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    Im gonna put an end to this madness and say the m44 ftw. No power whatsoever, but they run like champs!

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    Quote Originally Posted by bimmerblocker89 View Post
    Im gonna put an end to this madness and say the m44 ftw. No power whatsoever, but they run like champs!
    I was going to go a similar route and say the M42. Not the most powerful engine out there, but it's reliable and gives me good gas mileage. Great engine for the purposes I need.

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    The M42 might be a bit old for the '90s contest. Otherwise I agree, they're great motors.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyrix2k View Post
    The M42 might be a bit old for the '90s contest. Otherwise I agree, they're great motors.
    True, they are stretching it a bit, but at least they were going until November of 1994 (when my car was built). Guess I have to get with the times, then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrewDude320i View Post
    they made some great ones before the 90's...
    Indeed. The M20 is pretty damn reliable. i used to own a 325iX with well over 300K miles


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    at the s54 leghumpers. that motor is horrible.

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    Great engines, even when compared to most engines today. That said, they obv can't stand up to the 100> hp/displacement ratio of the BMW V10, etc.

    Honourable mention for the M30 and M60
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    When it comes to reliability, the M50 stands as a king with the M40 as it's queen. One get's all the attention for low maintenance with all the rave, while the other is higher maintenance, but will laugh when she get's a few extra years of ruling by herself after her husband passes away.

    For every day driving, all that can be said in this category is M57; the new diesel boy on the block. Period, end of story.

    Now when it comes to just absolute screaming brutality on a race track with a blood thirsty soul that will make your spine tingle, the S65 stands above all else in my mind. Sure, BMW made more powerful engines (S85/N63/N73), and also engines with more torque (too many to list), but none of them in the last 15 years just sound so brutal and please the senses so much.

    This is of course ONLY considering factory vs factory because we all know when it comes to aftermarket things, it is a whole different ball game where the S38 is the god everyone aims to copy.

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    What a sound... Awesome torque, and looks like a dinosaur. Is also tuff like one, this engine is bulletproof.

    This car belong to a friend of mine, only 43.000km (19.000mls) is a 95 Euro model, factory 6 speed and 340hp, with a Supersprint Exhaust:

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    Quote Originally Posted by big empty View Post
    s14?

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    I kinda agree with the people that say M50 but in relative to age terms only, very different motor to the M20. I believe the first mass production application of plastic intake manifolds too. Reliable, moddable. The alloy blocked M52's would've been better if not for that Nikasil issue.

    As far as overall regardless of age, displacement I'd go for the latest and greatest which would probably be one of the motors from the current 335d, 335i or M3. The engineering of these is amazing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ken_vs_ryu View Post
    at the s54 leghumpers. that motor is horrible.

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    lol ok? how is the s50b32 a better motor than the s54? i cant think of 1 way its better

    also please let us know why the s54 is horrible?

    n54 is just a boosted I-6 nothing really special

    s62 and s85 are definitely good motors

    op your question is too broad. best in terms of engineering/performance or just in terms or reliability?
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    Quote Originally Posted by xplosiveg06 View Post
    lol ok? how is the s50b32 a better motor than the s54? i cant think of 1 way its better

    also please let us know why the s54 is horrible?

    n54 is just a boosted I-6 nothing really special

    s62 and s85 are definitely good motors

    op your question is too broad. best in terms of engineering/performance or just in terms or reliability?
    Ignore him. He likes to troll about how bad S54s are and has no basis to back up his ridiculous assertions. Or maybe he got unlucky, had the infamous rod bearing problem, and is now extrapolating that to all S54s. Either way, it's silly and not worth even considering his opinion on the matter.
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    I believe the S54 is quite a good motor... the best i do not know.

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    the most reliable? i'm pretty sure it would be the old M30.

    the most reliable and most efficient? M54

    and yes, i've owned M50s and S50s before.
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    I'd say the N54, just look at how far that engine has gone in the short time it's been available. Now the true test is whether it'll last.

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    i read somewhere that the m60 was on the top 10 motor ever built list

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