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      09-26-2013, 04:02 PM   #75
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Originally Posted by ScarecrowBoat View Post
Yeah it's pretty hilarious really. People are touting the old M3's engine for it's "hard pull to redline". The new motor produces the maximum hp the m3 slowly built up to over 8400 rpm FOR over 1000 RPM. The build up is quicker, and it produces a substantially higher amount of torque throughout the rev range. Yet we're complaining?

If you had two career paths, both on a 10 year contract, both starting with $100k in pay. One gave you a 21% raise the first five years, but none after that (pay after 5 years being $259k) while the other gave you a 10% raise every year (pay after 10 years being $259k). Are you going to take the first job or are you going to complain that you wouldn't get a raise every year and take the second?!
Given those choices, then yes the S55 power delivery is the faster one.

There is another option that is not available, and that is S65 type power and torque build up in a 'big turbo' style. The only difference to an S65 would be a poor 'relative' torque curve below say 3k RPM, but the pay off would be 550hp at 8k RPM.

On track you, as a driver, would be rewarded for keeping the engine 'on the boil'. Scenery becomes a blur at 4,500rpm and you have to watch the RPM needle like a hawk because it flies up the dial. Even on the street, with 3 litre capacity, it will 'pootle' OK at low revs, but when the need arises, 2 clicks on the DSG down paddle will wake the beast. That is a real turbo car, and if BMW had the guts to build that, GT3 owners would be flocking, instead of E350/535i/A6 owners. Oh well we can but dream
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