.

Any thoughts? Would coding it without the option be a issue also?

Just playing with it and anything prior to I-step (shipm) f020-15 it calculates correctly anything after it won’t calculate anything. My car is f020-17-07-502

[psyki]

If I've already updated the i-step of my car (all modules) to this version (4.17.20), all I need to do is modify the FA by adding 920 and 9XA to SALAPA and change Typeschlussel to 3E51 (I have F32), then VO code EGS, correct?

[Brobbo]

Can this be done on a 320d? Mainly want it as it shows what gear your in?

[vadimo]

Originally Posted by Brobbo

Can this be done on a 320d? Mainly want it as it shows what gear your in?

No i been told, this was from person that does it for money.