Best New Technology Award, Part 3: BMW's 3.0 Litre engine

blownaway · 11-28-2005, 11:42 AM

fyi

http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/jk/051123.htm

06graphite · 11-28-2005, 01:29 PM

cool!

Xens · 11-28-2005, 01:51 PM

Wow ..............

el-330i · 11-28-2005, 02:34 PM

Based on this information our 330i is using the same engine as the one in the 530i. That means our car is faster than the 5?

Casey 5 · 11-28-2005, 05:47 PM

Yup, I think the posted 0-60 for the 330i beats the 530i by at least .1 sec. Not too much difference.

coco · 11-28-2005, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by el-330i

Based on this information our 330i is using the same engine as the one in the 530i. That means our car is faster than the 5?

Should be right? Given the same power output and the 5 series being a bigger (heavier) car, that makes sense.

Mikey3 · 11-28-2005, 07:14 PM

nice!!!

do you think the same applies to the 4cylinder 2.0L variant?

a burrito · 11-28-2005, 07:32 PM

WOOO!!

xdrive · 11-28-2005, 11:48 PM

Sounds nice and stuff.. but the HP numbers don't support this "engine technology" to be ALL THAT.

Xens · 11-29-2005, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by xdrive

Sounds nice and stuff.. but the HP numbers don't support this "engine technology" to be ALL THAT.

Due to the straight 6 design, it's hard to up the displacement therefore even harder to get more horsepower without FI. It's unbelieveable that they can do this much with a 3 litre.

topgun · 11-29-2005, 07:48 PM

comparatively speaking the 5er doesn't weigh that much more than the 3er, and thus the rather insignificant difference in straight line acceleration.

Oh, I am a newbie ......go easy

E90Fleet · 11-30-2005, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Mikey

nice!!!

do you think the same applies to the 4cylinder 2.0L variant?

No, its just a slight change to the E46 318i engine

It does have Valvetronic though ( they were some of the first to have )

E90Fleet · 11-30-2005, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by topgun

comparatively speaking the 5er doesn't weigh that much more than the 3er, and thus the rather insignificant difference in straight line acceleration.

Oh, I am a newbie ......go easy

530i 0-62mph 6.5s
330i 0-62mph 6.3s

530i 50-75mph 6.6s
330i 50-75mph 6.6s

Weight difference is only 10Kg ( 22 pounds )

So if you have a driver that over 22 pounds heavier than the one in the 330i the 5 Series is lighter

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el-330i Private 8 Rep 74 Posts Drives: 2006 BMW 330i Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Germantown, Maryland iTrader: (0)	3 vs.5 Based on this information our 330i is using the same engine as the one in the 530i. That means our car is faster than the 5?
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topgun Registered 0 Rep 1 Posts Drives: X5 4.4 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	comparatively speaking the 5er doesn't weigh that much more than the 3er, and thus the rather insignificant difference in straight line acceleration. Oh, I am a newbie ......go easy
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