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      09-15-2007, 12:16 PM   #84
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Makes sense

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Originally Posted by Caravello View Post
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I think the cooling on the E46 may not be as good as with yours then, because you can be driving it agressively in L.A. and pretty soon it is a good clip or two past the center line. I never overheated it, but the tendency is to pull back....
I did not have my E46 M3 long enough to ever see the temperature go above dead mid range (and never got to track her...). But given how pushed to the limit this engine was on piston speed and bore size/bore spacing, hp/l, etc. it getting a bit warm does not really surprise me.
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