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Originally Posted by 360spider
What Z3? Z3's had several engines fitted to them over the years. I know because I had two 1:1 Z3's in the past. In US, there were 1.9 liter 4-cyl, then 2.3, 2.5, 2.8, 3.0 liter Inline-6's, and finally M Roadster and M Coupe had two different 3.2 liter inline-6s (S52 and S54). European engines were different too, starting with 1.8 liter 4-cyl, and various 6-cyl models.
Z8 is easier, they only had one engine for all markets, a 400 HP NA 4.9 liter V8 sourced from BMWs ///M division..... :-)
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You're right about the Z3 there were several engines used in them. I think I'll go with the M Coupe and I'll probably use the engine from a Revell BMW kit, with a few modifications.
The Z8 was only powered by the V8 S62 unit. managed to find some pics of it, but not too much. I got more material on the M60 V8 and some on the M62 V8 but I don't know how much difference there is between these and the S62 as far as size and looks of the engine block is concerned.
I'm gathering info to see what is needed in order to achieve a realistic scratchbuilt engine bay + underside with transmission for these 2 Revell models.
Could you, please, help me out with some pics of the relevant sketches and diagrams from the Z3's owner or technical manual?
Thanks,
Ioan