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      03-11-2019, 07:57 PM   #23
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Where did you get this info regarding forged internals?
The M2's N55 does have forged internals but its a carry-over from the M235i N55 built.

The M2 N55 has unique pistons and an aluminum oil pan/suction from the S55, a turbo from a 335i and a electric blowoff valve from the N20.


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This explains why N55s have had a tendency to wear out rod bearings faster than one would expect, the sump pickup is different and as they said in the video sometimes it sucks in air because it only picks up from one place as apposed to three. Oils starvation over a long period of time. Moral of the story, keep a lot of oil in your pan, never let it get low, change it often and keep an eye on it. Too bad they didnt think about that when they decided to delete the dipstick...hmm
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This explains why N55s have had a tendency to wear out rod bearings faster than one would expect, the sump pickup is different and as they said in the video sometimes it sucks in air because it only picks up from one place as apposed to three. Oils starvation over a long period of time. Moral of the story, keep a lot of oil in your pan, never let it get low, change it often and keep an eye on it. Too bad they didnt think about that when they decided to delete the dipstick...hmm
Although this is unacceptable in my mind, I believe the "air sucking" will only happen under extreme situations like tracking the car, forcing the oil to the opposite side of the pan where the pickup is NOT located. IIRC, this is not the first time BMW has engineered a motor that has these 2 issues (rod bearing and oil pickup).

One day they'll get it right. To get around these issues, the rod bearings will have to be replaced as preventative maintenance. Some vendor will create a baffled oil pan that will help with the pickup issue, or you can install a dry sump solution, both of which will only be needed for the hardcore racing situations. In that case, I think an S55 would be better to track.
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Although this is unacceptable in my mind, I believe the "air sucking" will only happen under extreme situations like tracking the car, forcing the oil to the opposite side of the pan where the pickup is NOT located. IIRC, this is not the first time BMW has engineered a motor that has these 2 issues (rod bearing and oil pickup).

One day they'll get it right. To get around these issues, the rod bearings will have to be replaced as preventative maintenance. Some vendor will create a baffled oil pan that will help with the pickup issue, or you can install a dry sump solution, both of which will only be needed for the hardcore racing situations. In that case, I think an S55 would be better to track.
I believe they have already got around it with the B58. Toyota had part in the design, testing and reliability development in that engine. It should is much better than all of its inline 6 predecessors.
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I believe they have already got around it with the B58. Toyota had part in the design, testing and reliability development in that engine. It should is much better than all of its inline 6 predecessors.
Where did you see they had any design input? It’s not like they had any choice for the Supra. They don’t have an inline 6, so it’s basically take it or leave it. The more you look at the Supra the less it seems like Toyota did anything but sheet metal and rubber stamp it.
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hehe, hopefully this crankhub thing gets a recall or something
I wouldn’t hold your breath. The crank hub spinning is pretty rare in stock cars. I don’t have data but it seems at least an order of magnitude less likely than S65 rod bearing failures. Given that they never recalled S85 or S65, I doubt you’ll see it here.
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I wouldn’t hold your breath. The crank hub spinning is pretty rare in stock cars. I don’t have data but it seems at least an order of magnitude less likely than S65 rod bearing failures. Given that they never recalled S85 or S65, I doubt you’ll see it here.
There are a few solutions out there that supposedly bulletproof the crank hub. I don't remember which vendors, but maximumpsi comes to mind. I'm guessing that anyone who wants 600whp+ out of their s55 is replacing the stock crank hub.

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Looks like N54 & N55 engine owners should be scared too, according to Mr. Radowski's website:

https://maximumpsi.com/products/maxi...it-s55-n55-n54

And another, but Gintani doesn't mention N series engines:

http://gintani.com/product/gintani-f...-hub-solution/

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Although this is unacceptable in my mind, I believe the "air sucking" will only happen under extreme situations like tracking the car, forcing the oil to the opposite side of the pan where the pickup is NOT located. IIRC, this is not the first time BMW has engineered a motor that has these 2 issues (rod bearing and oil pickup).

One day they'll get it right. To get around these issues, the rod bearings will have to be replaced as preventative maintenance. Some vendor will create a baffled oil pan that will help with the pickup issue, or you can install a dry sump solution, both of which will only be needed for the hardcore racing situations. In that case, I think an S55 would be better to track.
I believe the M2 N55 has the S55 oil pickup internals to prevent oil starvation.

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There are a few solutions out there that supposedly bulletproof the crank hub. I don't remember which vendors, but maximumpsi comes to mind. I'm guessing that anyone who wants 600whp+ out of their s55 is replacing the stock crank hub.

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Looks like N54 & N55 engine owners should be scared too, according to Mr. Radowski's website:

https://maximumpsi.com/products/maxi...it-s55-n55-n54

And another, but Gintani doesn't mention N series engines:

http://gintani.com/product/gintani-f...-hub-solution/
For whatever reason it seems less likely to happen in N54 and N55 cars. Maybe because they make less power stock, but there could be other factors that contribute.
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Toyota was involved in this project way more than people think.

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For whatever reason it seems less likely to happen in N54 and N55 cars. Maybe because they make less power stock, but there could be other factors that contribute.
People speculate it's the vibrations at the higher redline on the S55. Who knows.
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I don’t think that video is anything but eyewash. There are inconsistencies in that video vs what has been written in interviews with Tada. The Z4 and Supra are on BMWs CLAR chassis and there isn’t a lot of hard evidence of any Toyota contributions. B series engines were already in development, maybe they gave their 2 cents or maybe they are just trying to look like they didn’t pay BMW to rebadge a Z4.
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So they made all that up in this video?
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So they made all that up in this video?
Big on marketing, short on details and doesn’t align with some other written articles. Maybe these guys are right but we’ll never know. The results certainly look like all Toyota did was write a check to BMW.

Fact is, it’s built on a BMW chassis and engine that were both already planned and nearing completion. There is nothing Toyota I can find about this car other than sheet metal and the startup logo on the BMW iDrive. My Mazda 3 at least had FoMoCo stamped all over the place .

This is a really small volume sports car anyway, it’s not exactly a Camry that needs to go 250k miles.

Maybe BMWs process really is this deficient to where Toyota could improve the reliability with analyses that BMW should already have been doing... guess time will tell.

I mean, they keep repeating that BMW and Toyota went their separate ways but I’d like to know how. The firmware is all Bosch/BMW. Entire chassis appears to
be the same, struts look to be from BMW bin. Maybe spring rates are different. The interior is identical with some cheaper materials but all still BMW parts. What could they possibly have tuned themselves, in isolation? BMW even did road testing of both simultaneously.

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There are two problems related to the crank hub: first there have been cases of the crank bolt to back out due to vibrations which can be resolved with a crank bolt capture, and the 2nd problem is the fact that it is not a one piece hub and that in some occassion the sprockets spin which can be resolved with for example the Gintani kit.

The solution to the aforementioned is a combination of both solutions. If you are paying someone to have it done you are looking at a major cost of approximately $5000 due to extensive labour costs, could take a tech 30 to 40 hours for the work.

The F8x produced after December 2015 have a new bedplate design and friction plated but that did not resolve the problem.

The number of cases are still very rare...
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https://www.bmwblog.com/2016/07/28/bmw-made-n55-even-better-m2/



F87 N55 is still reliable no?
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"Complex machine has unforeseen reliability issue" is nothing new. Thank god for the enthusiasts and after market companies that can come up with fixes to problems years after the manufacturer's stopped warranting them.

Rod bearings and throttle actuators in S65, water pumps and carbon build up in N54, vanos and solenoid issues in S54... Even the W204 AMG C63 had a head gasket bolt problem and excess wear on the camshaft lobe and valve lifter and the engine wouldn't restart if it was "too hot" after a spirited drive. Just don't buy a TVR if you like to sleep easy

I'm going to get extended engine warranty on the off chance I might get a Spun Crank Hub. Otherwise drive it as it was designed to be driven
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There are a few solutions out there that supposedly bulletproof the crank hub. I don't remember which vendors, but maximumpsi comes to mind. I'm guessing that anyone who wants 600whp+ out of their s55 is replacing the stock crank hub.

EDIT:

Looks like N54 & N55 engine owners should be scared too, according to Mr. Radowski's website:

https://maximumpsi.com/products/maxi...it-s55-n55-n54

And another, but Gintani doesn't mention N series engines:

http://gintani.com/product/gintani-f...-hub-solution/
For whatever reason it seems less likely to happen in N54 and N55 cars. Maybe because they make less power stock, but there could be other factors that contribute.
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I wouldn't hold your breath. The crank hub spinning is pretty rare in stock cars. I don't have data but it seems at least an order of magnitude less likely than S65 rod bearing failures. Given that they never recalled S85 or S65, I doubt you'll see it here.
There are a few solutions out there that supposedly bulletproof the crank hub. I don't remember which vendors, but maximumpsi comes to mind. I'm guessing that anyone who wants 600whp+ out of their s55 is replacing the stock crank hub.

EDIT:

Looks like N54 & N55 engine owners should be scared too, according to Mr. Radowski's website:

https://maximumpsi.com/products/maxi...it-s55-n55-n54

And another, but Gintani doesn't mention N series engines:

http://gintani.com/product/gintani-f...-hub-solution/
I am using the MAX PSI hub solution for my N54 build. Pushing ~ 35 psi and making 850 to the wheel required a better solution.
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"Complex machine has unforeseen reliability issue" is nothing new. Thank god for the enthusiasts and after market companies that can come up with fixes to problems years after the manufacturer's stopped warranting them.

Rod bearings and throttle actuators in S65, water pumps and carbon build up in N54, vanos and solenoid issues in S54... Even the W204 AMG C63 had a head gasket bolt problem and excess wear on the camshaft lobe and valve lifter and the engine wouldn't restart if it was "too hot" after a spirited drive. Just don't buy a TVR if you like to sleep easy

I'm going to get extended engine warranty on the off chance I might get a Spun Crank Hub. Otherwise drive it as it was designed to be driven
It’s a little embarrassing that some of these even happen with the tools available to the engineers today. The rod bearings in particular, and to repeat it...

Vanos is at least something relatively complicated and has changed a lot over time. One would think they would know in simulation if the engine is going to eat rod bearings.
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Where did you get this info regarding forged internals?
The M2's N55 does have forged internals but its a carry-over from the M235i N55 built.

The M2 N55 has unique pistons and an aluminum oil pan/suction from the S55, a turbo from a 335i and a electric blowoff valve from the N20.


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Off topic but first time I noticed that they mention the S55 also has an "overboost" most (406+37)?

Also, MDM puts everything in comfort.
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"Complex machine has unforeseen reliability issue" is nothing new. Thank god for the enthusiasts and after market companies that can come up with fixes to problems years after the manufacturer's stopped warranting them.

Rod bearings and throttle actuators in S65, water pumps and carbon build up in N54, vanos and solenoid issues in S54... Even the W204 AMG C63 had a head gasket bolt problem and excess wear on the camshaft lobe and valve lifter and the engine wouldn't restart if it was "too hot" after a spirited drive. Just don't buy a TVR if you like to sleep easy

I'm going to get extended engine warranty on the off chance I might get a Spun Crank Hub. Otherwise drive it as it was designed to be driven
It's a little embarrassing that some of these even happen with the tools available to the engineers today. The rod bearings in particular, and to repeat it...

Vanos is at least something relatively complicated and has changed a lot over time. One would think they would know in simulation if the engine is going to eat rod bearings.
They're pushing the limits all the time though. It's got to be quiet when cruising, sound like a jet plane when on it, pull like a train from 0 rpm, rev all the way to 8000 rpm, use 5L of fuel per 100KMs and only create an exhaust gas output equal to that of an asthmatic sparrow.

Porsche had to recall the 991.1 GT3 multiple times due to the engine catching on fire, misfires etc. They ended up giving every owner a 10 year warranty on the engine. Not really an issue when you're selling only a low volume of that particular car.

I would think honouring 80,000 extended warranties on the F8x series when they make less margin than Porsche does on each GT3 might not be that commercially savvy.
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