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Old 07-30-2018, 01:12 PM   #2634
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Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo View Post
That claim has no weight in facts though. There's no way BMW will put an iron block back in the Z4.

I will eat my hat if the motor isn't made like this:

1: Aluminum or Magnesium alloy block with iron/steel sleeves, copper coated

2: Forged steel crank

3: Fracture-split single crystal aluminum alloy rods

3: Cast aluminum alloy pistons

All BMW's turbo engines since the N54 have been like that, I see no reason to change it. The N54 holds 1000 HP on an unopened block, IF you can fuel it.
Insider A70TTR has hinted the Z4 will use the strandard B58.
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