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      12-23-2007, 12:09 AM   #23
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You will need new camshafts to get any power up top. Also tuner companies will need to play around with the intake runner lengths and obviously play around with the computer.
Indeed. I'm mostly curious to find out how much, if any, this engine is underrated and what can be had from a proper ECU tune.
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Given its the 4.0 liter size, I don't see any more than 450hp/340tq with additional tuning, bigger throttle bodies, free flow exhaust, CAI, etc.
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Given its the 4.0 liter size, I don't see any more than 450hp/340tq with additional tuning, bigger throttle bodies, free flow exhaust, CAI, etc.
You just know there's a TT version coming if the HP race continues among the prestige German marques - though the European Commission are making a concerted effort to kill the party (yeah, I know we have to moderate emissions - but I stilll want to see some hi-po cars in the development queue):

http://www.economist.com/business/Pr...ry_id=10342303
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They are already making a 4.4 L TT for the X6 (for now) making 400hp/450tq but its probably much heavier and directly against the efficient dynamics philosophy not to mention the M division philisophy of "less is more". So I just don't see them using the turbo setup anytime soon for the M division. If F1 racing starts accepting turbo, than all bets are off.
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yup just like everyone has stated, a nice ECU tune, intake, racing cats, and straight through pipes with an eissenmann exhaust at the end would yield some nice numbers.
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i wanna make love to that tq curve
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      12-23-2007, 10:07 PM   #29
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You just know there's a TT version coming if the HP race continues among the prestige German marques - though the European Commission are making a concerted effort to kill the party (yeah, I know we have to moderate emissions - but I stilll want to see some hi-po cars in the development queue):

http://www.economist.com/business/Pr...ry_id=10342303
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      12-25-2007, 09:29 PM   #30
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Most of you are complaining about the torque curve dropping after 7K RPM. FYI, the Honda S2000 (considered THE most high strung production by most) has peak torque at 7500, peak HP at 8300 and redlines at 9K. In other words, its torque starts dropping 1500 rpm before redline.

The M5 engine sacrifices low and mid-range torque for the high RPM torque (= HP) so you have to drive it to redline to make it feel fast. The M3 should feel a lot punchier in normal or even spirited driving due to its flat torque curve. Plus I'd guess they were trying to make the M3 get a bit better fuel economy than the M5's miserable 11/17 rating.

As SWAMP said (and I've agreed all the way along) they are saving that torque curve for the CSL. If the 3.6L flat six in a GT3 Porsche can make 415 HP (386 WHP, 115 HP/liter
), I am sure the M engineers can pull 450 HP or more out of the 4 liter for the CSL.
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      12-25-2007, 09:55 PM   #31
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Most of you are complaining about the torque curve dropping after 7K RPM. FYI, the Honda S2000 (considered THE most high strung production by most) has peak torque at 7500, peak HP at 8300 and redlines at 9K. In other words, its torque starts dropping 1500 rpm before redline.

The M5 engine sacrifices low and mid-range torque for the high RPM torque (= HP) so you have to drive it to redline to make it feel fast. The M3 should feel a lot punchier in normal or even spirited driving due to its flat torque curve. Plus I'd guess they were trying to make the M3 get a bit better fuel economy than the M5's miserable 11/17 rating.

As SWAMP said (and I've agreed all the way along) they are saving that torque curve for the CSL. If the 3.6L flat six in a GT3 Porsche can make 415 HP (386 WHP, 115 HP/liter
), I am sure the M engineers can pull 450 HP or more out of the 4 liter for the CSL.

It can hit 450 hp getting more torque in the last 2000-3000 rpm. This is where the engine spends its time during WOT acceleration.

Driveability and flat torque curves are great for getting lattes at Starbucks. I want an uncompromised torque curve in the last 3000 rpm of the rev range.
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      12-26-2007, 08:38 AM   #32
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yup just like everyone has stated, a nice ECU tune, intake, racing cats, and straight through pipes with an eissenmann exhaust at the end would yield some nice numbers.
OK where is all this TT info coming from guys. I'm all for this car as is and ready to buy as soon as I get back to Germany, but if there is solid info on an turbo charged V8 I'll be more than happy to wait for it.

Also, Eisenmann exhaust is absolutely a must have. Got it on the 335i now and love it. I saw they were working on a sytem for the M3 and plan to add this as my first mod.
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      12-26-2007, 09:07 AM   #33
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OK where is all this TT info coming from guys. I'm all for this car as is and ready to buy as soon as I get back to Germany, but if there is solid info on an turbo charged V8 I'll be more than happy to wait for it.
The TT stuff is all baseless speculation, and wishful thinking for some. It's simply not going to happen for the E92. High level BMW exec said FI is not favored by the M division and will not be happening for this product cycle (that interview was posted somewhere on this forum, so search for it if you don't believe me). He said he can't rule it out for other generations, but those are 6+ years away. Historically, M engines have not been messed with too much in a given product cycle, except for small displacement bumps. I can see retuning and replacement of things like intakes, exhaust, and cams for the CSL, but that's an entirely different car. If BMW was really pressed for it, maybe they'd bump the displacement to 4.2 or 4.3 liters for the M3, but I doubt it given the car is kicking some serious ass on the track the way it is.
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      12-26-2007, 09:13 AM   #34
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Thanks. It was nice to ponder on that for a few minutes. In 6= years I'll be looking for the next M3 while holding on to this one.
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      01-01-2008, 06:05 AM   #35
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Beautiful torque curve, as flat as Kansas. The only problem is that its too low!

I was a die hard NA guy for a while but once I got a taste of turbo torque and tunability there was just no going back. Apparently the same thing happened to the BMW M folks with rumors of M5 TT's and now even the M3 may get a couple small snails.

My $0.02
My feelings exactly. Linear may be better, but more torque down low is more fun.
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the torque of this engine is pretty well maxed out...but it doesn't matter...it's all about gearing...

for those who care:
peak T = (V x mep)/(4 x Pi) that simple

where:
V = displacement
mep = mean effective pressure basically a function of the comp ratio and volumetric efficiency

also:
T = HP x (5252/rpm)

for this engine HP ~ 52 x rpm/1000 is a close approximation for >3000 rpm:
.rpm.....HP
4000...208
6000...312
8000...416
check the curve, it's close... http://car-news.roadfly.com/wp-conte...dyno-specs.jpg
it appears from the curve max HP will be 450-460 at 9000...taking eff into consideration...with different cams/etc.

substituting:
T = (52 x rpm/1000) x (5252/rpm)

simplifying, rpm cancels:
T = 52/1000 x 5252 ~ 273 lb ft...

this tells me that you will be hard pressed to get more torque than it's rated 295...

also note from T = HP x (5252/rpm) as rpm increases the ratio 5252/rpm goes down, ie, torque decreases

by extending rpm's, they can extend the HP line, but it will still droop, so although they can extend the torque, it will not increase...

want more torque, get a bigger engine engine...or lower gears
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after looking at the curve...the torque is ~flat to 8300 (HP peak)
doesn't get any better than that

rpm......T % of peak
1000........65
2000........85
3000........95
4000.......100
5000.......100
6000.......100
7000........98
8000........92
8300........90

so at HP peak it still has 90% of it's max torque...only a drop of 10%!
in other words the rpm increase from 6000 to 8300 is ~38%, you would expect the T to drop close to that, yet it only drops 10%...
doesn't get any better...

100% ~3500 to 6500
>95% from 3000 to 7500
>90% from 2500 to 8300 (peak HP)

that's electric motor stuff...
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after looking at the curve...the torque is ~flat to 8300 (HP peak)
doesn't get any better than that

rpm......T % of peak
1000........65
2000........85
3000........95
4000.......100
5000.......100
6000.......100
7000........98
8000........92
8300........90

so at HP peak it still has 90% of it's max torque...only a drop of 10%!
in other words the rpm increase from 6000 to 8300 is ~38%, you would expect the T to drop close to that, yet it only drops 10%...
doesn't get any better...

100% ~3500 to 6500
>95% from 3000 to 7500
>90% from 2500 to 8300 (peak HP)

that's electric motor stuff...

This is nice accurate analysis.....but how much faster would the car be if 100% of the torque was available in the last 2500 rpm?

Screw flat torque curves, let Lexus have that crown.
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      01-01-2008, 12:21 PM   #39
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Have any of you driven the car? You can argue all you want about the torque curve, keep in mind gearing, which no one has discussed, also affects drivability.

I've driven the car in town, stop and go traffic and on the autobahn. With every seat in the car occupied the M3 pulls very nicely, even from low rpm. Does it have big block Chevy torque? No, but no one is expecting that.
I found that even from 2,000 rpm the motor is very tractable and responsive.

Why don't you wait and drive it and then decide if all the debate about the level of torque, where it drops off, etc matters. The engineers have to make compromises and I think the BMW M philosophy of 500 cc per cylinder is the perfect displacement is suspect, but that's what they've chosen to do, and within those contraints the motor is a pretty spectacular performer.
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Have any of you driven the car? You can argue all you want about the torque curve, keep in mind gearing, which no one has discussed, also affects drivability.

I've driven the car in town, stop and go traffic and on the autobahn. With every seat in the car occupied the M3 pulls very nicely, even from low rpm. Does it have big block Chevy torque? No, but no one is expecting that.
I found that even from 2,000 rpm the motor is very tractable and responsive.

Why don't you wait and drive it and then decide if all the debate about the level of torque, where it drops off, etc matters. The engineers have to make compromises and I think the BMW M philosophy of 500 cc per cylinder is the perfect displacement is suspect, but that's what they've chosen to do, and within those contraints the motor is a pretty spectacular performer.


I really do look forward to driving it as soon as possible....but as I wrote above somewhere, I would have preferred more performance in favor of a flat torque curve anyday of the week.

Why build an enthsiast car with a compromised torque curve?? Driveability? Fuel Economy?
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the torque of this engine is pretty well maxed out...but it doesn't matter...it's all about gearing...



this tells me that you will be hard pressed to get more torque than it's rated 295...



by extending rpm's, they can extend the HP line, but it will still droop, so although they can extend the torque, it will not increase...

want more torque, get a bigger engine engine...or lower gears
This is not entirely true. Sure torque is intricately linked to displacement but there is significant variation in specific torque (tq/l). Consider the E46 M3 vs E46 M3 CSL:.

…….hp/tq/redline/hp peak@/tq@peak hp
M3: 343/269/7900/7900/228
CSL:360/273/8000/7900/239

Although the S54 was fairly maxed out (highly stressed) at 106 hp/l and 83 ft lb/l the M boys still found room for improvement. Although the CSLs peak tq only increased by 1.5% its tq increase at peak hp went up by almost 5%. Note that the rpm at which the peak hp is obtained did not change! This was accomplished almost entirely through improvements to “breathing” (intake/exhaust). Which is more important during very spirited driving when the car will typically be above 5000 rpm? Since the S65 is “only” producing 105 hp/l and 74 ft lb/l, I suspect there is substantial room for more. I’d expect the CSL to have AT LEAST: 450 hp, 8500 rpm redline, 300 ft lb AND 270 ft lb at hp peak (vs. approx 258 ft lb at peak hp in the base S65).

A bit more on redline: The S65 is really quite oversquare compared to the undersquare S54. The bore to stroke ratios are 1.2 vs. 0.94. A B/S of about 2.0 allows F1 engines to get very close to 20,000 rpm. We have heard rumors of BMW S65 durability testing at 9-10k rpm. The piston accelerations of the S65 do not even match those of the S54 until 8700 rpm. Furthermore, the S65 has smaller and lighter pistons. Putting all of this together if BMW was happy with the stress and safety factors in the S54 connnecting rods/pistons/crankshaft/etc. at 7900 rpm they should be equally happy going to at least 8700 rpm in the S65.
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Have any of you driven the car? You can argue all you want about the torque curve, keep in mind gearing, which no one has discussed, also affects drivability.
Clearly there have only been a miniscule handful of US, non automotive journo's/professionals who have driven the car. If we had pricing to discuss there would likely be less discussion of these kinds of details. That being said gearing, the M-DCT box, torque multiplication and it's effects on power and torque to the ground have been extensively discussed here on the forum.

As you might know from many of my post, I am a big advocate of science applied to cars. Science and engineering are just as important to a deep understanding of a vehicle as seat time. Note I said understanding not achieving the best lap time.
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This is not entirely true. Sure torque is intricately linked to displacement but there is significant variation in specific torque (tq/l). Consider the E46 M3 vs E46 M3 CSL:.

…….hp/tq/redline/hp peak@/tq@peak hp
M3: 343/269/7900/7900/228
CSL:360/273/8000/7900/239

Although the S54 was fairly maxed out (highly stressed) at 106 hp/l and 83 ft lb/l the M boys still found room for improvement. Although the CSLs peak tq only increased by 1.5% its tq increase at peak hp went up by almost 5%. Note that the rpm at which the peak hp is obtained did not change! This was accomplished almost entirely through improvements to “breathing” (intake/exhaust). Which is more important during very spirited driving when the car will typically be above 5000 rpm? Since the S65 is “only” producing 105 hp/l and 74 ft lb/l, I suspect there is substantial room for more. I’d expect the CSL to have AT LEAST: 450 hp, 8500 rpm redline, 300 ft lb AND 270 ft lb at hp peak (vs. approx 258 ft lb at peak hp in the base S65).

A bit more on redline: The S65 is really quite oversquare compared to the undersquare S54. The bore to stroke ratios are 1.2 vs. 0.94. A B/S of about 2.0 allows F1 engines to get very close to 20,000 rpm. We have heard rumors of BMW S65 durability testing at 9-10k rpm. The piston accelerations of the S65 do not even match those of the S54 until 8700 rpm. Furthermore, the S65 has smaller and lighter pistons. Putting all of this together if BMW was happy with the stress and safety factors in the S54 connnecting rods/pistons/crankshaft/etc. at 7900 rpm they should be equally happy going to at least 8700 rpm in the S65.
I'm not sure...

360/343 x 228 = 239 so the T increased proportionally to the HP...not greater

the new V8 is 25% larger, yet has only 13% more T...this tells me they must have limited T in the mid-range (cams, timing, etc.), to make it flatter...which implies the hi/lo extremes are not 'fiddled' with...

especially since the mep of the engine should be higher (due to a higher compression ratio...

I think with some cams and flow improvements this engine will reveal pretty good HP/mid-range torque gains...
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I agree, the one thing that would have added more power and performance would have been direct injection FI. No one at BMW has told me why it was not considered since lower model i.e. 335 (in US) have it, but not the new M3. Probably a cost issue, but how much would this have added to the car? Maybe for year 3 or beyond upgrade?
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