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Jessee Billman<\/a> was seeking another project after building his 2JZ-powered F-100<\/a>. Last year he found it in a BMW E30 Touring. The red wagon came with a 2.0 L M20 inline-six and Getrag five-speed manual transmission. Jessee swapped them for a 6.2 L LS3 V8 and T56 Magnum six-speed manual transmission using a Sikky Stage 3 swap kit<\/a> and radiator. The kit included aluminum mounts, aluminum 6.8-quart oil pan, exhaust headers, one-piece driveshaft, power steering lines, Wiring Specialties wiring harness<\/a>. The motor’s 450 hp is sent to the rear wheels through a BMW 188 mm (medium case) limited-slip differential with a 3.46 ratio. The wagon rides on BC Racing coilovers with a BMW E36 steering rack. It still retains the factory brakes but Jessee plans to upgrade to Wilwood six-piston front brakes. You can follow the project’s progress on @2jz_f100<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Jessee Billman was seeking another project after building his 2JZ-powered F-100. Last year he found it in a BMW E30 Touring. The red wagon came with a 2.0 L M20 inline-six and Getrag five-speed manual transmission. Jessee swapped them for a 6.2 L LS3 V8 and T56 Magnum six-speed manual transmission using a Sikky Stage… Read More »Jessee Billman’s BMW E30 with a LS3 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":127046,"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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127041","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\/2025\/01\/BMW-E30-wagon-with-a-LS3-V8-01.jpg?fit=1440%2C1800&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":128887,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=128887","url_meta":{"origin":127041,"position":0},"title":"Turbo Honda L15 Swap Kit for BMW E30","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"In 2024 TF-Works swapped a Honda L15 and Miata (ND2) six-speed manual transmission into their BMW E30. 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