5**i vs 5**ia
03-04-2005, 07:22 PM
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What about Li ? Limousine injection?..
03-04-2005, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Guest' date='Mar 3 2005, 04:11 PM
What about "e" like 325e and 528e?
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03-04-2005, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by fq1' date='Mar 4 2005, 09:38 PM
[quote name='Guest' date='Mar 3 2005, 04:11 PM']What about "e" like 325e and 528e?
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[/quote]Hahah what about the E28 M5?
03-05-2005, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Guest' date='Mar 3 2005, 04:11 PM
What about "e" like 325e and 528e?
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the 'i' originally stood for injection back in the late '70s, i had one of the first examples, a '77 630csi, but its meaning has often changed
in the mid '80s it stood for 'high revving engine' ... i had an '86 325es, and the difference between my car and the 325is was the engine red line..
now it only differentiates between petrols and diesels...AFAIK
03-05-2005, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Iceman' date='Mar 3 2005, 02:49 PM
A stands for auto tranny. But it's just an internal thing, used among BMW drivers, enthusiasts and BMW engineers. It's not an official model designation, that's why you never see it on the back of the car. Just like "E60"...
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hmmm....check your door sill manufacture plate, i know mine does say 323iA ....
03-05-2005, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Iceman' date='Mar 3 2005, 01:49 PM
A stands for auto tranny. But it's just an internal thing, used among BMW drivers, enthusiasts and BMW engineers. It's not an official model designation, that's why you never see it on the back of the car. Just like "E60"...
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