Watch as this S54-powered, lightweight E36 reaches the final stages of its assembly, with a gigantic carbon airbox and neat 3-D printed interior bits. I'm sure it's crossed your mind before ...

Marketed as the high-performance counterpart of the M54 mill, the S54 was more of an evolution of the E36’s powerplant. Unlike the all-aluminum M54, it used a cast-iron block based on the design ...

The BMW E36 was the 3 Series of the ’90s ... inside and out … there’s a lot to admire before even getting to the S54 engine under the hood. As BMW nerds will know, the S54 is the inline ...

According to a Jalopnik reader, the car had an E46 M3 engine (codename S54) and a lot of work done to it like AST coils, Apexi wheels, Active Autowerke exhaust and so on, therefore the loss is ...

"I didn't hammer the firewall, beat metal or bend any body panels to make the S54 fit, although I did get creative with the drivetrain," he said. How creative? It has an E36 M3 ZF transmission ...

In hindsight, the S54 feels mostly responsible for the S52’s pedestrian reputation in America – we didn’t understand how many horses our E36 was missing until the E46 brought the heat.

Marvin always admired the E36 Touring wagon but being that it was ... The M3 sentiment called for proper M-power which was satisfied with an S54 engine swap and Getrag 420g manual transmission.