Manual swapped E61 535D

[Sj1782]

Pardon our interruption...

 

[Brigsy]

Make a good daily that.

 

[dann2707]

Make a good daily that.

Just gotta convert it back to auto 👻

 

[R3k1355]

Is it bad to think that actually the manual conversion doesn't really add anything to it?

 

[charltjr]

Is it bad to think that actually the manual conversion doesn't really add anything to it?

With that engine the only reason I can see for a manual is if you want to drift it, unless the auto box can’t take the torque from the upgrades?

 

[Speedo Gonzales]

6HP26 in a pre-lci should easily take 350bhp which is what that will be. Standard turbos, standard airbox with a MAF and an aftermarket intercooler usually doesn't get you much more than that

 

[JimF]

Manual swap something to do with towing? I'm not a pedo so I'm not well versed in caravans etc.

 

[Flob]

I think people just do it because they want a manual. On a large car I would have a 6/8hp over a manual every time. He probably hurt his old gearbox by never changing the fluid and decided he would solve the problem with a manual... instead of time travelling back 5 years and doing a gearbox service like a good boy.

 

[leeds2592]

Manual swap something to do with towing? I'm not a pedo so I'm not well versed in caravans etc.

Hi, caravan pedo here, definitely prefer auto. I just don’t get manual swapping a car like that, makes it worse if anything

 

[JimF]

I read the advert again, and he's put a Wavetrac diff in it, so defo doing Retail Park D1GP.
6HP is a decent autobox. 8HP is god tier.

 

[colesy]

It was built and owned by Darragh from everything m3 so he probably knew what he wanted out of it.

 

[Flob]

He sold it because he realised he made a mistake?

 

[colesy]

He sold it because he realised he made a mistake?

Daily drove it for 6 years according to the ad on Facebook.

 

[-Jamie-]

I think people just do it because they want a manual. On a large car I would have a 6/8hp over a manual every time. He probably hurt his old gearbox by never changing the fluid and decided he would solve the problem with a manual... instead of time travelling back 5 years and doing a gearbox service like a good boy.

I'm a manual anorak through and through but I f**king love the ZF in the Alpina for daily lazy drives

 

[Matt Cup]

I'm a manual anorak through and through but I f**king love the ZF in the Alpina for daily lazy drives

This is where auto’s are best, couldn’t live without one for daily duties 👌

 

[Flob]

I'm a manual anorak through and through but I f**king love the ZF in the Alpina for daily lazy drives

They even shift acceptably quickly when you're using the flappers.

 

[-Jamie-]

They even shift acceptably quickly when you're using the flappers.

I dont think its that much slower than the DCT box in the F80 was and overall it's far nicer and smoother.

Same with the G8x, genuinely don't understand why folk got so bent out of shape when it didn't arrive with the DCT. It's still super quick on its most aggressive mode with none of the clunkyness that a dct box has


My missus loves it so much she's on the hunt for something else that had the 8 speed ZF, her old M135 had it as well and rated it

 

[leeds2592]

Shame you couldn’t get the m57 with the zf8. That’d be the dream 😍

 

[NorthloopCup]

Shame you couldn’t get the m57 with the zf8. That’d be the dream 😍

You can get a conversion kit to run the zf8. Lad at work has it so he can run the zf8 in his 135d