Time to Say Good-bye to a Classic

pilot_bro2003 · 12-30-2008, 09:29 AM

It looks like we've seen the last of this beauty. Good thing is there's mo better in the future. Interesting read I came across.

http://www.4wheelsnews.com/bmw-m3s-e...or-retirement/

jml · 12-30-2008, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by pilot_bro2003

It looks like we've seen the last of this beauty. Good thing is there's mo better in the future. Interesting read I came across.

http://www.4wheelsnews.com/bmw-m3s-e...or-retirement/

That engine has treated me very well for the last 6 years and 10s of thousands of hard track miles.

arr0gant · 12-30-2008, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by pilot_bro2003

It looks like we've seen the last of this beauty. Good thing is there's mo better in the future. Interesting read I came across.

http://www.4wheelsnews.com/bmw-m3s-e...or-retirement/

Am I missing something here? Did they not retire that engine as soon as the NEW M engine was announced like..years ago?

LaLakers91tc · 12-30-2008, 09:54 AM

it was still in the Z4M, so it technically wasn't retired yet

signes · 12-30-2008, 09:59 AM

S54 Go Boom... I had an 11/01 build, so apart from the two rod bearing recalls

, it was great.

Definitely BMW's crowning I6 achievement.

PunjabiM3 · 12-30-2008, 09:59 AM

That engine was a blast. Had two e46 M3's and did not have a single problem with either one. That motor owned all the competition from MB and Audi!

PunjabiM3 · 12-30-2008, 10:00 AM

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S54 Go Boom...

I had an 11/01 build, so apart from the two rod bearing recalls, it was great. Definitely BMW's crowing I6 achievement.

Definitely agree on the crowning achievement part. Pulled hard and was raw...lots of fun!

rzm3 · 12-30-2008, 11:17 AM

Indeed. On the CSL it produced over 380hp from a 3.2... International Engine of the Year 6 years in a row! What an achievement.

PunjabiM3 · 12-30-2008, 12:15 PM

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Indeed. On the CSL it produced over 380hp from a 3.2... International Engine of the Year 6 years in a row! What an achievement.

I thought the CSL was 360hp?

mPlasticDesign · 12-30-2008, 12:16 PM

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Indeed. On the CSL it produced over 380hp from a 3.2... International Engine of the Year 6 years in a row! What an achievement.

Even though I have an S65 I have a special place in my heart for this engine!

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samM376' · 12-30-2008, 12:49 PM

Its so raw and edgy above 3krpm and at the track I couldn't have asked for more from it

I owned my E46 from 03' until 08' and it was absolutely the best car I've owned

Too bad there are so few Z4 M's I think its something like 1400 cars

3XTR3M3 · 12-30-2008, 12:55 PM

It really was an AMAZING engine.

I loved my e46

BMWI6 · 12-30-2008, 01:52 PM

Definitively one of the best engines ever produced by any manufacturer. If I had money I would buy one and keep it in my living room. My spine tingles everytime I see an e46 m3 gun it past me.

I can't stop thinking about this now, damn it... Im about to cry, that 4EVRS54 licence plate is sick.

mkoesel · 12-30-2008, 02:04 PM

It will be hard for M Division to top the S54 with their upcoming turbocharged I6. I'm sure it will make more power and torque, but will it provide as much character of the old naturally aspirated 3.2L?

positiveions · 12-30-2008, 02:08 PM

wow. an achievement that will not be forgotten

david @ eas · 12-30-2008, 02:50 PM

Yeah it truly is a great motor. Hopefully BMW will bless us with more motors like the S54

zuggerat89 · 12-30-2008, 02:51 PM

///M

Blake · 12-30-2008, 02:59 PM

that motor was responsible for me becoming an ///M aficionado. goodnight sweet prince!

MJC///M3 · 12-30-2008, 04:45 PM

e46e92love · 12-30-2008, 05:56 PM

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that motor was responsible for me becoming an ///M aficionado. goodnight sweet prince!

+1

BMWI6 · 12-30-2008, 08:00 PM

Seriously, the straight six was without a doubt, the best straight six ever made in the world - to this day.[/QUOTE]

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+1

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that motor was responsible for me becoming an ///M aficionado. goodnight sweet prince!

+ 1 billion

BMWI6 · 12-30-2008, 08:02 PM

seriously this should become a sticky. im not joking. it can be like a R.I.P. memorial

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rzm3 Moderator 675 Rep 4,737 Posts Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: USA iTrader: (18)	Indeed. On the CSL it produced over 380hp from a 3.2... International Engine of the Year 6 years in a row! What an achievement.
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BMWI6 Major 98 Rep 1,337 Posts Drives: 335is Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Miami, Fl iTrader: (2)	Definitively one of the best engines ever produced by any manufacturer. If I had money I would buy one and keep it in my living room. My spine tingles everytime I see an e46 m3 gun it past me. I can't stop thinking about this now, damn it... Im about to cry, that 4EVRS54 licence plate is sick. __________________ If everything seems under control, then you aren't going fast enough"
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