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The 3.0 Diesel N57 Engine found in most of the F Series (and some of the E Series) BMWs is highly tuneable, and pretty much bullet proof (save for the usually emissions gremlins). We have tuned many of them over the years, and now have a good recipe for the ultimate daily driver setup whilst maintaining that reliability. This Blog Post is specifically talking about the N57N / N57D30A engine with Solenoid Injectors, but the principles of the mods are pretty similar to the other N57 Engines. T …

The M57 is a water-cooled and turbocharged inline six cylinder diesel engine with common-rail injection. It is based on its predecessor, the M51, which was a six-cylinder diesel engine with a Bosch VP20 swirl chamber (in-Direct) injection or IDI as its commonly known, and was fitted to the E34 to E39 td and tds models. The block and the crankcase of the first M57 engines and the TÜ (Technische Überarbeitung = revision) engines are made of cast iron, TÜ2 engines are made of alumini …