Non vanos?
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Hedley48
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Looking at an engine and it says its a non vanos but don't know what that means lol it's a 2.5 e36 engine btw
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Simon13
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means it has no variable valve timing on the inlet cam.
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Simon13
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vanos is better, more mid range torque. we are only talking only about 7lbs max gain over non vanos engine.
Imagine a non vanos m50 is like 6 cylinder 16v is how they behave. Need revs to go, bit flat low down. Vanos adds some low end grunt to the party.
Imagine a non vanos m50 is like 6 cylinder 16v is how they behave. Need revs to go, bit flat low down. Vanos adds some low end grunt to the party.
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Hedley48
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Not much in it then. Found one very cheap so gonna go for it cheers pal
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