BMW Straight 4 Cylinder Petrol Engines

• 1960-1987 — 1.5–2.0 L  M10 / M12 engines
• 1986-1991 — 2.0–2.5 L  S14  for  M3 (DOHC)  engines
• 1987-1995 — 1.6 / 1.8 L  M40 (SOHC)  engines
• 1989-1996 — 1.8 L  M42  (DOHC)  engines
• 1991-2002 — 1.6 / 1.8 / 1.9 L  M43  (SOHC)  engines
• 1996 -2001 — 1.9 L  M44  (DOHC)  engines
• 2001- 2003 — 1.8 / 2.0 L  N42  engines
• 2004 - 1.8 / 2.0 L  N46  engines
• 2004 - 1.6 L  N45  engines
• 2006 - 2.0 L  N45  engines
• 2006-  N14  1.6 L Prince (JV withPSA), 90 kW (122 PS), 160 Nm (118 ft·lb) engines
• 2006-  N43  2.0 L petrol and diesel engines
• 2007-  N43  2.0 L petrol and diesel engines
• 2011-  N20  2.0 L single turbocharger petrol engine withTwin Power turbo, Valvetronic, and High Precision engines
• 2011-  N13  1.6 L single turbocharger petrol engine withTwin Power Turbo, Valvetronic, and High Precision Injection engines

BMW Straight 6 Cylinder Petrol Engines

• 1933 - 1.2 L  M78  engines
• 1937 - 2.0 L  M328  engines
• 1937 - 3.5 L  M335  engines
• 1952 - 2.0 - 2.1 L  M337  engines
• 1968 - 2.5 - 3.5 L  M30 SOHC Double Carburettor engines
• 1977 - 2.0 - 2.7 L  M20 SOHC 12 valve (The original 2.0 and 2.3L versions were designated M60, but all displacements later carried the M20 name. M60 is     currently used to describe 1st generation 3.0 and 4.0 litre V8 engines.)
• 1978 - 3.5 L  M88 / S38 for  M1 / M5 / M6  engines
• 1980 - 3.2 L  M102 for  7-Series  engines
• 1983 - 3.4 L  M106 for 7-Series  engines
• 1989 - 2.0 - 3.0 L  M50 DOHC 24 valve (with VANOS on M50TU )  engines
• 1994 - 2.0 - 2.8 L  M52 DOHC 24 valve with VANOS (Double-VANOS on M52TU)  engines
• 1995 - 3.0 L  S50   for BMW M3  engines
• 1996 - 3.2 L  S52   for M3 engines
• 2000 - 2.2 - 3.0 L  M54  aluminium DOHC 24 valve with Double-VANOS  engines
• 2002 - 3.2 L  S54  cast iron  DOHC 24 valve  engines
• 2005 - 2.5 - 3.0 L  N52  magnesium / aluminium  DOHC  24 valve with Double-VANOS and Valvetronic engines
• 2006 - 3.0 L  N54  aluminium  DOHC 24 valve twin turbocharged engines
• 2007 - 2.5 - 3.0 L  N53  magnesium / aluminium  DOHC 24 valve with Double -VANOS and High Precision Injection (Gasoline Direct Injection) engines.
• 2009 - 3.0 L  N55  single turbocharger, features these technologies (Twin Power Turbo, Valvetronic, and High Precision Injection) engines.

BMW V8 Petrol Engines

• 1992 - 3.0- 4.0 L  M60  engines
• 1996 - 3.5 - 4.4 L  M62  engines
• 1998 - 4.9 - 5.0 L  S62  for E39 / 52 M5 and Z8 engines
• 2000 - 4.4             M62 for E53 (M62TUB44) 286 bhp / 213 kw engine output
• 2001-  4.4             M62 for E53 (M62B44) 320 bhp / 238 kw          "          "
• 2001 - 4.6is          M62 for E53 (M62B46) 341bhp / 254 kw           "          "
• 2004   4.8is           N62 for E53 (N62B48) 360 bhp / 268 kw           "           "
• 2001 - 3.6 - 4.8 L  N62  with SFI fuel injection, Double -VANOS and Valvetronic engines
• 2005 - 4.0 L   P60B40  engine       
• 2008 - 4.0 L  S65  for E90 / 92 / 93 M3 engines
  
• 2008 - 4.4 L  BMW  N63  twin turbocharged engines
• 2009 - 4.4 L  BMW  S63  twin turbocharged with TwinPower Turbo and Cylinder bank Comprehensive Manifold engines

BMW V10 Petrol Engines

• 2005 - 5.0 L S85 for E60 M5 and E63 M6 engines

BMW V12 Petrol Engines

• 1986 - 5.0 - 5.4 L  M70  engines
• 1992 - 5.6 L  S70  engines
• 1993 - 5.4 L  M73  engines
• 1994 - 6.1 L  S70 / 2 engines
• 2003 - 6.0 L  N73  engines
• 2009 - 6.0 L  N74  twin turbocharged, features these technologies (Twin Power turbo, Valvetronic, DoubleVANOS and High Precision Injection) engines.

BMW Diesel Piston Engines 

BMW Straight 4 Cylinder Diesel Engines

• 1994–2000 — 1.7 L  M41  Diesel
• 1998–2006 — 2.0 L  M47  Diesel
• 2006–present — 2.0 L  N47  Diesel

BMW Straight 6 Cylinder Diesel Engines

• 1983–1993 — 2.4 L  M21  Diesel engines
• 1991–1998 — 2.5 L  M51  Diesel engines
• 1998–present — 2.5 - 3.0 L  M57  Diesel engines
• 2008–present — 2.5 - 3.0 L  N57  Diesel engines

BMW V8 Diesel Engines

• 1998-2009 — 3.9 L  M67  Diesel engines

BMW nomenclature abbreviations

• A = automatic transmission
• C = coupe, last used on the BMW E46 and the BMW E63 (dropped after 2005 model year)
• c = cabriolet
• d = diesel ^†
• e = eta (efficient economy, from theGreek letter ‘n’)
• g = compressed natural gas
• h = hydrogen
• i = fuel-injected
• L = long wheel base
• s = sport, also means "2 dr" on E36 model^††
• sDrive = rear wheel drive
• T = touring (wagon / estste)
• Ti = hatchback for the BMW 3 Series hatchback

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The BMW M5 is a high performance production car manufactured for the motorsport enthusiast. The M5 is the sports version of the  BMW 5 series car built by BMW Power. The car was first introduced in 1984 with the first M5 E28 which was hand-built utilizing a modified BMW M1 Engine powerplant making it the fastest production sedan car in the world at the time of its introduction. The M5 was always known as the best power for buck car in the world with a steady stream of followers that have utilized its engine and gearbox for many a street car build up. Subsequent M5 models have been designed and manufactured from each generation of the 5 Series baseline. The models included are the E34, E39, E60/E61, and most recently, F10 in 2011. The M5 remains to be the undisputed, most popular car at the top of BMW's midsize range of vehicles over the last two decades and still the M5 remains one of the best known sports sedan cars of all times, despite its closest competition which comes from the Mercedes-Benz AMG range and the well know 4WD Audi Quattro range respectively.

The M5 was produced in four different versions for various export locations. These were the left-hand drive, Euro spec, the right-hand drive , UK spec, the Left hand drive, North American spec for the United States and Canada, and the right hand drive South African specification for the African market.

The Euro Spec and the South African specification M5 cars were fitted with the M88/3 engine powerplants which delivered 210 kW or 282 hp.

The American 1988 M5 (S38) version was equipped with a catalytic converter, which, combined with slightly lower compression ratio of 9.8:1 versus 10.5:1 for the M88/3 for Europe and South African market, reduced the power output to 191 kW or 256 hp. At the time leaded fuel in RSA was of a slightly higher octane which could also warrant the higher compression ratio. The S38 also differed from the M88 in that it had a dual-row timing chain as compared to the M88 single row timing chain.

Aftermarket Hartge produced a 243 kW or 325 bhp version of the E28 M5. The main modifications included revised solid lifter camshafts with higher lift , modified exhausts, modified Motronic Engine Control Unit and a lowered suspension. Alpina on the other hand limited their tuning efforts to the older M30 engines and introduced the Alpina B7 Turbo that produced 250 kW or 335 bhp with a top speed of 270 km/h.

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Volkswagen has for long developed some of the most value for money engines on the market today. Since the new age of diesel power and it’s development in the refinement of diesel fuels for better ignition. The VW engine tops the list claiming one of the better fuel efficient versus power and torque in any modern diesel or petrol powered engine today.

The cost of an engine replacement is an extremely costly affair and if the engine is run on diesel then times the repair costs by at least 100 %. A diesel engine or compression-ignition engine is an internal combustion engine that relies on the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel that is injected into the combustion chamber. The diesel engine was invented by Rudolf Diesel in 1893. Diesel engines were developed in two stroke and four stroke versions.

A diesel engines fuel is ignited solely with high compression and does not make use of any spark plug, typically running between 15:1 and 22:1 compression ratios, resulting in 40-bar (4.Mpa; 580psi) pressure compared to 14-18 bars (.080-1.4Mpa) about 200Psi in a typical petrol engine. This high compression super heats the air to approximately 550 °C (1,022 °F). At about the top of the compression stroke, fuel is injected directly into the compressed air in the combustion chamber.  This may be into a Toroidal Void, (a deep pocket), in the top of the piston or a pre-chamber depending upon the overall design of the engines piston and combustion chamber configuration. A high compression greatly improves an engines efficiency. Since only air is compressed in a diesel engine, and fuel is not introduced into the cylinder until shortly before top dead centre (TDC). It is at this point of compression that the diesel air mixture ignites under the sheer pressure of the gasses being compressed, that detenation occurs.

Increasing the compression ratio in a spark-ignition engine where fuel and air are mixed before entry to the cylinder is limited by the need to prevent damaging pre-ignition. Most efficient petrol engines run at a moderate 9.2:1 compression depending on the quality of petrol. Higher compression engines are required to operate on a higher octane fuel such as avgas (aviation fuel) or higher octane racing pre-fuel mixtures. Turbo charged petrol engines run at an even lower compression ratio of around 8.0:1 compression.

In 2009 Volkswagen engine powered vehicles won the won the Dakar Rally held in Argentina and Chile. The first diesel powered vehicles to do so in the VW Touareg 2 which finished in 1^st and 2^nd position.

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