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      07-20-2012, 07:30 AM   #111
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Originally Posted by Robin_NL View Post
It's not. Trust me. A M3 V8 is crossplane(crankshaft), a 430/458 Ferrari V8 flatplane. Ferrari has a drysump, the M3 doesn't. Talking about a racy engine.....

Drive a V8 M3 for a couple of months and feel/see for yourself.

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Both V8s were built with different purpose in mind, thus the difference. The P65 has dry sump lubrication and a flat plane crankshaft, like Ferrari, "becasue race car".
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