babelfish translation of roland's post:
Over a BMW press release - and in addition completing press release of companies can be really interesting. If one reads it attentively. In in such a way some of these firm messages is so much information - because one " masks " it there has - that an intensive study is really worthwhile itself. And sometimes one finds also proofs for the fact that it is not sufficient writing powerfully to be - well, so badly it is not with BMW, but... - reading you nevertheless once after. " small block" running V8 BMW 98-01-11/02. BMW presented it on the Motorshow in Detroit: the new V8-Rennmotor, which is meant as per press release " for applications in the USA ", but actually also starting from 1999 in European sports car running to be used knows. The fact that BMW presented the engine in the USA is only logical. " in North America ", then one lets say Karl-Heinz calf skin, conductor central marketing of the BMWS AG and managing director of the BMWS engine port Ltd., " is Achtzylinder v engines traditionally and also today still the most popular and thus most important engines ". - which he did not say: large volume eight cylinder engines are the favourites of the Americans. A V8 with 5,7 litres capacity is already called " small block ". There the BMW V8 with its is scarcely 4 litres capacity actually only a " little block " BMW would like with starting from 1999 the successful application designated of this running engine its " technical authority in this area to prove ", how it formulates Karl-Heinz calf skin. Naturally even in the USA, where on the Motorshow the introduction of their new eight cylinder engines on the US market, even in Detroit Mercedes, still in 1998 communicated. From the m-class to down to C 43 of AMG. If BMW in the press release speaks almost been ashamed of the fact that one concerned oneself because of " among other things with the preparation of the BMW formula 1-Motors department of (the technical Geschaeftsfuehres the engine port Ltd., Paul Ro) additionally the capacities Swiss of the entrepreneur Heini Mader Racing Components S.A. " served, then is after engine criticism searches a Untertreibung. The running engine developed - naturally after specifications of BMW - practically completely with Heini Mader. And also the V8-Rennmotoren of the American competition took on its engine brake, in order to state that e.g. also with Chrysler (old mobile Aurora V 8) " only " it becomes cooked with water. There the BMW engine is actually clearly superior in its current interpretation. For it around 600 HP are called. And it has those. For the old mobile engine by the way also around 600 HP are indicated. On the paper.
It is interesting that one uses even with running engines hardly still another toothed belt for the drive of the obenliegenden cam shafts. With the BMW engine in the series the drive is already guaranteed by a central double roller chain. And it makes then also with the running engine. A roller chain is probably nevertheless more reliable than a toothed belt. But not more cheaply. And therefore mostly come with bulk grosserienmotoren... - with OPELS one knows, how expensive that can become. A beautiful example of " fast " press work forms in the BMW press release the following paragraph: " during the cylinder head remained unchanged, the valve sizes, which diameter of the valve springs and the control times for the cam shafts modify, additionally the in and discharge opening channels for the minimization of the friction losses was processed. " In and discharge opening channels were processed, the valve sizes were modified, to etc., etc., but the cylinder head remained unchanged. And one minimized the " friction us losses " in the in and discharge opening channels - which rubs there actually? - safe meant one the flow losses. But one cannot require probably of the Bavarian engines factories that everyone understands something about engines in the press department. Interesting: There are no more butterfly valves with the BMW Renn-V8, but throttle rollers. As it written is there, could regard one it smooth as an invention of BMW. It is however not, but in similar form already some time with other engines - e.g. in the formula 1 - is used. The BMW Rennmotor is not with its 165 kilograms an even leichtgewicht. One wanted, because it concerns a customer engine, which keep costs as small as possible. Thus is it put in the BMW press release Paul Ro into the mouth - and which costs now the BMW Rennmotor? That is to be read nowhere and not be out-gotten separately after a set of telephone calls with BMW. If one may give faith to the predicates of BMW coworkers, the price between 75.000 and 115,000 dollar will move - thus between approximately 135,000 and well 200,000 DM. If no precise predicate is! - the engine may not be in the American series more expensively than evenly the mentioned 75,000 dollar. And at this label probably the lower price limit specified by BMW orients itself. As one hears is the engine first still another practice testing in a sports car to experience. And one does not go probably wrongly in the acceptance, if the test takes place in that WSC sports car, which is finished even with Williams for BMW and the application in Le Mans (there however with twelve-cylinder engine). But which is to modify the result obtained thereby in the price? Interesting still another another place in the BMW press release: " the electronic igniting and fuel injection system originate from Magneti Marelli from Italy. " - that is probably the result of a Bosch decision to resolve their own running department. Bosch saw itself compelled to because one needed urgently engineer capacity for the development of direct injection systems for petrol engines, which one - like other companies also - had overslept a little. In addition, this dissolution is already again an error, which will become clear however only in some years. And again a gap will have to then tear somewhere, in order to plug another. How would it actually be with a long-term strategy? - also in the engine port! Yes, - if one presseinformationen attentively reads, discovers one also Internas of other companies, for which there was no press release with those. By the way: The BMW V8-Rennmotor is to be able to be used in the season 1999 by interested customer teams. Then it would have to be available starting from center of the yearly 1998 - and starting from when one can experience the price?
