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      08-11-2013, 03:40 AM   #111
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Originally Posted by Dackelone View Post
Probably for certain country emission standards. They probably just said it was the same N54 as used before... so no new certification was needed. I think BMW pulled a fast one! We all know the 1M's engine is really a factory tuned engine. Different DME, different higher flowing cats and secondary cats, and it has the PPK hardware too. So its understandable that maybe BMW played with the rules a little bit!
I'd agree with that...........'creative homolgation' I think is the term
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