For the gear heads in here...

[overst33r]

http://www.dtmpower.net/forum/e90-2-m3/...-engine-specs-pictures-56k-no-way.html

Enjoy. Precision at its finest.

 

[RichUK]

Engineering excellence at its best.

*Sheds a tear*

 

[dethman]

:thumbsup:

 

[LS20]

wow. if i were a mech e i would masturbate at those photogs

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: RichUK
Engineering excellence at its best.

*Sheds a tear*

RS4 > M3

regardless, those pictures ARE awesome
i think i may try and take some engine design classes at school

 

[ponyo]

It sure is pretty! :thumbsup:

But I'll still take good old American V8 over it.

LS2

LS7

 

[soydios]

Wow. Awesome pictures. Awesome engine. BMW seems to be on a roll with their engines, as usual.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: RichUK
Engineering excellence at its best.

*Sheds a tear*

RS4 > M3

regardless, those pictures ARE awesome
i think i may try and take some engine design classes at school

Blasphemy.

In all honesty, I truly love the RS4 and I?d be hard pushed to make a decision between the two.

 

[IronWing]

Eight butterfly valves? Ouch.

I hope the pics of the exhaust system are from some type of stress test. I'd hate to have that kind of heat under the hood.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: ironwing
Eight butterfly valves? Ouch.

I hope the pics of the exhaust system are from some type of stress test. I'd hate to have that kind of heat under the hood.

ITBs are not odd, but it seems like they wrung as much HP as they could while still keeping emissions down. I bet a new, catalytic converter-less, exhaust is about all that helps power.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: ironwing
Eight butterfly valves? Ouch.

I hope the pics of the exhaust system are from some type of stress test. I'd hate to have that kind of heat under the hood.

All M tech cars use an individual throttle body per cylinder.

 

[dandruff]

Pure Sex!

 

[mazeroth]

Originally posted by: Naustica
It sure is pretty! :thumbsup:

But I'll still take good old American V8 over it.

LS2

LS7

Yep yep. That's a real engine.

http://www.chevrolet.com/pop/corvette/2007/ls7_engine_en.jsp

 

[compuwiz1]

Whatever you do, don't touch one of those cherry red headers! :shocked:

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: Naustica
LS7

where are them overhead cams at? oh wait, there isn't any ;p


(i kid I kid)


but seriously though, as much as I love the LS7, that promotional movie is kinda low rent....

 

[pradeep1]

Exhaust manifold glowing orange. Wow.

 

[DivideBYZero]

I just came.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
I just came.

DBZ, you should buy one ? and then let me have a spin in it.

 

[Shyatic]

The problem with the M3 will be weight. It's gotten more and more bloated over the years -- the best being the E30 and E36 M3s. The E46 was a pig, and this car will be no different.

Too bad most people just enjoy the power rather the precision that the M-cars USED to offer.

It's why I sold my E46 M3 soon after I bought it ... handled like a turd compared to much cheaper cars, although it was a lot faster in a straight line.

I guess you have to be a 'certain kind' of driver to appreciate handling over power nowadays.

 

[Turkish]

Nice

Btw, who the hell uses these stupid pointing devices (mouse): http://media.dtmpower.net/photos/534/P0035188.jpg

 

[Specop 007]

Needs more twist.

 

[overst33r]

Originally posted by: Scribe
The problem with the M3 will be weight. It's gotten more and more bloated over the years -- the best being the E30 and E36 M3s. The E46 was a pig, and this car will be no different.

Too bad most people just enjoy the power rather the precision that the M-cars USED to offer.

It's why I sold my E46 M3 soon after I bought it ... handled like a turd compared to much cheaper cars, although it was a lot faster in a straight line.

I guess you have to be a 'certain kind' of driver to appreciate handling over power nowadays.

Sounds like you need an S2000. Also, the E36 M3 isn't exactly light at 3200lbs.

 

[ajayjuneja]

Originally posted by: RichUK

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: RichUK
Engineering excellence at its best.

*Sheds a tear*

RS4 > M3

regardless, those pictures ARE awesome
i think i may try and take some engine design classes at school

Blasphemy.

In all honesty, I truly love the RS4 and I?d be hard pushed to make a decision between the two.

I picked the RS4

 

[Tommouse]

Need more cow-- torques!

Great pics though!!! WTF were they doing to get the headers like that? Redlining the car for half an hour?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Now, how many people here can identify more than half of those components?