BMW Technology

Interested to know what goes on during a special N54 intake valve cleaning? Here are photos and information on how to do it, courtesy of PSI. BMW’s N54B30 powerplant was their first production turbocharged engine that used direct injection technology instead of traditional intake manifold fuel injection. It uses engine …

There is a new exhibit at the BMW Museum that showcases an E30 M3 race car and two actual F8x test mules. The M4 is in Austin Yellow and the M3 in black. Both cars were driven by engineers and BMW’s factory DTM drivers on the Nürburgring / Nordschliefe. The …

BMW M3 and BMW M4 Inside (part 2): The new brake systems. Interview with M engineer Klaus Dullinger. April 11, 2014 The BMW M3 and BMW M4 both feature a new type of brake system. Let us begin with the M compound brakes – what is special about them and …

Recent rumors say that BMW plans to return to F1 as an engine builder. The rumormill churned when former team boss Gian Carlo Minardo posted this on his website: “The engine revolution that has marked this new era of Formula 1 has involved several engine manufactures, present and not present …

BMW OLED (Organic LED) Preview of BMW Lighting: See the BMW Night Vision Warning System in action on this video: Here’s the BMW Laser Light demonstrated on a BMW i8: