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Originally Posted by ward
some magazine dyno'd some number that would translate to more than 300 hp at the flywheel, but that was 1 time, 1 car.
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1 time, 1 car? I think not... every dyno so far (i have seen at least 5) has showed whp numbers between 265 and 300 WHP... most of this can be atributed to difference in dynos, and conditions.
Whats funny is, that 90% of people that have spent any amount of real time in the 335i state that its underrated... and people that dont want to beleive it, havent really spent much time, and dont really have any valid arguments(like the post above, show some proof!)... but there has been so much proof of it being underrated...
Multiple dynos have been posted that show the car close within the same wheel horsepower results as an m3, shiv even said the cars were only 10WHP apart... so 285whp on an m3 = 333bhp...
if you do the math, saying the 335i is only 300bhp, and a conservitive dyno puts it at 275 WHP... that means bmw must have managed to make a driveline that has only ~6% loss???
Either way, the numbers dont lie... so you have 2 options...
1. BMW worked miracles and created a driveline to end all drivelines, that only has 6% power loss!!!
2. BMW decided to underrate the 335i engine as not to hurt current m3 sales.
I pick #2, and think it has between 320-330 bhp