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      01-11-2010, 01:09 AM   #90
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Originally Posted by nukezero View Post
with the power success of the 335i n54 engine... they are downgrading future 3 series to a single turbo...

and with the next M3, they are making it the next inline-6 twin turbo setup. So in that sense, seeing how well the twin turbo n54 performed, they are building/improving upon it and throwing it in the M3... while the 3series gets the shaft with a mildly improved 335i.


from that standpoint, they can't make a triple turbo setup and throw that into the M3...
Well according to the article
335 = 208kw aprox 280bhp downgraded from 225kw
340 new model in between m3 and 335 =268kw aprox 370bhp twin turbo 6
M3 twin turbo 6 = 308kw aprox 420bhp
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