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No doubt I loved my E92 M3, the V8 was incredible and the CF roof was appealing, but I always told my buddies that the E46 M was king. The way the E46 strikes your emotions is just unrivaled. It's very special. The E92 was amazing indeed, but my biggest reason for buying it was I wanted my first brand spanking new BMW. I never regret it, but wish I would have been able to buy an E46 M3 new, but my age stopped that haha.
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But it's all in what you like. Some people it's perfect. Myself, it's not a true M3. No bespoke motor, fake engine noise shit, EPS, it's too luxuriously focused to be a M3 I've come to know. Precisely why the E46M was king and still is. The F8x is so damn pretentious it doesn't even know what it's supposed to be. I do like it, but I'll always call it exactly what it is... A 335 on steroids. Is it not? It's a reworked N55.... Cool. I'll take the S54 please. |
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Holy shit someone who gets me lol. I've always said if they reincarnate a brand new E36 M3 I'd buy it in a second. BMW, listen here... I will literally buy it. Make mine an S54 and make it Technoviolet on Modena.
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In fact the S54 had less bespoke M modified components than the S55 has... S54 is based on the M50 with the following mods:
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It was supposed to say that it wasn't a complete list... Just like the S55 is BASED on a BMW AG engine, so was the S54. The S54 is considered the final and most powerful evolution of the M50 engine. Yes it has modified components, but it's based on the M50! (Unlike the S65 and S85 which was true bespoke engines). The S55 also has it's own block, cyl head, exhaust, intake, crank, pistons, con rods, etc. It's also based on a production engine, but has just as many modified parts, incl the major components, as the S54. Yes, just as much, or little, bespoke as the S54... Both great engines My oh my... Last edited by Boss330; 11-23-2014 at 11:30 AM.. |
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This comparison would have been far more interesting if the M3 wasn't on 12 year old Conti sport contacts 1's-- comparable in grip to a modern snow tire (perhaps worse, as they're undoubtedly dried out at this point).
The S54 was a modified S50B32, which was a modified S50B30, which was based on the design principles of the M50. It's hardly a "modified M50". The McLaren F1 uses S50B30 heads/cams/vanos/pistons/rods, so the S54 is more closely related to the McLaren F1 engine than it is the M50. In fact, it uses improved versions of McLaren F1 parts . To this day it makes more Tq/liter than any NA engine other than the Ferrari 458 speciale, and has higher piston speeds than any other engine I know of (higher than any F1 car). It also develops the highest specific output of any BMW normally aspirated street engine, ever (including S65 and S85, and McLaren F1). Run of the mill tractor engine it ain't.
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You might want to reconsider your impression that the S70/2 engine use S50B30 heads/cams/vanos/pistons/rods though... First of all, a V engine needs to run two mirror shaped heads. At best you could use a S50B30 head on the right hand bank of a V12, but it would not work on the left hand side for obvious reasons... Same with cams, VANOS and cam drive obviously. Also, since the S50-S54 use a cast iron block and the S70/2 use a alloy block with Nicasil liners, I suspect special pistons was made for the S70/2. Similar in design most likely, but probably not the same part number (unless you have info otherwise?). And with a I6 engine having just one con rod per crank journal and a V12 having two, I suspect that con rods also are different... Not to take anything away from the S54, since that is a "old" engine. But the Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0 and 991 GT3 engine also makes more tq/liter than the S54. As regards piston speeds, it sure has a really high piston speed, but not quite as high as the 2006 F1 engines that revved to 20.000rpm... It's also not the highest piston speed seen in production engines... 1. Audi RS4 (2005) 2. Audi R8 V10 3. Honda S2000 (F20C1 engine) 4. Lamborghini Gallardo 5. Acura Integra Type R (B18C5 engine) 6. BMW S54 Again, this is not to take anything away from the awesomeness of the S54, just discussing some points Last edited by Boss330; 11-23-2014 at 02:09 PM.. |
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Okay, 6th highest piston speed of all engines of all time, and slower than one year of Formula 1. I guess my info is a bit out of date. Still, relevantly to the discussion at hand: faster than the S65/S85. Higher specific output than the S65/S85. My point was that it wasn't a worked over M50
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My other point was that the S55 isn't just a worked over N55. The S55, like the S54, also has a different block, cyl head, crank, con rods etc The M235i, on the other hand, has a mildly worked over N55 |
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Not that it matters to me, really-- never, ever, will I buy a turbo sports car. I don't want torque, don't want lag, and don't want the associated reliability.
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Ha, YES. My next project is VERY likely going to be a 2300 lb car with that engine, purchased as a crate motor from ford. I'm SUPER excited for it.
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Please, let us know the differences they made to the engine, suspension design, or the lack of power steering? I'm not trying to favor the E82 here, but there is nothing drastically different here. The F22 has the same achilles heel as the E82. Perfect example is the front fender room. You're constricted to a 245 tire, 255 if you want to roll/pull (probably gotta do that with a 245). BTW - The F22 is far from "little". My E82 weighs 522 lbs less. BMW really improved here for sure! Oh, and before you make such statements you might want to look back at the E86 Z4Ms. Perhaps the most "true" BMW M Vehicle ever made. It will walk a M235 around the track, I can guarantee that. |
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