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Originally Posted by chris_flies
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Thanks for the link. Unfortunately I'm skeptical of their claims. Do we know when this advertisement was penned? There have been more then a few attempts at using FI in the engine and its hard to find vehicles that are force fed and running on the streets, they're rarer then hens teeth and so many guys are chomping at the bit to boost them yet can't find reliable ways to get it done.
The car in the link shows some nice pics of the engine compartment and some stills on the track. They built a roll cage for the car so it obviously was built for track use yet we see little track vid or times, dyno printouts, 1/4 mile times or anything else.
N52 engine was produced for about about a decade and then production shutdown a few years ago. It's a great plant for what it was designed for( light weight, better fuel economy, and sporty) but wasn't built to handle too much additional power. There's no way a cast I6 crank, magnesium block engine can handle 500whp or anything near that for any reasonable amount of time. I'll say the guys on this forum are leading the way on what's up with the platform yet I can't remember more then a scant hand few who have FI on their cars( with many ending badly)with a large percentage of N52 owners saying they want it.
My nephew has a N52 car and has been chasing his tail looking for a SC or turbo to bolt on his car and gets excited when new systems come forward but is always disappointed in the end, he's given up.
I guess it's only my opinion but after 10 years of engine production and more years of the engines being on the streets there still isn't a legitimate, feasible FI system for them that will make decent power above stock and have longevity. Many new engines have viable FI systems within a year or so of hitting the streets to bolt on gobs of hp. That's very telling.