{"id":105909,"date":"2023-10-09T16:48:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T21:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=105909"},"modified":"2023-10-09T16:48:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T21:48:14","slug":"bmw-e30-with-a-turbo-m50-goes-9-27-sec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=105909","title":{"rendered":"BMW E30 with a Turbo M50 Goes 9.27 sec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=105916\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-105916\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"105916\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=105916\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-07.jpg?fit=1440%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1440\" 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=\"BMW E30 with a turbo M50 inline-six 07\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;BMW E30 with a turbo M50 inline-six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-07.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-07-600x600.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BMW E30 with a turbo M50 inline-six\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-105916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-07.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-07.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-07.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-07.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-07.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Schien and his &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/e30elvis\/\">E30 Elvis<\/a>&#8221; attended the DAS GTi event at Santa Pod Raceway and set a new personal best. While there Daniel has several 9-second quarter-mile runs with the best being a 9.273 sec at 162.48 mph. The BMW E30 (325i) is powered by a turbocharged M50B25 inline-six paired with a <a href=\"https:\/\/gearmotive.com\/products\/\">GearMotive<\/a> ZF S5D dogbox. The motor is capable of 1108 horsepower and 973 Nm (717 lb-ft) of torque on 2.2 bar (31.9 psi) of boost. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/R-05TIAU2YM?si=VB05x83LoVJdDY0w\" 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.instagram.com\/e30elvis\/\">@e30elvis<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VeeDubRacing\">VeeDubRacing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Schien and his &#8220;E30 Elvis&#8221; attended the DAS GTi event at Santa Pod Raceway and set a new personal best. While there Daniel has several 9-second quarter-mile runs with the best being a 9.273 sec at 162.48 mph. The BMW E30 (325i) is powered by a turbocharged M50B25 inline-six paired with a GearMotive ZF&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=105909\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BMW E30 with a Turbo M50 Goes 9.27 sec<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":105916,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105909","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\/2023\/10\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-07.jpg?fit=1440%2C1440&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":141926,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=141926","url_meta":{"origin":105909,"position":0},"title":"M50-Powered BMW E30 Goes 8.1 sec","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Daniel Schien and his \u201cE30 Elvis\u201d attended Doorslammers event at Santa Pod Raceway. 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