About xHP Flashtool

xHP Flashtool is the worldwide world's first and only complete Tuning tuning solution for your BMW with ZF6HP, ZF8HP or 7-Speed speed DCT automatic transmission. xHP is the only tool that focuses fully entirely on getting the best from your Auto-Transmission most out of your automatic transmission and is the worldwide world's leading solution for BMW vehicles. xHP puts the power to fully customize customise your automatic transmission at in your hands. Connect your Smartphonesmartphone/Tablet tablet to your car and start customizing instant by yourself customising immediately or choose from pre-defined OTS maps. Licenses and Maps can be bought exclusively at our WebshopLicences and maps are available exclusively from our webshop.

Since the introduction of the ZF 6HP transmissions in BMW vehicles in the early 2000s, they have remained a Blackbox black box for Tuners tuners and car enthusiasts worldwide. While the ZF units have been tuned in other vehicles for many years now in other vehicles, BMW applied intense has used extensive encryption and signature mechanisms to avoid Tuners prevent tuners and enthusiasts from doing so. While this is understandable from a manufacturer’s perspectivethe manufacturer's point of view, it does not satisfy meet the needs of BMW enthusiasts worldwide. The ZF -Automatics were automatic transmissions have been used throughout the whole BMW range, from the 1-series hatchbacks hatchback to the mighty Alpina B5 cars putting out around 500 bhp and 700 Nm , which produces around 500bhp and 700Nm of torque. While the hardware stays widely remains largely the same throughout for all applications and is mainly divided in only into just a few types, the software inside the controller makes it possible to adapt control unit allows the transmission to be adapted to every each vehicle and to mimic a wide range of driver driving styles. Smooth and comfy comfortable in the Diesel diesel applications, the same transmission in the Alpina B3/B5 come comes with a way much sportier touch and make makes it hard to believe , that they are from the same breed.

Tweaking Optimising your transmission is not only just about getting quicker going faster or holding having more power. Few people are aware of realise how deeply much an automatic transmission contributes to the overall driving experience. From crawling in traffic , over to city driving , to taking your vehicle car to the drag strip or a race trackracetrack, the TCU widely largely defines how your car feels. Like Just as everyone drives different differently with a manual transmission, the maps inside in the TCU hide hold the secrets to tweak tuning your automatic transmission to your personal likings preferences and finally experience experiencing what BMW promised you once in the glossy brochure:

Overview

This Wiki wiki will guide you through the process , how to flash of flashing your TCU (Transmission Control Unit)  with with xHP. We’ve We've done everything we can to make this process as easy, safe and smooth as possible. However,  tuning tuning a vehicle and flashing control units inside of the ECUs in a car always requires paying attention to certain things and prerequisites. On the next following pages, we will list the prerequisites needed requirements and how to avoid any problems , before they can occur.

Prerequisites

In order to safely flash your TCU, it is mandatory to imperative that you use the right correct hardware and prepare your vehicle.  Please Please make sure you don’t have any mechanical problems on your transmission. xHP won’t cure bad mechanics. Never. If you’re already experiencing flared shifts, wrong shifts or jerks during shifts, your transmission most likely needs service or repair before tweaking don't have any mechanical problems with your gearbox. xHP won't fix bad mechanics. Never. If you're already experiencing jerky shifts, mis-shifts or bucking, your transmission probably needs to be serviced or repaired before you flash it.

Supported transmissions

xHP is developed for flashing designed to flash ZF6HP/ZF8HP and DCT (Dual - Clutch) automatic transmissions in BMW vehiclesBMW vehicles. It won’t connect nor operate won't connect to or work on other vehicle car brands or other automatic transmissions.

The ZF6HP/8HP’s were BMWs ZF8HP were BMW's automatic transmissions of choice for nearly their complete lineup, almost their entire range from the early 2000s till todayto the present day, while the DCT was mainly used mostly in M -Carscars.

Mapping a transmission is a tedious task and has to be done on the road, specific for to a certain particular vehicle. Therefore, we can’t support “all” BMW’s in one sweepThat's why we can't support "all" BMWs in one go.

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