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Originally Posted by KevinC
I'm familiar with the N52 from the '06 330i, the first year of the E90 3-series, and my first BMW back in the day. Definitely a peach of a motor, and perfect for that car. One year later, they shelved it (stateside anyways) in the 3 and moved "up" to the twin turbo 335i and its rampant HPFS problems that dragged on for years. But I digress.
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I'm not a full-on BMW maven (yet!) but I specifically researched cars with the N52 and, based on that study, I believe the N52 (or the same motor in N51 SULEV guise) continued in the 3 series throughout the E9x lifetime. You could still buy a 328i with an N52 in 2013.
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Originally Posted by SDCoupe
I liked the N52 so much, that I bought an X3 3.0si and still love that motor. Pulls and pulls.
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Too much! I did the same thing although I landed on an E93 with an N51. It is "only" 230HP but has the same 3-stage intake as the Z4 3.0si, which just keeps on giving as one rises through the revs. I still want to tweak things a bit to get back some of the auditory experience of the Z4 N52, but it is a joyous, revvy, happy thing even so.