The BMW M88/3 is an I6 piston engine. It was based on the M88/1 that was used in the BMW M1's street version, with double overhead cam and four valves per cylinder. The M88/1 was in turn based on the M49 engine. The M88/3 was used in the early BMW M6 and BMW M5 (E28) and produced 286 PS (210 kW/282 hp). BMW AG (an abbreviation for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works), is a German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ... The straight-6 (also inline 6, I-6, or I6) is an internal combustion engine with six cylinders aligned in a single row. ... Components of a typical, four stroke cycle, DOHC piston engine. ... BMW M1 The BMW M1 is a supercar automobile, and was the first mid-engined BMW. It employed a twin-cam M88/1 3. ... A double overhead cam (also called a dual overhead cam, DOHC, or twincam) engine is a type of internal combustion engine where the camshafts that operate the intake and exhaust valves are mounted above the cylinders, and where there are separate camshafts for inlet and exhaust valves. ... In automotive engineering, an engine is referred to as multi-valve (or multivalve) when it has more than two valves. ... The BMW M6 is a high-performance version of the BMW 6-Series automobile, designed by BMW Motorsport. ... The BMW M5 is the high-performance version of the BMW 5-Series automobile made by BMW Motorsport. ... The BMW E28 automobile platform was the basis for the 1981 through 1988 BMW 5-Series automobiles. ... The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ...

S38

The S38 was an updated M88/3 and was used in the BMW M5 E34 from 1988. Displacement was enlarged from 3453 to 3535 cc. Thanks to the use of a Bosch Motronic 1.2 engine management, power grew to 315 PS (232 kW/310 SAE hp) at 6900 rpm. In 1992, with the introduction of Euro I emission legislation, BMW opted to enlarge the engine once more, to 3795 cc, with power climbing to 340 PS (250 kW/335 SAE hp) and torque going up to 400 Nm (295 lb.ft). The S38 engine also received a Motronic 3.3 engine management. This engine was used in the restyled M5 until the E34 finished production in 1996. The BMW M5 is the high-performance version of the BMW 5-Series automobile made by BMW Motorsport. ... The BMW E34 is the version of the BMW 5-Series automobile built from February 1988 to 1995. ... The Robert Bosch GmbH is a German company which was started in 1886 by Robert Bosch. ... In physics, torque can be thought of informally as rotational force. Torque is commonly measured in units of newton metres; although, centiNewton Meters (cNm), Foot Pounds (Lb-Ft), Inch Pounds (Lb-In) and Inch Ounces (Oz-In) are also frequently used expressions of torque. ...

See also

• BMW World M88
• BMW World S38