The World Has Won

[equ]

Originally Posted by FC

...and the ZCP is louder.

And yet, some people drop $5k on the M-performance exhaust to make it louder.

The 340i needs some help in the sound department. I don't even need PSE on the porsche but some kind of sound augmentation is needed on the b58 as it is. The n55 had a bit better sound (though the b58 seems improved in every other way it seems).

I'll have to figure out whether to go with a MPPSK or just an MPE or aftermarket. I don't want too loud, I want just enough sound to shift with.

[wdc330i]

Originally Posted by equ

The 340i needs some help in the sound department. I don't even need PSE on the porsche but some kind of sound augmentation is needed on the b58 as it is. The n55 had a bit better sound (though the b58 seems improved in every way it seems).

I'll have to figure out whether to go with a MPPSK or just an MPE or aftermarket. I don't want too loud, I want just enough sound to shift with.

Agreed.

[Nick M3]

Originally Posted by equ

The 340i needs some help in the sound department. I don't even need PSE on the porsche but some kind of sound augmentation is needed on the b58 as it is. The n55 had a bit better sound (though the b58 seems improved in every other way it seems).

I'll have to figure out whether to go with a MPPSK or just an MPE or aftermarket. I don't want too loud, I want just enough sound to shift with.

Hopefully all that Toyota R&D makes the B58 a much more reliable engine. I’ve heard some stories that suggest that Toyota significantly reengineered it to make the reliability acceptable for the Supra. One can only hope that that flowed back to the BMW engines.

[equ]

Originally Posted by Nick M3

Hopefully all that Toyota R&D makes the B58 a much more reliable engine. I’ve heard some stories that suggest that Toyota significantly reengineered it to make the reliability acceptable for the Supra. One can only hope that that flowed back to the BMW engines.

I didn't know that Toyota had input into the B58. I didn't realize their partnership went back far enough, the b58 was delivered in late 2015 if not earlier for MY2016 so must have been in the works for some time.

[robg]

Originally Posted by Nick M3

Hopefully all that Toyota R&D makes the B58 a much more reliable engine. I’ve heard some stories that suggest that Toyota significantly reengineered it to make the reliability acceptable for the Supra. One can only hope that that flowed back to the BMW engines.

Interesting. Hadn’t heard that either. Do you have any links to stories about that? I know Toyota likes to use dual injection systems (both port and direct) but I don’t think the b58 has that setup.