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Originally Posted by tuj
The P85 was going to be direct injection (way ahead of its time) until the regs limited the fuel system to 100 bar. The cylinder spacing on the P85 was only 4mm of thickness between bores!
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I wonder how P85 would have held up with the engine regulations back in 2005. I suspect that had they tried to make that engine last as long as the regs said it had to, we would have seen a lot of BMW 'kablammos' that year. 4mm between bores is not a lot!
It probably wouldn't have mattered though, as the FW27 chassis was pretty much a dud that year.
I really, really, REALLY miss not having BMW in Formula 1.
As for road car favorite BMW engine, I'd probably have to go with M20 or M30. Simple, effective, durable.