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      12-11-2013, 06:26 PM   #26
solstice
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Originally Posted by Savory View Post
So it is the same bore and stroke of N55? They must have really massaged it. My question now is why was there an official thread saying it was an oversquare block? http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=892746

All that aside, this car is properly awesome.
Not really much massaging. With the N54 you got similar power with a ~$500 SW tune and much,much more power when using more advanced tunes.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=374508

It's pretty obvious that the engine is not the party trick with this M3 iteration. BMW has taken the cheap and easy route with the engine this time and focused more on weight, it doesn't mean that the car isn't going to be very powerful and spectacular as a package. What remains to be seen is how revolutionary the anti-lag system is. If it really works well this engine can still be special for a while. The S65 on the other hand will always be special.

Btw is there anyone with good photoshop skills and some time on their hands that could overlay the S55 power chart with one from the N63TU adjusted to the same ratings ( crank or rw ) power? I suspect they are pretty similar.

Last edited by solstice; 12-11-2013 at 06:32 PM..
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