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      09-30-2010, 07:40 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by vwrefugee View Post
Awesome! Thanks for this, it gives us a good look at our "mysterious" engines (not a lot of people on these forums seem to have really been into this engine). Was there any accompanying info about the construction materials, like whether any of the internals are forged etc? I believe it is known that the N54's crank is forged but I'm wondering about the N55.
Last week someone here said that the N55 crank is NOT forged. Only the N54 crank was.

There was no technical info other than the label at the bottom of the cylinder that told you which BMW models used this engine.

I believe there is a "sticky" on the engine specs for the N55 under engine folder on 1addicts. Its a pdf you can download.

I did want to post this cutaway of the cat on the twin turbo V8 used in the 5GT and X5 X6 and 750i. There really is a lot of tech in our simple cars!






IF you want to see more pics - you can look at them here. I put the Welt pics and Oktoberfest pics all in one folder.

http://s764.photobucket.com/albums/x...est%20%202010/

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