2004 BMW Z4 M54 engine | BMW Another reliable modern BMW engine is the M54 inline-6. The 2000-2006 E46 3 Series, as well as the contemporary Z3 and Z4 roadsters and X3 and X5 SUVs have this engine, ...

A G82-generation BMW M3 Competition was totaled, so someone placed a much less powerful naturally aspirated inline six from an E46-gen 3 Series in the car.

In 2000, BMW didn't just wave goodbye the last millennium, but also to the cast-iron blocks of its earlier engines. The M54 engine of that era upgraded to an aluminum block, which was far lighter ...

The E46 M3 was produced until August 2006 in 86,000 units, but BMW continued to build the powerplant until 2008, as it was also used in the Z4 M Roadster and Coupe two-seaters.

The BMW M3 E46, the car that first rolled out the company's S54 engine, had 343 hp (DIN) or 333 hp (SAE) at 7,900 rpm and 262 lb-ft of torque at 4,900 rpm.

BMW has built some incredible engines over the decades and of them all, few would deny that the S54 which powered the E46 M3, Z3 M, M Coupe, and Z4 M was one of its very finest. In BMW M3 guise ...