This is not a troll post. Why is it that BMW's turbocharged inline six cylinder 3.0 liter engine produces comparable power to Volkswagen's turbocharged inline four 2.0 liter engine? It has an entire extra liter of displacement and two cylinders. Just look at the dynos. GTI with nothing but a stage 1 tune clocks in at 316bhp and 386torque. N55 Jb4 stage 1 tune puts it at 324bhp and 358torque.
I also find it funny that Jb4's specification claims aren't actually their own; they cite some random forum post of a guy that had his car dyno'd and it happened to perform exceptionally well that day whereas APR shows all their own findings.
So tell me: why does BMW's engine get BTFO by a 2.0 i4?
understressed, detuned engine N54 is capable of ~950hp on stock internals while the VW 4 cylinder would explode above 400hp remember bmw built a 360hp naturally aspirated 3.2 liter 6cyl like 20 years ago, they build high strung engines when they must.
Isaiah Gray
same with 2JZ - it produces ~320hp in stock form but can be tuned to very high outputs
Jace Long
>this is not a troll post "Stage 1" doesn't mean anything You're comparing to arbitrary numbers. APR is obviously a better tuner if they can get 40% over stock
John Nguyen
also what kind of shitty tune adds less than 20hp? i’m pretty sure a stage 1 tune can get you at least 380hp on a n54
Christian Lee
Under stressed for reliability. Almost every modern car is putting out less power than they are capable of.
Charles Jenkins
Is the S54 gods own engine?
Wyatt Thomas
>He needs to ask that
Evan Watson
holy meme this is awesome, i drive a mk5 gti and am going stage 1 soon, the fb pages im in have ENDLESS fucking arguments about this shit, apr vs revo vs rdtechnik, anyways, in agreeance with , understressed engine means better tunability even if stock numbers are similar.
