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Originally Posted by b0son
What would the 4.0 be like if it had been developed by BMW for the european market....
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Have you heard of the BMW s38? The S38B38 (3.8L) was 250 kW (335 hp) at 6,900 rpm and torque was 400 N⋅m (295 lb⋅ft) at 4,750 rpm.*
That was back in 1991, so before variable valve timing etc. I'll give ford one thing, at least they didn't put vanos on the barra. What ford have with their VCT, barra etc is a lot more reliable than what BMW have done since with regards to vanos, fuel and timing chains/guides.
*But they build them for top end power, not torque, they usually run twin pipes (inc twin cats and twin resonators) all the way to the rear muffler. E: 1,2,3 on one pipe, 4,5,6 on the other.
e: Anyway, BMW dropped the large i6 and went back to v8s after and it wasn't just for euro reasons, the new king was the s62 4.9L v8 with 294 kW (394 hp) at 6600 rpm and 500 N⋅m