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      08-04-2007, 09:47 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by mantisG35 View Post
okay, so let me get this straight. the M3 V8 already gets more than 400 hp with no charger on it. Now they want to produce a similarly sized engine, with a TT setup to produce less hp? does that make sense to you?
Well, the E46 M3 produced 333hp from a 3.2L I-6. During the same production period, the E90/92 335i produced 300hp from a twin-turbo 3.0 I-6. The regular 3 series and the M series are two very different markets.
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