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      02-12-2019, 08:17 PM   #107
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Impressive specs from Bavarian Motor Works. One thing that stood out to me on motor build is a forged crank but no mention of forged rods. Rods (and bolts holding heads without stretching to prevent head gasket leaks ) can be a weak spot when increasing HP with custom tunes. Assuming they know what they are doing though. I personally do not tune at those HP levels but many will. Anyway , thank you BMW for building cars like. Wow!!!
Crank and rods are already forged on the B58. I would imagine the same will be true on the S58.
Got it. Thanks for clarifying. 👍🏻
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