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BMW 3: Connecting rod - Crankshaft drive

Crankshaft drive
Connecting rod

  1. Piston
  2. Area transferring the force
  3. Wrist pin
  4. Connecting rod bearing with shaped bore hole
  5. Connecting rod
  6. Connecting rod bearing (B46TU only)
  7. Small connecting rod eye (trapezoidal shape)
  8. Large connecting rod eye (cracked)
  9. Connecting rod bolts of the connecting rod bearing cap
  10. Connecting rod bearing shell of the connecting rod bearing cap
  11. Connecting rod bearing shell of the connecting rod (IROX-coated)

The drop-forged cracked connecting rods with IROX coating are known from the B38/B46 engines.

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     Overview

    With the G20 PHEV the already familiar Generation 4.0 high-voltage battery unit with the designation SP41 is used. The lithium-ion battery has the same basic design as the Generation 3.0 SP06 high- voltage battery unit. The same can be found in the G12 PHEV and also in the G30 PHEV. The

     STANDARD

    With a sufficient state of charge of the high-voltage battery unit, all-electric driving of the vehicle with maximum power of the electric drive is possible for up to 41 miles (66 km). The maximum speed in this case is 87 mph (140 km/h). In the STANDARD variant, all ECO PRO setting

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