2008 BMW M3 V8 Engine plus Sound

January 30, 2009 by cardealers
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24 Comments on 2008 BMW M3 V8 Engine plus Sound

  1. 089Shinsuke on Sat, 31st Jan 2009 6:17 pm

    2. I love this sound,is very sweet!

  2. jayr545 on Sat, 31st Jan 2009 10:20 pm

    3. You’re right, we have two Mercs: ‘90 E class & ‘04 E class. Both have excellent build quality!!!! But I love the way BMWs drive!!!.

  3. samsemtex on Mon, 2nd Feb 2009 9:58 pm

    4. ah? Mercedes are suffering from poor build quality? Ahem i think you might want to look at recent JD power surveys and look where BMW and merc come. BMW 26th for the last two years, mercedes 3rd and then 2nd in terms of happy owners

  4. Sarendil on Wed, 4th Feb 2009 9:23 pm

    5. Drag is a major factor, too.

  5. rkremer on Thu, 5th Feb 2009 4:49 am

    6. Hi i`m still into that honda thing but these cars really ROCKS!!!!

  6. KiloByte69 on Fri, 6th Feb 2009 10:19 am

    7. IMO the most important thing is if or not it will put a smile on your face when you get behind the wheel and give it some gas. Because if it can do that, does anything else really matter?

  7. 4000angels on Sat, 7th Feb 2009 9:47 am

    8. A larger motor will almost always yield a top speed that is higher than a vehicle with a smaller engine, but generally overall performance will be better in the vehicle with the best “P/W ratio”

    There are a couple of other factors, such as frame rigidity and tire grip, among others, but generally it is the P/W that matters. Obviously a poor car with a better P/W won’t do as well as a good car with a poor P/W but with a larger motor. U have to look at it overall but P/W IS the MOST important

  8. Ksinix on Sat, 7th Feb 2009 10:41 am

    9. How can a very light car with 200 hp with a better Power to Weight Ratio can get a better topspeed than a for example Maserati Granturismo?

    But if you mean “performance” I totally agree.

  9. racerx33x on Sat, 7th Feb 2009 7:14 pm

    10. ya, but thats why u buy the coupe and mod it… lol

  10. TroyRx on Sat, 7th Feb 2009 9:08 pm

    11. lol ummm so isn’t power and weight important then ?

  11. 4000angels on Wed, 11th Feb 2009 12:19 am

    12. .

    The most important thing for speed is not power, and it is not weight, it is the Power to Weight Ratio, i.e. “P/W-R”

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  12. EuroSport2006 on Thu, 12th Feb 2009 6:28 pm

    13. Its nice listening to one of the most advanced V8 motors and motors itself. The M3 is better in handling than the C63 AMG, and already beats the RS4 in long run.

  13. mtalonm on Fri, 13th Feb 2009 2:46 pm

    14. I agree. BMW M makes world class engines far superior to their competitors for the available displacement, space, etc. High revving engines that make more than 100BHP/L with F1 technology like the individual throttle bodies. This is an AMAZING engine, regardless if the Nissan GTR is faster for the price. (By the way, the GTR is projected to be more expensive than the M3 anyway.)

  14. manindermaninder on Mon, 16th Feb 2009 9:55 am

    15. yea, but this is also a luxury car

  15. sjacques64 on Thu, 19th Feb 2009 2:11 pm

    16. BMW is the best at getting the most power out of an engine….jeez… ///M POWER.

  16. mikeb1444 on Fri, 20th Feb 2009 5:58 am

    17. I couldn’t have explained it better. But the thumpish gurgle really does come from the big *** airbox. The resonances have to vary from car to car and this probably means a different sound at some point.

  17. arhpg on Sat, 21st Feb 2009 7:20 am

    18. The M3 sounds the way it does because of massive, tuned headers feeding large-diameter head pipes, free-flowing exhaust pipes, all fed by 8400 rpms from a 4-liter V8 (and yes, the tuned intake runners). There are precious-few production V8 engines made anywhere that can turn this sort of rpm or develop 100+hp per liter in a naturally aspirated engine. Incidentally, all highly audible engine sounds as an engine goes through the rpm band are “resonances,” no matter whose engine it is.

  18. mikeb1444 on Tue, 24th Feb 2009 11:17 am

    19. You got that right, they perform much better. I’ll bet someone can get an LS to sound like a Bimmer. You need a kinsler ITB setup and one BIG airbox. That’s why the M3 sounds the way it does. It resonates.

  19. NinjaShadow41 on Thu, 26th Feb 2009 1:08 pm

    20. Well, I was referring more to the technology, rather than the….ahem…price ;) Im sure their are better bang for the buck cars. But, the power BMW can squeeze out of a small engine is just great I think.

  20. EuroSport2006 on Sat, 28th Feb 2009 6:51 am

    21. Don’t you think that its underpowered for its price? I mean its 60K which means its as much as the new Skyline GT-R that does 0-62MPH in 3.3’s.

  21. NinjaShadow41 on Tue, 3rd Mar 2009 11:01 am

    22. Man 400+ hp out of a 4.0 Ltr, naturally aspirated. with an 8400rpm redline. Thats why I love Bimmers.

  22. arhpg on Wed, 4th Mar 2009 2:56 am

    23. LS-series engines aren’t even close to this engine; perhaps in durability, but not even remotely close in performance.

  23. Emerald13 on Thu, 5th Mar 2009 11:19 am

    24. Damn I could listen to this all day.

  24. Er3amX3 on Sat, 7th Mar 2009 4:56 pm

    25. I have to disagree with u on this one. i am a JDM and a DTM fan. i dont like most of American cars but the V8 inside the corvette is a great engine. the car itself is great, and plus you cant really say that because that is like saying all japanese car **** or all german car ****.

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