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Originally Posted by mkoesel
Thanks for posting NISFAN. I'm sure very valid points are being made from both sides.
Here's a little brain teaser to pass the time:
What ~4.5L engine (naturally aspirated) on the market today makes the most torque? Pickup truck perhaps? (Hint: that was an anti-hint)
The answer is more of a non-point than a point. Obviously, there are many variables at play. But how much more torque, really, could the above engine make by shrinking the bore and increasing the stroke. Can we somehow calculate, that?
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Going by your question, I'll have a guess....a 458 Italia?
Regarding more torque, the important thing to me, it is becoming clear that BMW didn't go the easy option of 'fettling' an N55 which is what so many people were against. We had a ton of threads saying BMW 'cheaped out' with the S55 (before knowing the true engine facts), and that it was no S65 replacement.
I stand up and applaud the M engineers for taking the S55 to the heights it has. To me the spec revelation tells me that this is going to be the best M engine ever.