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      12-14-2013, 05:23 PM   #97
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Originally Posted by Mike Benvo View Post
There is going to be some power left on the table tuning wise with the S55 motor - but it's not going to be as much as we've seen from the N54 motors. The biggest battle the S55 will face is controlling temperature. With upgraded cooling, there is much more potential, but with the factory cooling system, there may issues keeping temperatures down on more aggressive software.
Of course it will not be able to do the same doubling of power as the N54... The N54 was a engine at 50% of it's potential, the S55 is maybe at 70% (just random numbers, but the point is that obvioulsy a engine running at 0.5 bar boost has a much larger potential for tuning than a engine running at 1,25 bar... The latter engine is allready at a much higher state of tune, so leaves less room for tuning).
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