Bro, I share your sentiments about 4 cyl engines. You basically have to do tons to K20 to tear bimmer 335. But think about it, 335 cost I think 170 or 180K parallel? My guess.. fuel consumption wise, 335 I think higher as well. Fren got one and he's selling cos wife gave birth and not so friendly to infants. He mentioned that petrol worse than his previous WRX. Road tax higher as well.Bimmer wrote:argee with you total man...i drove a old 325 comvertible before (the old square model, think its E36 model) for about 2 weeks....the drive a amazing...the pick up like nobody biz...even at 140km, just step more and you can overtake easily...but the fuel comsumption also amazing....i becmae very good frens with the petrol stn ppl within 2 weeks...hahaha...panaracer wrote: i alternately had e luxury to drive e 325 for a couple of wks every mth, w nice complimentary from a fellow accordian whenever he s outstation.......
from pick up, of course our R s mighter, esp at 2nd n 3rd gears from e lights.
the 6-cylinders 325 s not much of a puller, but i did try it even w ivan's CTR on SLE...... crusing at 100km/h, then we signalled to PULL, while i deep-depress e 325, i can see tat e CTR's head was only a headlamp in front of my, before disappearing into my (325) rear view mirror.
then on another occasion, i asked my frd to take out my euro R, n we ( i drove e 325) did e similar thing along TPE. results mirrored e above paragraph.
tats y i m very disappointed w 4-cylinders anymore...... of course, not mentioning other souped up euro Rs here; being e 325 s also stock w exhaust n air filter upgrades........
me driving at NSHW, e 325 gives me tat kindda different feel, compared to euro R...... whenever i need some pull, all i need to do n jus deep-depress, whereas my euro R needs to drop two gears manually, n count s seconds before engaging into e vtec zone.........
amongst all jpnese cars, this euro R s a beautifully crafted out masterpiece. but compared to e 325 & 335, i prefer to keep my comments to myself; read above.
tats y alfie n me r kicking our cars nowadays. once u touched a 325 (& above), u ll understand y i m writing all these....... if any euro R (even souped up ones) ever come across any BMW 335, my advise: stay clear of them! at their stock, they r enhanced w 310bhp & 400Nm from as low as 1400revolutions-per-min. get wat i mean?
i buay paiseh go n disturb a 335 las mth..... then stopped at e lights. jus secs b4 turn green, i blew some HKS music...... but once blinked GREEN, i can only see its exos smoked me out!!!!!!
imo, if i drive euro R, i ll only play w lancers, wrx, evos, CTRs, LGTs, 320, 323. once i spot 325/335/A5 etc........ i ll slow down. TRUST ME: jus only e 325's pulling power ll amaze many CL7s drivers. [/i]
I think when doing comparisons, we compare apple to apple. according to FIA, turbo charged engine capacity have to X 1.7 to be equivalent to NA cars. So, for 335 3L engine, its equivalent to 5.1L NA. They ought to tear CL7.
On the other hand, there r some CL7, FD2, DC5 out there who can easily tear 335 or even R8 (first few gears).
Have faith in Honda Vtec bro...