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View Poll Results: S65 option or S55 standart ? | |||
YES ... I would choose the S65 if an option at this price would be availiable | 93 | 45.81% | |
NO ... I would choose the standart S55 engine | 110 | 54.19% | |
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06-20-2014, 12:20 PM | #639 | |
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But, NO there is no universal appreciation of this low speed engine's muffled sound, and no legit track test has liked the throttle response. |
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06-20-2014, 12:26 PM | #640 | |
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I hate to tell you but the S65 didn't sound special at idle either. It's IDLE for christ's sake. If by no legit track test you mean no review that doesn't correspond to your viewpoint hence it doesn't count. I find the forum not quite getting the point across. I think this more eloquently describes my feelings towards your posts. |
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06-20-2014, 12:38 PM | #641 | |
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Why are you here again? You're like the guy who claims that he's not attracted to Asian women, yet spends his time looking at pictures of them. If the F8X isn't for you, the E9X forums are awaiting your return. |
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06-20-2014, 12:46 PM | #642 | |
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Lag is #1. Aesthetics is #2. Boring sound, low revs, not in any important way a special engine. I think it's thrilling to run a V8 to 8400rpm. But even at lower rpm the S65 sounds magnificent. In fact, on the street, anything E46 M3 on up is plenty fast. More power is almost exclusively useful on the track. That's where lag and abrupt power delivery is least tolerable. It's in spite of these flaws that the new engines power makes the car faster. For me, 2/3 of my M3 miles are street, 1/3 are track. On the street I don't have to be breaking the law or driving crazy to get huge enjoyment from the S65. All I have to do is press the throttle and listen. Maybe drop it down a few gears. If there's no "special" aspect to the engine, then it's just a powerplant and really nothing better than a 335 on the street. That ALWAYS special quality of these bespoke old M3 engines is a fantastic quality of life issue that is WHOLLY missing from the new ones. |
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I'm "here" because I choose to be. Are you here to categorize attendance motives, or just to discourage opinions you don't share? I do keep hoping some of the turbo M fan boys here will at least make some good counter arguments and make me want one of these things. No luck so far. Quote:
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Presenting a counter-argument is pointless because you're not looking at this objectively; you're simply here to incite. You make claims that are false, and you're unwilling to listen to reason. |
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And all you will do is find some way to discredit it so there's really no point in posting over the half-dozen reviews where they wrung it out on the track now is there?
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Please ratchet it back.
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The point was that I really don't care if it's exactly an n55 with a tune; effectively it's the same - a 3L turbo motor that just like the N54/N55 runs out of steam before 6k rpm but does make nominally more hp nearly to redline in the 7k range, sounds muted and suffers from significant lag. Freespool turbo for 7 seconds, oversquare bore/stroke, better block and cooling ... all good stuff but doesn't change my description. |
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06-20-2014, 01:34 PM | #648 | |
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2. If you have examples of claims of BETTER throttle response than the S65, please call it out right now. I say it's inferior and almost always it'll be far, far worse. Otherwise BMW wouldn't have tried to address it with the super sport mode or whatever it's called. |
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06-20-2014, 02:01 PM | #649 | |
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Although i will say this. give it time everything is downsizing and adding turbos, that is where the future is. Most of the performance engine coming out will have similar power, similar sound, similar engine characteristics, they are also going to be the same engine etc.... The only reason why trubo engines are cool is the power they make or can make. But once every engine has a trubo it becomes the norm. Thats when people will look back at the old engines, and see what we were "bitching" about. trust it will happen. |
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Welcome to the home of the late model E9X hissy fit thread. Be gentle with them. Or they could stomp their feet and hold their breath til they're blue.
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That sounds pretty ridiculous as naturally aspirated motors are more the norm than turbocharged motors.
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Its a downward spiral from here. everything is going small trubo engines. watch next engine M3 be a 4 cylinder engine. people will look back at the V8 days and say "wow this use to make engines like that" |
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Actually, most of that entire statement is just totally wrong. Multiple people have done the math and shown the optimum shift point is 7300 RPMs. Why? Because it's still making max power and an upshift and keeps you perfectly in the max power band. You act like BMW (and the S65 specifically) was the only V8 engine ever put into a car. It's a special engine, no doubt but it's not the epitome of the M3 line. If it was the end all be all, why did a V8 only find it's way into an M3 once? |
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So many cars are getting reduced size and a pair of turbos. Sound and feel are changing. I like it how today we have both forced induction engines and naturally aspirated. It makes a lot of engine diversity. I foresee a future of MOST performance cars being smaller than todays engines with electric assist/turbochargers. BMW is now 100% trubo, Audi is going, Benz is going... There is talk of a 4 cylinder M3 coming. If i was making trubo chargers for a living, i would be getting pretty rich! |
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Ok, make up your mind. You said, and I quote (..with bad sentence construction, spelling errors, etc.)....... ...."Its a downward spiral from here. everything is going small trubo engines. watch next engine M3 be a 4 cylinder engine. people will look back at the V8 days and dam "wow this use to make engines like that" That is a direct statement about the E9X and M3's in general, hence my response about M3's. I still stand by my statement. The majority of the cars on the road are naturally aspirated. Luxury variants make up a small percentage of what's on the road and what is driven by the average Joe. Yes, there are many turbocharged cars (..there have been forever.....Supras, Z's, RX-7's, etc.), but you're looking at things from the narrow enthusiast perspective, not from an overall perspective. |
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I truly think these comparisons are useless as most will ignore objective data and refer to subjective "data" points to make their case.
The S55 was developped in an era of ever increasing emissions/fuel consumption regulations and post financial crisis cost cutting through platform sharing initiatives. This simply cant be denied. Does that undermine the performance of the S55? Undeniably no, by all preliminary figures it is a powerhouse waiting to be uncorked. M seems to have clearly made the most out of the base N55 and in that perspective they deserve praise. The S65 was developped in an era of sky high R&D budgets through BMW's F1 involvement. It was built on the amazing platform that was the S85. They reach the pinnacle of what was the M philosophy at the time; race car engines in casual clothing. Instead of being governed by regulations it was inspired by its competition such as the RS4 4.2 FSI and 6.2 AMG. I do believe, had regulations been not so strict, BMW would have retained a small displacement V8 and would have introduced new tech (DI, FI, hybrid, etc) to add power. There is simply no replacement for displacement. This is however wishful thinking and something we will never truly know. The S65 is technically 10 years old and is showing its age versus the new crop of engines. I own one, and have test driven the new M3, the feel and experience are completely different and is entirely up to the customer to determine what he likes best. The new S55 is more powerful, more flexible, consumes less; it is the right engine for the job required in 2014. At the end of the day, the new M3/4 is a better car than its outgoing model, not Surprisingly. M has changed; if you don't like their philosophy there's always Porsche Enjoy them in good health, they're all a blast anyways! |
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