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Today, 08:32 PMSticky created an article Volkswagen Motorsport freezes development of the WRC Polo R to give competitors a chance in Volkswagen Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification NewsWow, talk about being too strong for your own good. Volkswagen is simply kicking ass and taking names with the new Polo R WRC car. The Volkswagen Polo R has secured four wins in just six events. The Ford and Citroen entries reach the end of their homologation cycle this year which will require a new car. Volkswagen has been working on a new car as well but this would likely push M-Sport out of the WRC as they will not be able to compete. The Volkswagen team motorsport principal Jost Capito stated the following, "We talked about what is best for the future and what’s the best to keep the level of entries up in the championship, and we found that the best way is to stay with the cars we have for this year." M-Sport responded back with, "We are very grateful for this. As you can imagine for the likes of myself and Yves (Matton, Citroen team principal), it’s a real positive move. We know we can still be competitive next year without having to spend millions on development." Nice of VW to back off a bit to give others a chance? Absolutely. But just goes to show VW could crush the competition at any moment if they wanted to.0 replies | 23 view(s)
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Today, 08:07 PMSticky commented on article BMW 2.0 liter four cylinder N20 turbo motor already having issues? Head cracks under stress above 331 pound-feet of torque? in BMW Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification NewsLot of Russians full of shit with dyno numbers as of late.42 replies | 627 view(s)
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Today, 08:05 PMVargasTurboTech commented on article BMW 2.0 liter four cylinder N20 turbo motor already having issues? Head cracks under stress above 331 pound-feet of torque? in BMW Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification NewsT, some guy in russia was claiming 463WTQ and 358 WHP (on your Software so I am sure you know) thats well above what the guy above is claiming as the limits. I ordered some parts for the turbo, not exactly sure how long they will take, but hopefully not too long. Soon as its done, Ill send it to you and you can send me your core back. See what that baby can do.42 replies | 627 view(s)
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Today, 08:01 PMSticky commented on article BMW 2.0 liter four cylinder N20 turbo motor already having issues? Head cracks under stress above 331 pound-feet of torque? in BMW Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification NewsThe op's source said the N54 was fine to 600 hp or so I thought? It was a euro tuner that said the N54 head would crack right?42 replies | 627 view(s)
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Today, 07:59 PMTerry@BMS commented on article BMW 2.0 liter four cylinder N20 turbo motor already having issues? Head cracks under stress above 331 pound-feet of torque? in BMW Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification NewsWe're running ours at 300whp / 350wtq (dynojet) and so far it's running well. Will throw a larger turbo on it as soon as its available so we can see if there is any truth to that! :)42 replies | 627 view(s) -
Today, 07:58 PMbobS commented on article BMW 2.0 liter four cylinder N20 turbo motor already having issues? Head cracks under stress above 331 pound-feet of torque? in BMW Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification NewsBc the op's source said that about the n54. How reliable is the source when we all know how much hardware changes are required to make that power on a n54?42 replies | 627 view(s)
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Today, 07:55 PMSticky commented on article And the BMW N54 horsepower record officially stands at 725 wheel horsepower - E92 335i with Vargas VTX-R 63 Stage 3 turbo upgrade, Cobb Flash, and PTF Pro Tune in BMW Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification NewsDo you even boost bro? That's our new slogan. Need to use it at car meets.388 replies | 3774 view(s)
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Today, 07:55 PMdzenno@PTF commented on article BMW 2.0 liter four cylinder N20 turbo motor already having issues? Head cracks under stress above 331 pound-feet of torque? in BMW Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification NewsForgot to highlight, this is just an opinion based on what we've lived through before...take it FWIW42 replies | 627 view(s)
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Today, 07:52 PMSticky commented on article BMW 2.0 liter four cylinder N20 turbo motor already having issues? Head cracks under stress above 331 pound-feet of torque? in BMW Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification NewsWhat does the N54 have to do with the N20 though?42 replies | 627 view(s)
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Today, 07:51 PMdzenno@PTF commented on article BMW 2.0 liter four cylinder N20 turbo motor already having issues? Head cracks under stress above 331 pound-feet of torque? in BMW Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification NewsI call bs on this to be honest. I had one of the pretty well known euro tuners (who makes downpipes) claim that without a flex section in the downpipes the heads would 100% crack on the N54 :) how many are running downpipes with flex sections in them again?42 replies | 627 view(s)
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Today, 07:50 PMbobS commented on article BMW 2.0 liter four cylinder N20 turbo motor already having issues? Head cracks under stress above 331 pound-feet of torque? in BMW Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification NewsI think some good points are being made....how can they run a n54 to 600+ hp on stock turbos? Hmmm. If they did swap out turbos to run up the hp, why would they even do this? They would have to make a lot of changes just to make it work.... I call bullshit also Maybe they estimate the n54 being able to make 600+ but it's only a estimation42 replies | 627 view(s)
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Today, 07:46 PMSticky commented on article BMW 2.0 liter four cylinder N20 turbo motor already having issues? Head cracks under stress above 331 pound-feet of torque? in BMW Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification NewsI disagree. It's very interesting.42 replies | 627 view(s)
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Today, 07:42 PMSticky commented on article The 2014 F32 4-Series makes its official debut with a curb weight 44-99 pounds lighter than the E92 - Sign of things to come? in BMW Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification Newsthreads merged6 replies | 332 view(s)
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Today, 06:45 PMGeorge Smooth commented on article BMW 2.0 liter four cylinder N20 turbo motor already having issues? Head cracks under stress above 331 pound-feet of torque? in BMW Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification NewsI also call bullshit. This shouldn't have even made front page.42 replies | 627 view(s)
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Today, 06:27 PMVargasTurboTech commented on article BMW 2.0 liter four cylinder N20 turbo motor already having issues? Head cracks under stress above 331 pound-feet of torque? in BMW Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification NewsOk thats all well and good, so if this guy is such good friends with said testers, then what turbo / turbos were they running? And there already people making more then those numbers he claims are fail point and have been doing so for a while and the engine has been fine. As I said, still calling bs on this. BMW is not going to produce a motor that fails at those levels, that is my opinion, and is just that opinion. But until he can tell us some more details, what he is saying doesn't really add up.42 replies | 627 view(s)
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Today, 06:24 PMGeorge Smooth commented on article BMW 2.0 liter four cylinder N20 turbo motor already having issues? Head cracks under stress above 331 pound-feet of torque? in BMW Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification NewsMore often than not the R&D guys use one off turbos for different testing. The first N54 test mule was a single turbo. The same happens software wise. There are many internal files with various power levels. Sometimes these leak and it's the beginning step for most tuners in the evolution of the tunes. You can see with the F10 M5 that most guys are using a "press file" with similar gains as it's what is being bounced around. Soon a stronger file will come out as it leaks across tuning houses. SAme is going to happen with F Series N20 with a 230whp 320i file being the first to hit the steers.42 replies | 627 view(s)
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Today, 05:41 PMbogdan_mb commented on article Big brother vs. little brother, M157 vs M133, Eight Cylinder vs Four Cylinder - Drag race between a C218 CLS63 AMG wagon and the new W176 A45 AMG in Mercedes and AMG Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification NewsI hope I didn't jinxed it but here are some actual facts that confirms my theory : But at the end of the day I think I could be a happy owner of this baby AMG even if it comes with a hefty price.6 replies | 252 view(s)
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Today, 04:40 PMSticky commented on article COBB AccessPORT released for the N55 single turbo powered 2011 and up BMW 135, 335i and 335xi in BMW Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification NewsI was wondering if maybe I could get some details on the difficulty of the F30 ECU for an article and what BMW did to make it so hard to crack.67 replies | 2547 view(s)
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