{"id":127664,"date":"2025-02-12T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=127664"},"modified":"2025-02-13T12:38:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T18:38:55","slug":"bmw-e28-race-car-with-a-s38-inline-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=127664","title":{"rendered":"BMW E28 Race Car with a S38 Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This 1987 BMW 5 Series (E28) race car started life as a E28 520i LUX powered a 2.0 L M20B20 inline-six. It is now powered by a naturally aspirated S38 inline-six<\/a> making approximately 360 hp (264 kW). It features an Accusump oil reservoir and custom stainless steel exhaust. Behind that is a BMW E34 M5 manual transmission and limited-slip differential. The car’s handling is upgraded thanks to GAZ adjustable coilovers and BMW 750iL brakes. Covering those are ET11 Wagner-Tuning wheels (16×9.5, 16×10.5). The body features carbon fiber hood and trunk lid, Group 5-style arches, and J\u00e4germeister livery. Inside you find Corbeau seats with TRS 6-point harnesses and roll cage. In front is a custom flocked dash with DigiDash 2 digital display and Momo steering wheel. The car will be auctioned by Iconic Auctioneers<\/a> in Stoneleigh, England.<\/p>\n

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This 1987 BMW 5 Series (E28) race car started life as a E28 520i LUX powered a 2.0 L M20B20 inline-six. It is now powered by a naturally aspirated S38 inline-six making approximately 360 hp (264 kW). It features an Accusump oil reservoir and custom stainless steel exhaust. Behind that is a BMW E34 M5… Read More »BMW E28 Race Car with a S38 Inline-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":127668,"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":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e28"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BMW-E28-race-car-with-a-S38-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8122,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=8122","url_meta":{"origin":127664,"position":0},"title":"The Return of Rusty Slammington","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Mike Burroughs debuted the revival of Rusty Slammington at SEMA 2015. 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