Originally posted by JeffYoung:
I posted it on the wrong thread, but BMW DOES understate hp. Their literature says the hp rating is a minimum, and you may have as much as 10% (!!!!) more than advertised. Dyno runs I've seen on M Coupes and Roadsters (I have a 00 M Coupe) prove this out. There are 20 hp differences, stock, between motors. I'm not kidding.
Ok, then this could actually explain it. Understated stock hp (makes one question if the E36 325i should even be in IT then) and sloppiness from the factory. Find the best parts, blueprint the cams (grind new from billet), figure out optimal cam timing, improve the breathing. That could all add up. But again, it makes me quesiton if the E36 should be there at all then. Probably, but then the info the CB had at the time was probably not the greatest.


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