Jim Galbally

ok, i was under the impresison that BMW did not have any production turbocharged petrol cars, not since the old 2002.

now, are the new models turbocharged? i keep seeing references to 3.0 TwinTurbos, but im not sure if theyre refering to petrol or deisel motors?

TIFF

Mine is a turbo

DazC

iTrader: (1)

Yes they have petrol turbo engines in the current model 3 series.

DazC

iTrader: (1)

Yours is a diesel though Tiff!

TIFF

Yep ............................and

He wanted to know if there was a Turbo'd BMW

DazC

iTrader: (1)

Read the first post.

Jim was wondering if BMW are producing Turbo Petrol engined cars after hearing 3 litre twin turbos mentioned but was unsure if they were petrol or diesel varients.

TIFF

You could run mine on petrol.........for about a minute

foreigneRS

3 litre twin turbo petrol must be superb, if typically bmw dull

Mike1

Jim

335i - 3.0 litre with twin IHI turbos - 306bhp - turbos spool up very quick

0-100 in 12.8 seconds
ss 1/4 14 @104

Had a test drive in one a few weeks back ( at the local dealer launch weekend) and they are very impressive for a std car. Sound a fair bit rortier than the old E46 330i ( use the same block ...not the newer magnesium type block )

Don't know how much tuning potential there will be in them but I've heard 370/380 might be on the cards.

Trying out the new Cooper S next weekend

Cheers

Rhys

Yup BMW do turbo.

Mike1

Not forgetting the big old BMW 745i Turbo bus they did in the early 80s

GARETH T

the new coupe turbo is lovely machine

sueedw

i also thought bmw did a 318 and 316 ti compact i thought they were turbo ed but could be wrong..

Stavros

very wrong.

but even some of the owners think they turbod seriously

Rhys

nah ti is just trim level.

sueedw

shows you how much i know about bmw s thats made me clear about ti s then

Rick

335 turbo'd 3 litre is prob not far off from being an m3 killer!

xr2i-carl

yes both, my father has already had a disel twin turbo now buying a petrol twin turbo


fookin ace love it

foreigneRS

that's rubbish if true. my estate did that at only stg 2

and if it gets to 100 in 12.8, that means it takes a further 1.2s to do just 4mph more

GARETH T

http://www.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/pricesand...-bmwuk,00.html

xr2i-carl

it will blantantly get into the 13's bmw always quote there figures slower thatn what they are


they quote 0-60 in 6 sec for the e36 m3 3.0 280bhp

but i know of m3 3.0 doin 13.5's easily

Mike1

I'm only quoting what Autocar actually achieved with timing gear - don't shoot the messenger! American mags and a German one have had times under 12 seconds to 100 but one of the American mags always gets impressive (?) figures.
Remember it weighs probably a fair bit more thatn your estate too - somewhere around 1570kilos or a bit more. What's your estate - 1300 kilos?
I've driven one on the road ( albeit only a test demo with a salesman in the car ) but it did feel pretty quick for a standard car.

As for the extra 1.2seconds to do 1/4 over 100, I'll have a look and see what speed they had to make a gearchange.

Cheers

Jim Galbally

the t in 318ti means it's a compact (whatever's german for compact must start ith a t)

foreigneRS

what tcompakt?

stonehavencossie

The new twin turbo was on 5th gear.

The fat boy (with the hair) said it was very good performance but dull to look at and interior was bland. I would agree. Said that its m3/5 performance for 20K less !

Mike1

The "ti" moniker appeared in the mid 60s and stood for "Touring Internationale" - not to be confused with the Touring models (estate versions that came later ) . First seen on carbed BMWs and then they did the 2002tii which was injection as well.

I think it's supposed to be a link back to the small 3-series predecessors