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In Reply to: Re: Looking for a good Csi web site posted by Phil Saitta on February 29, 2000 at 08:29:08:
: Trying to see the "factory" diferences between an i and a Csi. See references to Csi "clone" in Autoweek
> I also read the article; not a very good example was driven/tested, I believe...
To my knowledge (a lot of it acquired through this forum) the differences are:
Visible differences:
- different kind of outside-mirrors (suprisingly called: M-mirrors)
- standard 17" wheels (M-style, which act as fans sucking up extra air to cool the brakes also seen on 5-series)
- different front spoiler (has extra air whole instead of the black plastic air scoop on the i and Ci versions)
- extra rear diffuser (between the tailpipes)
- different exhaust system (or at least the outlets; they are round instead of rectangular and they are chromed instead of black finish)
- M-engine cover
- M door sill plates (instead of the ones just showing 'BMW')
(I don't know about other interieur differences but the rear seats are present in all 8-series. Maybe the M-symbol shows up some more)
Performance oriented differences:
- different (better) brake-system (rotors and claws; maybe even larger)
- tuned up engine: bigger bore: 5.6 Liters(instead of 5 L and later: 5.4 L), different CAM-shaft, bigger inlet manifolds (also different color: black instead of alu), higher compression (9.8:1 instead of 8.8:1) which all lead to 280 kW and a higher torque of 550 Nm (instead of 220 kW and 450 Nm)
- a little less weight (30 kg; not much of a difference unfortunately)
- always a 6-speed
- different suspension (at least lower than standard: 10 mm lower)
Marco
PS Over here in the Netherlands they are very rare...but I'll keep looking...
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