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    Posted: 20-December-2007 at 12:01

Does anyone know if the internals on the 120d are the same as the 123d?

 

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote BeemaBoy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21-December-2007 at 05:55

Can I ask why you want to know?

Are you looking at changing an entire engine over or just a few components?

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote mbbaz Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21-December-2007 at 17:20
No I’m wondering can the 120d be remapped to put out the same 200BHp as the 123d with no long-term effects.
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your best bet would be to check and cross reference on RealOEM - I checked the F20 engines and confirmed the 116d and 118d are exactly the same (only difference is the maps they run)


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Old post but, the 123d is a twin turbo engine and the 120d is a single turbo engine.  No amount of mapping on a 120d will get it to work like a twin turbo'd engine.  You might be able to tinker with a 120d engine to give you the same bhp as the 123d but it won't be quite the same in terms of power delivery due to the single turbo. 
 
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