[Ishan99]

Originally Posted by Luverse

Mine is 2017 320i LCI, and has B48 engine
actually, all BMW F30 LCI, has been equipped with B48 engine here in Indonesia
No LCI version is equipped with N20 engine

That's crazy. Maybe it has to do with manufacturing month. My car was made in July 2016 and it's a 2017 320i with an N20 engine

[Luverse]

Originally Posted by Ishan99

That's crazy. Maybe it has to do with manufacturing month. My car was made in July 2016 and it's a 2017 320i with an N20 engine

my friend has B48 engine on his F30 LCI, with manufacturing date on December 2015

[Ishan99]

Originally Posted by luverse

my friend has b48 engine on his f30 lci, with manufacturing date on december 2015 :d

are you kidding me wtffff

[Luverse]

Originally Posted by Ishan99

are you kidding me wtffff

check this bro, one of my friend car that currently on my garage



F30 LCI, manufacturing date August 2015, with B48 engine

[Dronamashina]

Originally Posted by Ishan99

are you kidding me wtffff

My previous car was 2015 320i with b48

[Ishan99]

Originally Posted by Luverse

check this bro, one of my friend car that currently on my garage

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F30 LCI, manufacturing date August 2015, with B48 engine

Smhhhh

[Ishan99]

Originally Posted by Dronamashina

My previous car was 2015 320i with b48

Lucky you

[hybris]

Originally Posted by Ishan99

Lucky you

As far as I understand all LCI F30s outside of USA have the B48, while in USA they kept using the N20 for a while for some reason.

[Ishan99]

Originally Posted by hybris

As far as I understand all LCI F30s outside of USA have the B48, while in USA they kept using the N20 for a while for some reason.

That's so dumb. I wonder if there is any major difference between the 2 in terms of performance, safety, maintenance, etc

[hybris]

Originally Posted by Ishan99

That's so dumb. I wonder if there is any major difference between the 2 in terms of performance, safety, maintenance, etc

My understanding is that the B48 is more robust by design (closed deck rather than open) than the N20, but it's not like the N20 is extremely problematic either, but there has been some timing chain issues. The B48 is so new so I guess we don't really know yet how well it will hold up.

This is a good article: https://bmwtuning.co/n20-vs-b48/

[DadzBmer_N2o]

So really that article is just a educated guess up lol..We all won't know how the B's will hold up in the long term, till someone own's or they do a max stress testing on one of these. For now i will keep my N20 and hopefully after i get my huge paycheck in 6-7yrs from now, i am gonna see my local tuner and get my internals built and a custom tune, amongst other exterior mods (i.e. Vinyl Wrapping, Apex Wheels, M-Sport kits, and lots of HydroDipping lol)...

[DoiyaSan]

Originally Posted by Ishan99

That's crazy. Maybe it has to do with manufacturing month. My car was made in July 2016 and it's a 2017 320i with an N20 engine

Yeah my car is 2018 320xi and it's N20 lol. I picked it up because I loved the Mediterranean Blue but had no idea it was N20 not B48 lol. It was the South African version as well.

[Luverse]

Originally Posted by DadzBmer_N2o

So really that article is just a educated guess up lol..We all won't know how the B's will hold up in the long term, till someone own's or they do a max stress testing on one of these. For now i will keep my N20 and hopefully after i get my huge paycheck in 6-7yrs from now, i am gonna see my local tuner and get my internals built and a custom tune, amongst other exterior mods (i.e. Vinyl Wrapping, Apex Wheels, M-Sport kits, and lots of HydroDipping lol)...

there's some B's engine that blow, especially in MINI

[hybris]

Originally Posted by Luverse

there's some B's engine that blow, especially in MINI

It isn't hard to blow an engine with a bad tune

[DadzBmer_N2o]

The new BMW motto: "Be My Wallet" lol

[Bluef33]

I got the back box removed on my 430i B48 engine and added custom tailpipes with a diffuser. It sounds amazing, not too loud but in no way is it quiet.

I think it's a good alternative to a full system which would cost in the thousands.

[mechamanz]

Originally Posted by Bluef33

I got the back box removed on my 430i B48 engine and added custom tailpipes with a diffuser. It sounds amazing, not too loud but in no way is it quiet.

I think it's a good alternative to a full system which would cost in the thousands.

I am considering this option. Do you get any significant drone when cruising?
Do you have any videos? Flybys would be nice

[Luverse]

this is mine, B48 engine, catless downpipe, valvetronic exhaust
not a very good video though, will try to record another

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