{"id":118346,"date":"2024-07-18T13:27:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T18:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=118346"},"modified":"2024-07-18T13:27:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T18:27:45","slug":"bmw-e30-with-a-m20b25-inline-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=118346","title":{"rendered":"BMW E30 with a M20B25 Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=118355\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-118355\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"118355\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=118355\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BMW-E30-with-a-M20B25-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1660%2C1660&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1660,1660\" 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 M20B25 Inline-Six 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;BMW E30 with a M20B25 Inline-Six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BMW-E30-with-a-M20B25-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BMW-E30-with-a-M20B25-Inline-Six-01-600x600.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BMW E30 with a M20B25 Inline-Six\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-118355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BMW-E30-with-a-M20B25-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BMW-E30-with-a-M20B25-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BMW-E30-with-a-M20B25-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BMW-E30-with-a-M20B25-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BMW-E30-with-a-M20B25-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BMW-E30-with-a-M20B25-Inline-Six-01.jpg?w=1660&amp;ssl=1 1660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@kimballracing974\/videos\">Kimball Racing&#8217;s<\/a> 1984 BMW 318i (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BMW_3_Series_(E30)\">E30<\/a>) competes in CampCar, 24 Hours of Lemons, and various trackdays. The car originally came with a 1.8 L M10B18 inline-four producing 105 hp (77 kW) and 107 lb-ft (145 Nm) of torque. It is now powered by a 2.5 L M20B25 inline-six making around 170 hp (125 kW) and 164 lb-ft (222 Nm) of torque. The factory transmission was also upgraded to a Getrag 260 five-speed manual transmission. Watch the team compete at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nelsonledges.com\">Nelson Ledges<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lime_Rock_Park\">Lime Rock<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/wgZve0mJXcM?si=-6eRPeMR_nILU_PH\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ofv1UVhpK1I?si=qSe9S4wIKrhKam9Z\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@kimballracing974\/videos\">Kimball Racing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kimball Racing&#8217;s 1984 BMW 318i (E30) competes in CampCar, 24 Hours of Lemons, and various trackdays. The car originally came with a 1.8 L M10B18 inline-four producing 105 hp (77 kW) and 107 lb-ft (145 Nm) of torque. It is now powered by a 2.5 L M20B25 inline-six making around 170 hp (125 kW) and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=118346\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BMW E30 with a M20B25 Inline-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":118355,"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-118346","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\/2024\/07\/BMW-E30-with-a-M20B25-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1660%2C1660&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":123064,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=123064","url_meta":{"origin":118346,"position":0},"title":"BMW E30 with a 900 hp Turbo M50 Inline-Six Smoking Tires at Oslo Motor Show","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 7, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Stig Bredesen from Buldre Racingteam attended the Oslo Motor Show and put on a show with his 1988 BMW 318i E30. 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