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Success 6R80 Custom Integration
I'm happy to Report to the community the stand alone Control of a 6R80 is possible if you are trying to mix the transmission with other engine applications other than Ford. This one has a 3.0L 1998-2010 straight 6 Diesel with a custom bracket to adapt the eco boost 6R bellhousing. Very cool build done by a gentleman in Canada, F150 has been driving for over a month now. Originally the gear box was manual but he had a great idea to adapt the 6R80 and due to the M57 using a similar ZF6 which the 6R80 is based off it worked beautifully.
Here is a log I got over the weekend given this combo and the fact we are using a 2011 TC-1797 I cant be more pleased with the results. It took some time to get the torque modeling close to actual so the gear box could engage the proper pressures per the driving condition. As well as making the torque converter react the way we wanted it to given its not perfect for the diesel application but its doing its job well. From here I'm gonna take a big win on this one and go to another strange combo to see what else I can do with the VCM software.
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The hard work that pays off in the end
I have been hard at work making the BMW 3.0 DSL 6R swap function as close to a stock truck as it can be the torque model i have come up with is inline with a real world torque model you would expect from a modified 3.0 M57 engine. I like to make the shifts nice and smooth at cruise but have a nice crisp gear change at higher pedal input. This also depends on what the user desires as far as his or her preference. This F150 has now been driven going on 3 months with no mechanical issues which is always a great thing especially when you are venturing into things that are new and have not been done before. But the ECO BOOST TC-1797 has been doing it job of controlling the 6R as well as giving us live engine data from the BMW M57 engine like actual boost, rpm, map and other miscellaneous temperature outputs.
Anyone interested in doing a transmission swap 6R, Allison, 6L with a engine that it ever was intended to run with im sure I can help make it a reality.