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Originally Posted by matt415
Hi James, were you able to carry on with this idea? I am in a similar position where the tranny is on its last leg. Making the 4.4i into a dedicated RWD manual car sounds like a great idea.
Would you provide some info of your 740iL tranny swap as well?
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Honestly, I haven't even been under it lately as I'm on an extended trip to Seattle before I goto Abu Dhabi for a year. Mechanically, since it's the same engine for the 540, 740 and X5, there is no reason why bolting a 6spd and getting a custom driveline made wouldn't get you a RWD only X5. Since the 740iL doesn't come in 6spd (740i's in Europe only, still no iL's), I had to get a driveline made...cost around $400 shipped to my door.
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