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      12-24-2016, 03:01 PM   #26
James550i6spd
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I work for Toyota. R&D dollars are going into hybrid and electric car tech. BMW has just about perfected application of FI technology on 4,6 and 8-cylinder cars so better to pay them for that instead of recreating the same technology
How exactly do you beat the 1.8 in the corolla in terms of reliability/longevity

they are the quintessential bomb proof motor
You can't...but you can improve performance (HP and fuel consumption) with forced induction. BMW's 4cylcinder turbo engines are an industry benchmark
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