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      03-06-2010, 01:19 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by cheeseboy78 View Post
I find it amusing - bmw engineers pour thousands of hours into developing and fine tuning the engines, gearbox, chassis, drivetrain, management and stability systems to work in harmony with each other - to give the optimum in performance without sacrificing the longevity of any parts, and then along comes a hack (errr I mean tuner) and offers "more power" from your engine. Sure go ahead. I wouldn´t - but then again, what would I know

I may be wrong, but considering the engine in the x50i is the same as the X6M, and the factory HP is 400 in the former and 555 in the later, some decisions coming out of BMW may have less to do with longevity than with marketing 2 different products to 2 different groups using the same parts. You think it costs Intel $600 more to build the i7 3.33 ghz compared to the 2.8?
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