07-10-2023, 03:30 PM | #67 | |
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If we were talking N55, then yeah. Its twin scroll single turbo spools up insanely fast AND it has a low boost threshold. But for all the modern S motors that I've tried, if there's a lag difference, I can't feel it. So I guess it's moot for me. YMMV. When it comes to Boost Threshold? ABSOLUTELY, the S58 reacts like a pouty child at low RPMs. As expected. But up top, it is a beast. |
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07-10-2023, 03:45 PM | #68 | |
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Take the N54, with a very low boost threshold, but with a rather annoying turbolag. The N55 with twinscroll technology has improved the situation a lot. Or take the three turbo cars in the video: the RS3 has the lowest boost threshold of the three, but the highest turbo lag, mainly due to the poor, dated intake design - and the worst gearbox, which is why the result is poor in this comparison, but the potential is very high -. The S58 and 45AMG have similar behavior, but at a different level. That 2.0l is astonishing, AMG knows how to make engines. |
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07-10-2023, 04:30 PM | #69 |
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They do for sure! I think they have the highest HP 2.0L mass production engine in the world, over 400 HP.
Edit: yeah the M139 engine is 416 HP. Bonkers. Last edited by Squidget; 07-10-2023 at 04:37 PM.. |
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07-15-2023, 03:58 PM | #72 |
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As much as it is an inevitable comparison that would come sooner or later, there is not much to be surprised about.
It's a 3.0 twin-turbo vs a 4.0 NA vs a 2.5 turbo vs a 2.0 (!) turbo, how else could it have gone? I would have been surprised otherwise. This race neither celebrates the M2 nor denigrates the others, it just shows what everyone expected to happen. I was more interested in the (sub)challenge between A45 and RS3 than anything else. |
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