{"id":126802,"date":"2025-01-23T13:28:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T19:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=126802"},"modified":"2025-01-23T13:28:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T19:28:22","slug":"bmw-e30-wagon-with-a-s54-inline-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=126802","title":{"rendered":"BMW E30 Wagon with a S54 Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=126809\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-126809\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"126809\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=126809\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BMW-E30-Wagon-with-a-S54-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"BMW E30 Wagon with a S54 Inline-Six 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;BMW E30 Wagon with a S54 Inline-Six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BMW-E30-Wagon-with-a-S54-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BMW-E30-Wagon-with-a-S54-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BMW E30 Wagon with a S54 Inline-Six\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BMW-E30-Wagon-with-a-S54-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BMW-E30-Wagon-with-a-S54-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BMW-E30-Wagon-with-a-S54-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BMW-E30-Wagon-with-a-S54-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BMW-E30-Wagon-with-a-S54-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=930%2C620&amp;ssl=1 930w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BMW-E30-Wagon-with-a-S54-Inline-Six-01.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petrolicious.com\/privatesales\/s54-powered-1993-bmw-316i-touring-design-edition\">Petrolicious<\/a> helped this unique 1993 BMW E30 Touring find a new home. The previous owner swapped a naturally aspirated 3.2 L S54 inline-six capable of 338 hp (248 kW). The motor features a custom A2B Performance stainless steel exhaust, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline-motorsport.com\/\">Redline Motorsport wiring harness<\/a>, and custom oil pan. Behind that is a five-speed manual transmission and Z3M limited-slip differential. The wagon uses a modified front subframe and reinforced rear subframe. The suspension features Z3 steering rack, Bilstein shocks, H&#038;R springs, Ireland Engineering sway bars, and  Wilwood big brakes in front. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/BDpUW7_OAwk?si=I9AzRKJuqZEoViDW\" 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><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=126810\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-126810\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"126810\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=126810\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BMW-E30-Wagon-with-a-S54-Inline-Six-02.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BMW-E30-Wagon-with-a-S54-Inline-Six-07.jpg?resize=930%2C620&amp;ssl=1 930w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BMW-E30-Wagon-with-a-S54-Inline-Six-07.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Petrolicious\">Petrolicious<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Petrolicious helped this unique 1993 BMW E30 Touring find a new home. The previous owner swapped a naturally aspirated 3.2 L S54 inline-six capable of 338 hp (248 kW). The motor features a custom A2B Performance stainless steel exhaust, Redline Motorsport wiring harness, and custom oil pan. Behind that is a five-speed manual transmission and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=126802\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BMW E30 Wagon with a S54 Inline-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":126809,"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":100,"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,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":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-126802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e30"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":130986,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=130986","url_meta":{"origin":126802,"position":0},"title":"S54-Powered BMW E30 Wagon","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Precision Sport Industries (PSI) gave this 1988 BMW 320i Touring several upgrades at their company in Winter Park, Florida. 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