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      10-09-2013, 10:20 PM   #74
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Originally Posted by Zebra99 View Post
I'm almost certain all IS engines are N54 regardless of year.

I know for certain in the 335is they are still n54's, but I guess it's possible on the z4's this isn't the case...doesn't seem likely though that BMW would use an N55 with PPK here considering they don't make that power anyways.
335is does use the N54 but the 135is does use the N55 + power kit. It's interesting to me that the N54 "is" cars (z4 and 3 series) have "overboost" (which is a lie, you almost always have overboost so they may as well just say the car makes 369lb/ft unless it starts to heat soak or unless you floor it for over seven seconds without changing gears). The N55 "is" cars and the M135i/M235i don't have overboost and only make 332lb/ft, I wonder why that is.

The posts saying the z4 35is switched to an N55 are news to me, I didn't know that but until last year they were using the N54.
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