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BMW S50B32

S50B32

The Z3 M engine record.

Roadster and Coupé applications share this catalogue label. Other market versions need separate verification.

Output321 PS
Cars2
S50B32 engine
S50B32 museum engine in Munich. Family reference rather than a Z3 M engine-bay photograph. · Jiří Sedláček, CC BY-SA 4.0
Specifications
Layout
Inline-six
Displacement
3201 cm³
Induction
Naturally aspirated
Design character

Match the engine to its market and build date before using a Z3 M specification.

Engine fact

The early European Z3 M Roadster and Coupé use S50B32; later S54 versions are separate applications.

Related partVANOS cam-timing system
Output by application

One engine, many cars.

CarGenerationOutputSpecification
BMW Z3 M RoadsterM SERIES / E36/7321 PS1997 European S50 specification
BMW Z3 M CoupéM SERIES / E36/8321 PS1998 European S50 specification
Where it lives

Cars with the S50B32

7 1997

Z3 M Roadster

S50B32 · Inline-six · 1997–2002

0–100 5.4 s250 km/h

321 PS
8 1998

Z3 M Coupé

S50B32 · Inline-six · 1998–2002

0–100 5.4 s250 km/h

321 PS
Sources