08-30-2010, 10:48 AM | #91 |
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Directly from Scott26's post on another topic.
"The best way to describe the engine of the 1M is a "Hybrid" but in the original form of Hybrid, nothing to do with "alternatives", but it is not a straightforward transplant." So the M division will continue to do their work do make it a different engine. At least they better, if they want my money.....
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08-30-2010, 11:29 AM | #92 |
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Also From Scott26:
"The initial engine proposal was the N55 but they were having issues that cannot be solved within the time window." "Valvetronic was the main cause of the time delay" ... so he was originally wrong
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08-30-2010, 01:28 PM | #94 |
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Look at where the quotation marks begin and end. I said engine, not Scott26.......
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N54 has shown to be more tuner-friendly, so I think that's a good thing.
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08-30-2010, 02:31 PM | #97 |
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I wonder if they employ some additional anti-tuner protection means ? However, I think overboost is about enough to deter some tuners, the current piggyback tuners don't seem to have products out for the overboost-enabled 335is. But the flash tuners will simply wipe the overboost-enabled software and just flash their own.
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I don't know but I think they do.
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The problem with the MINI is the limited aftermarket demand, so return of money invested in aftermarket development is hard. BMW does not have that problem, so I don't think it will take too long to work out the overboost. Ask the guys at burger and vishnu how their tuning efforts with the turbo MINI went... |
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Was there ever an explanation as to why the 1M is busing the N54 as opposed to the N55? Just makes me wonder why the supposedly better N55 was passed up in favor of the N54.
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M had trouble with the valvetronic bits on the N55 and gave up
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Scott said it in one of the treads...I don't remember exactly where tho
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08-30-2010, 04:06 PM | #107 |
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Don't worry about your N55. BMW still has big plans for it. They just couldn't get it ready fast enough for the 1M.
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08-30-2010, 06:09 PM | #109 |
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Thet was kinda my line of thinking. I was actually thinking that they started the 1M before the introduction of the N55 into the 135i, and the M Division just figured having time already invested with the paring of the 1M and the N54 they decided to stick with it. Thanks for the info guys.
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