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Originally Posted by ASAP
I have now spoken to a propulsion engineer and a few tuners. None of these individuals see the sense of a LTA application for a street car. I guarantee right now that this was done for packaging, differentiation and potentially lag reasons.
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That's the main reason since BMW was trying everything to prevent lag.
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Originally Posted by karbonphiber
You're speaking to the wrong type of engineer and tuners. A 5th grade student will know that the specific heat capacity of water is greater than air 
Why do you think Underground Racing Twin Turbo Lambos producing 1750HP have been engineered with an air-to-water cooling system...
With air-to-air there are less moving parts to circulate the heat rejection medium which makes it more reliable, but less efficient in pre-cooling intake air. |
I'm sure packaging had a LOT to do with using a water to air intercoller iin that car. They make SICK systems.
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