Since I work for bmw and thought this was kinda cool figured I would pass it on. Supposed to see it by August. Look at how the air enters on the outside of the heads and flows to the lifter valley mounted turbos. Kinda cool.

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/21/d...turbo-4-4l-v8/

 

Baaallinnn!!!!!!

 

Definitely an interesting design.

 

Turbos in the lifter valley. Intakes where the exhaust is. Damn germans, must have been lots of drinking involved.

 

That engine trips me out. Someone give me a LS1 look at quick before I get nauseous.

What do you do for BMW?

 

technican

 

Hey! I resemble that remark!

 

me too, sometimes.

 

Lol can you fix the valvetrain on our 740il they quoted us 6 grand to fix it get bent.

and bmw test drove my dads 745li after fixing it and curbed it hard, broke the rim and the tire. hahaha they didnt even try to deny it

that X6 looks awesome though

 

What is wrong with the valvetrain on the 740?

 

That really is a fantastic design. I like it.

-Rick

 

I am just curious how much heat will be on the top of the motor.

 

I'm sure once you get home from work you can cook dinner on the hood. So, they should add a teflon hood option, lol.

 

Kinda wierded me out lookin at that. I think what had happend was someone put the heads on upside down and they just went with it.

Guess there is no opting for bigger turbos...

 

They were probably on backwards then figured it would be too much to change it. I honestly think the reason they did it was to say look what we can do, who else has done it? Same thing with the magnesium engine blocks, we did it what can you do? Damn germans.

 

Once again, your commentary cracks me up, lol. Teflon hood option, $3000!

 

Through conduction and basic thermal properties, I wouldn't worry a whole lot about heat on the motor. But yea, the hood will be rather warm I would think. But surely BMW has a solution for that. I've heard they stopped global warming, so a hot hood shouldn't be a problem...

-Rick

 

haha ive seen the production version of the engine, there solution is a big thick nasty looking heat shield that covers almost the entire top of the engine. Its a good design for a smaller chassis vehicle. Hopefully bmw doesn't forget the oil coolers like they did on early production 335i's...

cam72aro- what dealer are you with ?