Re: BMW Chassis/Engine Numbers

[Brian ///M Kennedy <kennedy@xxxxxx>]

Jerry Brown wrote:
> 
> Steve, take a look at John Burns' page:
> 
> http://www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/enumber.html

Interesting.  So, both the Euro E36 M3 engine and the US E36 M3 
engine are called S52?  And yet they are so different?  Does anyone
have a list of what's the same and what is different?

Oh, and where do you get a US spec motor with 286hp?  You have to
get aftermarket software to get a 7000 redline; but that won't get
you to 286hp.  And does the fact that the Euro S52 can do 7400rpm
imply that the US one should be able to?  Or are their internal
part differences that prevent that?

S52  3.2  6  4   286 @7000  231 @3600   96 on  E36 M3 late model US
                                               single VANOS
S52  3.2  6  4   321 @7400  258 @3250   96 on  E36 M3 late model Euro
                                               double VANOS

As it turns out, this raises more questions than it answers for me.
But thanks for posting the pointer, very interesting,

Brian
98 M3/4, Sharked, but still a Euro wannabe

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