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Old 06-08-2020, 02:20 PM   #113
robg
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Originally Posted by lemming View Post
‘Fil: had you continued to own that v8 the 4th and 5th years might have been brutal, from what I can see from my neighbor’s experience.

So the new N63 successor engine —this also have a hot-vee design but somehow they’ve addressed this?

Why would you want a red-hot turbo impeller near your cylinder heads? Other than packaging.

Doesn’t this seem bad?
Apparently it helps further reduce lag. Seems like every new turbo V8 engine uses this config now so it's here to stay for better or worse. more compact as well.
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