{"id":1203,"date":"2010-04-24T19:50:06","date_gmt":"2010-04-25T00:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2020-07-24T13:13:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T18:13:47","slug":"1987-bmw-with-nissan-rb26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1203","title":{"rendered":"BMW E30 with a RB26DETT"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It is always fun to read people’s comments on a swap such as this. BMW purists will absolutely hate this swap. The owner of this 1987 BMW 325IS decided to swap a Nissan RB26DETT inline-six that makes 495 horsepower and 399 lb-ft of torque to the wheels. The drivetrain features a modified RB26DETT transmission with a EXEDY 3 puck clutch and an E30 M3 LSD with 4.11 gears. <\/p>\n

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Source: Onyx syndicate<\/a> via Jalopnik<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is always fun to read people’s comments on a swap such as this. BMW purists will absolutely hate this swap. The owner of this 1987 BMW 325IS decided to swap a Nissan RB26DETT inline-six that makes 495 horsepower and 399 lb-ft of torque to the wheels. The drivetrain features a modified RB26DETT transmission with… Read More »BMW E30 with a RB26DETT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":59002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"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":[108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bmw"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/BMW-E30-with-a-RB26DETT-01.jpg?fit=800%2C622&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100239,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=100239","url_meta":{"origin":1203,"position":0},"title":"BMW E30 with a 1080 hp 2JZ-GTE","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 11, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Mark Boylan's BMW E30 was built by Scott Birdsall at Chuckles Garage in Santa Rosa, California. 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