Alpina B10 V8S TCU Gearbox flash for E39, E38, E53

Do you ever tried to flash Alpina TCU to your V8 car and wondered why there is no flash ZUSB available?
It's quiet simple, there is just no flash available (except alpina Z8 version).

Typically, an Alpina B10 V8S TCU EGS looks like this:

It's a GS8.60.2 a lot of other BMW cars use this kind of TCU/EGS. Like E39 535i,540i, E38 735i,740i, E53 4.4i, 4.6iS. Basically all M62TU engines.

Features of Alpina flash are:

better/faster shifting

shifting at higher rpm under full load

a way earlier closed torque converter clutch

a good manual mode (no S mode anymore)

it just drives more sporty

I had a Alpina EGS recently and analyzed it, i finally managed to make a flashable file out of it!

What do you need for updating you TCU EGS to Alpina flash?

WinKFP working (with working GD8602 folder)

INPA compatible cable

You should also be a little familiar with WinKFP and ZUSBs already

HowTo update to Alpina using WinKFP

Download this flash file: A7509370.0DA

Copy 'A7509370.0DA' to GD8602 folder, typically 'C:\EC-APPS\NFS\DATA\GD8602', overwrite the existing file

Open WinKFP, click Configuration and disable 'Test Checksum'

Now connect cable to your car

Click Comfort Mode/Komfort Modus, enter ZUSB/ZUSB eingeben

enter '7509369'

ZUSB 7509369 is normally a japanese Version, i used this ZUSB because it uses the same program data (0PA) as alpina does.

now continue with programming in WinKFP, after updating program (0PA) and data (0DA), you should be ready to go!

You may need to clear codes and reset adaptations in TCU/EGS

Have fun!

If you like it, feel free to make a donation for this hard work.
Greetings, Jan.

Full Alpina B10 V8S file, EEPROM Programmer 29F200BB

Download full eeprom file, read with external programmer: Alpina B10 V8S 29f200bb EEPROM.bin

Note: This file is byte inverted

You can desolder the 29F200BB from your TCU/EGS and burn it directly to it

Full Alpina B10 V8S file 29F200BB inverted

Download full eeprom file, inverted: Alpina B10 V8S 29f200bb EEPROM inverted.bin

I think it's also possible to use BMW Scanner or other direct Tools to write this file, but this is untested