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Originally Posted by Air&Road
Jim, Do you know anything about the BMW M54 engine?
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I’m not Jim, but I can tell you that the M54 heralded drive by wire. It was a common topic of conversation among BMW E30 heads who chronically dreamt about putting bigger and stronger engines in their car. The S54 is the M model version. Puts out over 300 non-aspirated horsepower. Putting one in an E30 would have to be borderline rocket science. Swapped ECU of course and then somehow figuring a way to have a throttle connection. I’ve read of kits for swapping in cable control on the 54 engines. Apparently there’s often a small delay.