BMW 6HP21 to 8HP45 Conversion: WHAT I WISH I KNEW!

BMW 6HP21 to 8HP45 Conversion: WHAT I WISH I KNEW!

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[MistakenMedia]

Silvers are a solid coil, mid range 1200ish usd coilover. Also finally got my home built single turbo running and driving! Doing all the tuning now, and full boost at 18 psi by 3800 rpm!!! Pretty happy with this pulsar gtx3582r gen 2.

[kartube]

Great update. Love the level of detail. I'm taking notes! Hoping things will work out for the best despite all the upheaval.

[friguy]

Well one thing about having to wait for new videos is it gets me into watching the older stuff again. I Need My Fix. Lol. Just for a "Matter of fact type thing the "Guibo" is supposed to be pronounced like "Shjoo-we bow" apparently. Not that it matters what so ever but it was pretty much the only info I could offer after your Wonderful Mad Transmission swapping Lab work! You sir are a Treasure to the world! Hows that for a compliment? LOL. But seriously you rock sir and keep on keeping on. Or "Never stop Never Stopping". As it were. P.S. Turbo install up date. So I have had a long round of turbo ring around the rosey. I had ordered some turbos originally and then they were cancelled by the shop. So I ordered another set from another shop "1st Racing" (All on Ebay) and it turns out I have the same turbos now (They've arrived) that you installed in what was the 17T car. Except it seems they have been updated a bit with all the concerns that "Turbo Labs America" had addressed, addressed. I won't list them here but after careful study and checking. It would seem so. By the way with the 2 inch inlets included they came to about $1500 CAD or $1350 USD. I have also accumulated all the supporting "While you're in their" parts and gaskets bolts hoses etc. I am now thinking I am going to bite the hard bullet and max out a couple of credit cards to just get a shop to do the job. The "XI" cars pose more that I think I'm ready to try and take on by myself on jack stands and my friends aren't as studious as I have been in learning all the in's and out's of it all to want to dive in with me. Just thought I'd ad this stuff. Man I'm long winded. Sorry.

[Nico_i_DCT]

Wow. That's a lot of info Andrew. Thanks for sharing. Dutch regards, Nico

[Cevium]

That explains the delay. Thanks for the update!

[markhutchens]

Been missing the videos! Good to have some Friday night viewing 👍🏻

[lesablier]

Thank you for all infos ! I am thinking of switching from a 6hp32 to 8hpxx

[maxgr]

Hello andrew, only found now the time to watch it...that's really interesting! The idea with rerouting the OEM loom is great in my eyes, the thing with swapping the flange on the 8hp45 was on believe that the e60 6hp19/21 has more of the 5hp flange, which according to my e46fanatics source is why the need to swap on the 8hp to a 6hp or 8hpn20 flange....thy for this insight!

[DZ_Zturbo]

Thanks, in one video got a lot of answers on my questions.

[ml]

Team N54!!! Do you think you would be interested in making a plug and play unit for this swap?

[mkvBKING]

Very cool! I blew a trans on a 2016 340i and just had a used unit from a 2019 swapped in. It was much cheaper than expected, and instead of swapping TCU's I had a coder from Ukraine remotely mate the new unit to my car.

[TML]

I love watching the videos, but I’m glad I have a manual and can sleep at night. 😅 Great stuff, Andrew.

[Mrbit]

Hope it all goes ok with the move. Stressful stuff.

[tonka]

Silver's coilovers are from Taiwan, very good quality

[mplewp]

This is super intresting . I wonder if its possible / worth it to put the 8hp into a 730D 😇. E65 2006 . Im a former BMW technician but i never really looked into doing this swap . I always fumbled around with diffs only . But the zfhp8 is such a badass unit and the engine in the f01 is such a glass cannon that this might be viable

[davidholmes]

Great work Andrew, hey mate Ebay for the brake lines, BMW 1 Series E82 (FULL KIT) Wezmoto Stainless Steel Braided Brake Hoses Lines, Wezmoto brake hoses

[iboost]

Wait so I can buy a f30 N55 335xi to use in a e90 N55

[marcwonnacott]

Hope everything is going as well as it can.

[Meatcleaver]

Still love ya work.. regardless of when you think it is bad..

[davidnjoroge]

can tcu works better than lamik no lie
can tcu takes all shifters including dct shifters and you use oem tcu to do everything