photos of the HPFP from BMW AG engine model...

ILMOSTRO · 10-02-2010, 04:34 PM

it's a gremlin!

Dackelone · 10-02-2010, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Dackelone

I have a Question for you guys.

1). Why does the tube on the right featuring the N55 motor say 306 to 326 PS (DIN.) ? In which BMW car/model does the N55 make 326 PS?

2). What is that lower pump for/do on the N55 motor? It's bellow the HPFP. The N54 motor (model) does not have this pump. ???

Ok, I am still waiting for the answer to Q#1.

Q#2. answer is the oil pump.

Dackelone · 10-03-2010, 06:03 AM

I updated the photos in my first post. Now the photos are labeled, so any layman can tell whats what.

Dackelone · 10-04-2010, 05:56 AM

A few days ago I went back to the Welt again. I realized that inside that double cone there is a downstairs. So… I went to go see whats down there and I found a few interesting engine displays.

Welt…

Doppelkegel = Double Cone

Two nice engine displays downstairs in the keller of the Double Cone… 535i and 530d…

535i N55…

Turbo wastegate…

Crankshaft...

HPFP...

530d engine...

doublevanosrc · 10-06-2010, 03:37 PM

Awesome pics!! Thanks for sharing.

BerkTechnology · 10-07-2010, 02:56 AM

That is so fricken cool!!! Thanks for sharing!!

Alext · 10-07-2010, 03:24 AM

Thanks for the pics. I learnt how to tell the difference between a forged and cast crankshaft now by sight. I also read that if you hit a forged crank with a hammer it should ring like a bell but a cast will have a dull thud sound.

Dackelone · 02-11-2013, 03:58 PM

I little bump for some really cool engine pics. Even looking back at these engine pics - I still find them very interesting.

hyper1 · 02-11-2013, 09:06 PM

very nice and interesting.
merci/thanks

MaDoNiOn · 02-12-2013, 02:31 PM

Cool pix dack!

Dackelone · 07-12-2017, 06:22 PM

OTN55 · 07-13-2017, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by vwrefugee

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.

from the looks of the pics both the n55 and n54 cranks look like cast metal....

Dackelone · 07-13-2017, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OTN55

from the looks of the pics both the n55 and n54 cranks look like cast metal....

This has been hashed and rehashed many times over. N54 is forged, N55 is not(its cast). BMW wanted to lower the cost of the N54 power plant and that's how we got the N55. But the N55 has more power down low and better fuel economy. Just like the B48 is now the new king of inline sixes.

Dackel

Skotcoop · 02-02-2020, 06:52 AM

Man I love this type of stuff. Could look at it all day. I wish they had put more of the intake portion (cams/valves) on the N54 though. Still very cool.

Dackelone · 02-02-2020, 02:12 PM

I completely forgot I had made these videos of the cutaway engines...

N54 video

N55 video

SheriGoddart33 · 06-23-2020, 07:40 AM

lol. Thanks for the mini tour!

mistacarder · 06-19-2021, 10:25 AM

Amazing... Hopefully I get to visit one day

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