The factory production of the S54 engine

exdos · Post by **exdos** » Sat Aug 11, 2018 5:35 pm

I've recently come across a video of the factory production of the S54 engine found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjFVV5H ... gs=pl%2Cwn

It's interesting to see one of the technicians blowing a little bit of magic onto a part at 1:55.

Also, from 3:15 you can see the rotational order of the cylinders. As you can see, the cylinders rotate in pairs, like two in-line 3 cylinder engines. I had previously assumed that the 6 cylinders would be phased at 60 degrees in their firing order, so this was a revelation to me.

Woots · Post by **Woots** » Sat Aug 11, 2018 5:54 pm

Love this clip

Really cool stuff

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:24 pm

Great little video.

RedUn · Post by **RedUn** » Sun Aug 12, 2018 11:14 am

Great video!

John, I think the firing order is still 60 degrees but they just rotate at 120 degrees for the balance? (I may be talking complete horse there!!

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mmm-five · Post by **mmm-five** » Sun Aug 12, 2018 11:45 am

I keep asking my spanner monkey why it takes him 2 days to do this, when BMW took 45 minutes

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