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Originally Posted by mkoesel
Well that would make even less sense since the B38 is the three cylinder.  the B68 (I accidentally typed B58 in my previous post) is the next I6 with which the B38 and B48 I4 will share 60% or more of its parts.
It is possible the new M engine will be a member of this family too but as I say, I am a bit skeptical. |
If the M3/M4 really gets an I6 engine, this be 100% for sure an member of the B68 family ... and if you unterstand the B68 simply as two B38 put together back to front, than you see that 450hp are posible, because the B38 in i8 form produces 226hp.
I see no chance that BMW/M-GmbH develops two different I6 engines ... and an "S68" based on the B68 would never reach 8.000rpm redline ... but there is an small possibility that two B38 blocks could also put together in V-form to use an S63Tü style turbo-system.
