{"id":103634,"date":"2023-08-08T16:15:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T21:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=103634"},"modified":"2023-08-08T16:17:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T21:17:24","slug":"vidar-jodahl-races-his-2jz-powered-bmw-e30-m3-at-gatebil-rudskogen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=103634","title":{"rendered":"Vidar J\u00f8dahl Races his 2JZ-Powered BMW E30 M3 at Gatebil Rudskogen"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_58818\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58818\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=58818\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-58818\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58818\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=58818\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Vidar-J%C3%B8dahl-BMW-E30-M3-with-a-turbo-2JZ-GTE-17.jpg?fit=1440%2C1085&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1085\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Vidar J\u00f8dahl BMW E30 M3 with a turbo 2JZ-GTE 17\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Vidar J\u00f8dahl BMW E30 M3 with a turbo 2JZ-GTE inline-six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Vidar-J%C3%B8dahl-BMW-E30-M3-with-a-turbo-2JZ-GTE-17.jpg?fit=1200%2C904&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Vidar-J%C3%B8dahl-BMW-E30-M3-with-a-turbo-2JZ-GTE-17.jpg?resize=600%2C452&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Vidar J\u00f8dahl BMW E30 M3 with a turbo 2JZ-GTE inline-six\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Vidar-J%C3%B8dahl-BMW-E30-M3-with-a-turbo-2JZ-GTE-17.jpg?resize=600%2C452&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Vidar-J%C3%B8dahl-BMW-E30-M3-with-a-turbo-2JZ-GTE-17.jpg?resize=1200%2C904&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Vidar-J%C3%B8dahl-BMW-E30-M3-with-a-turbo-2JZ-GTE-17.jpg?resize=768%2C579&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Vidar-J%C3%B8dahl-BMW-E30-M3-with-a-turbo-2JZ-GTE-17.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo from previous event in 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vidar J\u00f8dahl and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Buldreracing\">Buldre Racing Team<\/a> BMW E30 M3 attended <a href=\"https:\/\/gatebil.no\/rudskogen-main-festival\/\">Gatebil<\/a> at Rudskogen Motorsenter in Norway. While there the team competed in the street car race. For those unfamiliar with the E30&#8217;s powertrain, it features a turbocharged 2JZ inline-six capable of 1332 hp on 3.55 bar (51 psi) of boost. Vidar had the boost turned down for the event. It is paired with a Sellholm MPG sequential transmission, and E34 M5 rear end. The exciting beginning has plenty of contact which you can watch from inside Vidar&#8217;s E30 below. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/CL1GMWquXY0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@buldreracingteam1819\">Buldre Racingteam<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vidar J\u00f8dahl and his Buldre Racing Team BMW E30 M3 attended Gatebil at Rudskogen Motorsenter in Norway. While there the team competed in the street car race. For those unfamiliar with the E30&#8217;s powertrain, it features a turbocharged 2JZ inline-six capable of 1332 hp on 3.55 bar (51 psi) of boost. Vidar had the boost&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=103634\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vidar J\u00f8dahl Races his 2JZ-Powered BMW E30 M3 at Gatebil Rudskogen<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":58818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e30"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Vidar-J%C3%B8dahl-BMW-E30-M3-with-a-turbo-2JZ-GTE-17.jpg?fit=1440%2C1085&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":124691,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=124691","url_meta":{"origin":103634,"position":0},"title":"Vidar J\u00f8dahl&#8217;s 2JZ-Powered BMW E30 Now Makes 1554 hp","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Vidar J\u00f8dahl owns and races a 2JZ-powered BMW E30 we've covered many times. 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