BMW make special engine for 320Si!

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John Burns - 21 Feb 2006 11:33 GMT

BMW will be making a special 175bhp version of the current 2.0 petrol
engine. It will ditch valvetronic in favour of a conventional throttle
system.

The engine will be sold in a four door 320Si, due in he UK around April.
This is being done for homologation purposes (they did something similar
with the E36).

There is also talk of a lightweight two door and booted version of the
one series with the same engine, in the spirit of the E30 //M3. Time
will tell.

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Mike Scheer - 26 Feb 2006 20:53 GMT

> BMW will be making a special 175bhp version of the current 2.0 petrol
> engine. It will ditch valvetronic in favour of a conventional throttle
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> one series with the same engine, in the spirit of the E30 //M3. Time
> will tell.

I hadn't heard anything negative about valvetronic compared to a
conventional throttle. Cost? Throttle response?

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John Burns - 26 Feb 2006 21:17 GMT

> I hadn't heard anything negative about valvetronic compared to a
> conventional throttle. Cost? Throttle response?

This won't be a cost issue. I'd be intersted to know more too. I'm
surprised the higher performance engine has gone back to the old
throttle system.

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