bludroptop
bludroptop SuperDork
7/14/11 6:07 a.m.

GVX19
GVX19 Reader
7/14/11 6:41 a.m.

Okay. Take them off. It is just that EZ.

N Sperlo
N Sperlo HalfDork
7/14/11 7:07 a.m.

I'm not really a Bimmer guy, but IS that a V engine?

Maroon92
Maroon92 SuperDork
7/14/11 7:10 a.m.

Wow, a rare and exciting BMW M3 V6 model. I have never seen one in person...

Maroon92
Maroon92 SuperDork
7/14/11 7:10 a.m.
N Sperlo wrote: I'm not really a Bimmer guy, but IS that a V engine?

BMW doesn't make V6 engines. They make Inline 6 engines.

N Sperlo
N Sperlo HalfDork
7/14/11 7:14 a.m.
Maroon92 wrote:
N Sperlo wrote: I'm not really a Bimmer guy, but IS that a V engine?
BMW doesn't make V6 engines. They make Inline 6 engines.

I thought so. Win for me. Fail for... That guy.

MadScientistMatt
MadScientistMatt Dork
7/14/11 7:37 a.m.

I was going to say, "That's only excusable if he's swapped in a -----------------", but couldn't think of any V6 worthy enough to fill in the blank.

Javelin
Javelin GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/14/11 8:09 a.m.
MadScientistMatt wrote: I was going to say, "That's only excusable if he's swapped in a -----------------", but couldn't think of any V6 worthy enough to fill in the blank.

GNX motor is all I got.

914Driver
914Driver SuperDork
7/14/11 8:10 a.m.

But his plate says ONLY 1.

He could be in the More Money than Brains Club.

pinchvalve
pinchvalve SuperDork
7/14/11 8:15 a.m.

Perhaps he cut a V-12 (from the 7 series) in half?

scardeal
scardeal HalfDork
7/14/11 8:29 a.m.

You know, I can really think of only 1 V6 engine that would really make sense over a I6 engine in an e36.

The Toyota 3.5 V6, Nissan 3.5 V6 and Hyundai 3.7 V6 each put out about 300 HP, but I can't help but think it would be easier and better documented to put in the S54 from the e46 M3.

The only factory forced induction V6 (RWD applications) that I can think of is the VG30DETT and the supercharged 3.2L in the Crossfire SRT6... And frankly, the 3L turbo BMW I6 seems like a better start, not to mention the RB26DETT or Supra Turbo motor.

Finally, since V8s fit in there fairly easily, there really only boils down to 1 V6 that really seems "worth it" at all, and that's the 3.8L turbo V6 from a new GT-R. Unless he's one of those "different just to be different" people.

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