Re: Will the e46 m3 engine be hand built? (archive)
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Posted by NeilS on June 10, 2000 at 14:13:48:
In Reply to: Will the e46 m3 engine be hand built? posted by Nick on June 09, 2000 at 22:56:57:
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: I thought the engine in the european e36 m3 was hand built. There is a post on this board today that says the e46 m3 engine is not built by hand. Does anyone kmow about the assembly of the new engine? It's important to how many cars BMW will be able to produce. I understand this is were the bottleneck is for M5 production. They are only able to hand produce 30 a day, which is split with the Z8. Are you sure the E39 M5/Z8 engine is handbuilt? I think the E34 M5 was the last to receive this kind of attention - volume demands are a lot higher now.
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