A modern 330D engine in a E30?.

[koos]

Have you seen the JCD Diesel engine in that long speed record thingy, think it was a 4 cyl diesel, 1000hp+!!!

[russ325i]

Oh, didnt know that about the turbo's, my bad. Its like most "new" advances, theyre just copies of stuff that has been done already. Like Common Rail Diesel, cummins diesel engines had that years and years ago and now its new.

FWD BMW, 2 abbreviations that should not go together!!

..or double clutch gearboxes - i'm pretty sure that John Deere have been fitting them to their tractors for many a year now..!

Russ

[koos]

Trucks that I work on that are 10-15 years old have twin plate clutch pack's, bloooooooody heavy.

[Jhonno]

The power outputs of the new 3 series with twin-turbo setup is nothing newsworthy as far as I'm concerned

ok its only 100bhp or so per l from a turbo, but remember, bmw make M cars non turbo and they cant be selling a lower spec car with more power than the M3 has..

335T has been rolling roaded at 360bhp or something in the states. Standard.. bet you it goes alot higher!!