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Originally posted by Stldave2
FI is the only way to fly
Not trying to burst bubbles, yes high horsepower NA engines kick ass, but if you just want horsepower you can get twice as much if not more for the same cost out of a turbo... its more economical. |
Yes, I already know that- but turbo or s/c'ing your car can be dangerous (maybe leaning more towards turbo) depending on how far you go with it from what I've read. But another thing is that I'm sure there are other people who don't really need all that power and might just want only enough to smoke the average jackass on the freeway. I know I'm leaning more towards this being in CA I get so tired of one assclown after another on the freeway, but I don't exactly go to the track every weekend as I would like to, nor am I a member of the local streetracing crowd (yeah those guys are just too cool for me
). If that 300hp is easily reachable then that should be enough for what I'm talking about here.
Besides and, one big thing here is depending on what n/a mods you do you could still go f/i in the end and REALLY benefit from them- just a FEW things you could do specifically to the head: porting inlet/exhaust, go bigger valves, modify comb. chamber modify valves, valve guides, better gasket, lighter pistons, comp. ratio, improve air/fuel mix for better burn, improved valve stem seals, oil splash sheilds for valve caps as well as many more... yes these are all small modifications to the head, yet remember the engine head is the most important part!
From what I've seen, most people around here simply go get their head ported and that's about it as far as the head goes. Now I don't know how well tuned bmw heads already are, but I'm sure there's room for improvement I don't think bmw would go and put out a full race-spec engine in their production cars- these are cars made with the average driver in mind so they try to make an engine that is powerful and reliable, yet won't compromise efficiency at the same time. Sorry bout the long post but in light of what I've said I just would like some more explanation on the 'already fine-tuned' part of this:
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Originally posted by petar7408
i dont think it can get 350 without FI
bmw's are made fine tuned, not much more you can do without FI |