The Euro M3 engines were fizzier than the US — the S50B30 revved to 7280 rpm; the S50B32 3.2-liter revved to 7600 rpm. They made amazing noises — but also suffer from some big maintenance issues that ...

After the E30 generation set the stage, the newer E36 helped make the M3 wildly popular worldwide. But while most buyers were treated to the legendary Euro-spec S50, US enthusiasts had to settle ...

Considering the brilliant engine that sat under the hood of the new M3, that was going to be a challenge. The S50B30 engine that made the E36 M3 so beloved was expensive to both engineer and produce.

Early Euro E36 M3s used a 3.0-liter S50B30 straight-six making 286 HP. For the 1996 model year, those M3s got an upgrade to BMW's S50B32 3.2-liter inline-six engine making 321 HP. This car also ...

Ah yes, the S50B30 and later S50B32 fitted to the M3 Evo from late 1995. What an engine! At launch the 2990cc motor with its trick VANOS variable camshaft adjustment produced 286bhp at 7000rpm and ...

Still, the S70/1 engine wasn’t all for naught. Plucinsky notes that the McLaren F1’s S70/2 engine has the same bore spacing and continuously variable VANOS for the heads (also used on the S50B30 ...

The S50B30 was the "good" engine we didn't get, and a worthy swap into a smaller, lighter car. I went to Harlem to drive this Frankenstein 1988 M3 because its owner, Mike Marte, emailed me out of ...

The CSL, as it is sometimes called, got the stiffer European suspension, a shorter 3:23:1 final drive, forged wheels, and hand-picked S50B30 engines good for a claimed 240 horsepower. In reality ...

The ‘S50B30’ unit has been prepped with new seals and gaskets and pumps and is ready to sing. From the engine, power is sent down into a five-speed manual transmission and then into a limited ...

G-Power is at it again. This time the German tuning company has come up with an LPG conversion for the awesome E60 BMW M5 V10. Oh, it also comes with two superchargers. Starting with the 5.0-litre ...