05-01-2014, 08:40 AM | #287 |
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The engine of Alpina B4 is based on the N55 one too. What's not good with it?
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They really need to put a detuned S55 instead of a N55. the N55 blows after 360. I would worrie about reliability. Even tunners are are replacing the cranks rods and pistons on the M235i just to get 400 +. If Bmw puts the N55 into the M2 it will be the worst m car ever. The m2 also needs a serious diet, it can't weigh as much as the m235.
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Also, someone asked where did I get that. Car and Driver tested N54 and N55 side by side and they found quicker throttle response. My butt meter confirms it. I jumped from my 2011 1M to friend's 2011 335i and throttle response quicker. I think CD article was around 2010. The single turbo uses two exhaust scrolls instead of 1 like older turbo so you have a smaller exhaust pass-through which maintains exhaust velocity. Older turbos had all 4,6,or 8 cylinders feeding a single exhaust scroll. That is why the call the BMW turbos Twin-Turbo. It's a single turbo with twin scrolls power the compression impeller. Great idea. |
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Automobile Magazine Comparison Page 2 Quote: "On the street, after driving N54 and N55 cars back to back, it's definitely safe to say that the N55 suffers from even less turbo lag than the N54 did. And that engine set the benchmark." http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews...5is_dyno_test/ Last edited by nachob; 05-01-2014 at 11:09 AM.. |
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You said that the S55 is an N55 with two turbos. It is not. Last edited by CanAutM3; 05-01-2014 at 03:12 PM.. |
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Comp pack or some sort of engine LCI as we saw on the E36 M3 (3.0L -> 3.2L).
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Everyone's talking about increasing the power, and throwing a tune on it. I really couldn't care less to be honest. I'm perfectly happy with an N55 (and we don't even know what upgrades or what they'll do with cooling system).
Orange/Cloth/6MT LED headlights if available during LCI Comp Pack if it becomes available. That's it. The key word here is make it as light as possible. With 380hp, I'm more than happy with that. Would be the perfect companion for my E92 M3. It really is time to start saving up.
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the 1m was a stop gap model rushed to production, produced in small numbers to generate some hype for this model
so it was never a threat to the m3 this one will sell in larger numbers, so I think it is a bit of a threat especially that they basically use the same engine yeah I know s55, but s55 is basically an N55 some of us fall for the marketing hype, others don't
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Those 1M prices won't be without depreciation any longer I suppose.
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I think you mean E36 M3: E36 came first with 286BHP 3.0 and later on (LCI) the 3.2 litre (SMG1 gearbox) 321BHP (which I back then testdrove as one of the first worldwide in Germany, I was working at a BMW dealership back then)) Cheers Robin |
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The M5 G80? Well there is two garages one contains the new M5 embodying a new lightweight philosophy with Carbon load bearing structure and body panels. The other garage has the same car but features the xDrive system and is slightly heavier... It all comes down to choice... Lightweight RWD or XDrive? You cannot have both... And that will be the choice...RWD or XDrive. And possibly no manual. It was interesting at Beijing to sit in a customer Q&A with BMW M. And the Chinese requesting the next M5 to be more harder than the current car in both character and design.
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You can have a helleva car with ~400BHP if it weighs less than previous models...imagine the E92 M3 with the same type BHP numbers, but 3 or 400 pounds lighter...who cares about AWD in such a scenario???
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