Whats the max speed of a 2004 3.0i?
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martinb1966
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slower than an m ! 
oke: :fuelfire: :evil:
oke: :fuelfire: :evil:bulldog5046 said:i'm sure i read its ment to be 155mph but its runs out of puff much past 110-120 for me to bother to find out, i miss high end acceleration you get from turbo's
Ry
EDIT: http://www.carfolio.com/specifications/models/car/?car=99748
Huh?
Most single turbo car's are terrible at top end speed's due to there characteristics…
They normally are not very high reving… having max power 5500-6000k revs on most dynoes.. but more importantly they have a disgusting lump of a Torque in the middle of the rev range.. suddenly boosting up at 2-3k and dies out at 4k…. say when you at 130-140mph going for gold at 5k rpm your torques probably dropped 50-60ft lbs…not good for trying to pull top speed attempts.. ok from 0-130-140..as you got an extra gear to get the engine into that massive torque but at higher speeds you don’t …So a lot of turbos car’s I’ve been in have rapid acceleration then kind of hit a brick wall so to speak as the torque completely drops out
Where’s a naturally aspirated engine generally has a better zest for revs… say the z4…
It has around 90% of torque at 2k … all the way to 6000… (max power).. peaks at 3.5 k odd but not by much so it never drops off really
The perfect engine has a flat torque curve across the whole rev range and a nice smooth rise of POWER up the revs…probably why the m54 got so many engine awards and nominations…In short it’s a sweet engine and one of the main reason’s I purchased the Z4!!!!
bulldog/admirable for defending your fiat(turbo),tho the 3.0i z4 would leave it for dead,from 0-160!(i have had a cpl mildly tuned seat leon cupra turbos,and they are left behind by the z)
tom tvr/yeah,fully agree,they feel rock solid at max speed
+49/ as for the top spd of the 3.0,its 169mph de limited,with no additinal mods(as per dm automotive who do delimits/tuning for bm's/porsches,etc)and costs arnd £300 to get done,as far as i am led to believe
tom tvr/yeah,fully agree,they feel rock solid at max speed
+49/ as for the top spd of the 3.0,its 169mph de limited,with no additinal mods(as per dm automotive who do delimits/tuning for bm's/porsches,etc)and costs arnd £300 to get done,as far as i am led to believe
bulldog5046
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tailing off at 4k 
mine spooled around 2800-3000rpm boosting to 1.3bar, 'tailing' back to 1.0bar at the redline with the current map, it needs a FMIC fitting before i carry 1.3bar to the redline.
Craig - your right it would be left behind at 160, mostly because the gearing limits it to 149mph (GPS)
if i put it back on the road i would certainly be interested to see how it fairs against a Z4... i guess i could do some Dynolicious runs in the Zed and compare? just not quite a real situation...
the guy who maps my Fiat is certain it would walk over the Z4 in the midrang and topend, but who knows!
Ry
mine spooled around 2800-3000rpm boosting to 1.3bar, 'tailing' back to 1.0bar at the redline with the current map, it needs a FMIC fitting before i carry 1.3bar to the redline.Craig - your right it would be left behind at 160, mostly because the gearing limits it to 149mph (GPS)
if i put it back on the road i would certainly be interested to see how it fairs against a Z4... i guess i could do some Dynolicious runs in the Zed and compare? just not quite a real situation...
the guy who maps my Fiat is certain it would walk over the Z4 in the midrang and topend, but who knows!
Ry
