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      08-25-2011, 06:39 AM   #51
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Originally Posted by dingolfing View Post
The block is the only thing that both engines share. The S63Tu is vastly different than the N63.
Yep, the "Tu" added Valvetronic, which neither the N63 nor original S63 have. I am not saying that this in and of itself means that the S63Tu, with so much more power than the N63, could somehow be more efficient than it. I personall doubt that, too. But it at least seems plausible that it could.

I suspect soon the the N63 will gain Valvetronic (7 series LCI? 5 series LCI?), and also the original S63 in the X5 M and X6 M will be replaced by the new Tu.
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