{"id":129456,"date":"2025-03-25T12:59:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T17:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=129456"},"modified":"2025-03-25T12:59:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T17:59:51","slug":"bmw-e30-with-a-s54-inline-six-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=129456","title":{"rendered":"BMW E30 with a S54 Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=129465\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-129465\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"129465\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=129465\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C1120&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1483859496&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CAtuned BMW E30 with a S54 inline-six 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;BMW E30 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\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BMW E30 with a S54 inline-six\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-129465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C480&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C960&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-01.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/catuned.com\">CAtuned<\/a> built this BMW E30 called &#8220;Minte30&#8221; with a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BMW_M54#S54\">S54<\/a> inline-six. The motor features a 2M Autowerks Velocity Stack kit, modified S54 oil pan, and Arc Asylum exhaust header. Behind that is a BMW six-speed manual transmission and Wavetrac limited-slip differential with 4.10 ratio. The sedan rides on CAtuned coilovers, Magnus Racing Team custom control arms, and Z3 steering rack. Braking is handled by Forge six-piston front brakes and E30 rear brakes. On the outside CAtuned installed a Mtech2 custom carbon fiber bumper, DTM-style carbon fiber side mirrors, Rotiform LSR wheels, and custom Mint Green paint. On the inside they installed a Recaro front seats, Momo steering wheel, custom roll cage, custom leather wrapped dash and center console, and deleted the rear seats.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/OST2nhafW7M?si=aEHKkW7Ws064ySJt\" 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=129466\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-129466\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"129466\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=129466\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-02.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-11.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-11.jpg?resize=930%2C620&amp;ssl=1 930w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-11.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=129476\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-129476\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"129476\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=129476\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-12.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=129477\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-129477\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"129477\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=129477\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-13.jpg?fit=1500%2C1001&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1001\" 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=\"CAtuned BMW E30 with a S54 inline-six 13\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Forge six-piston front brakes&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-13.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-13.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Forge six-piston front brakes\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-129477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-13.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-13.jpg?resize=1200%2C801&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-13.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-13.jpg?resize=930%2C620&amp;ssl=1 930w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-13.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.catuned.com\/catuned-minte30-bmw-build\/\">CAtuned blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAtuned built this BMW E30 called &#8220;Minte30&#8221; with a S54 inline-six. The motor features a 2M Autowerks Velocity Stack kit, modified S54 oil pan, and Arc Asylum exhaust header. Behind that is a BMW six-speed manual transmission and Wavetrac limited-slip differential with 4.10 ratio. The sedan rides on CAtuned coilovers, Magnus Racing Team custom control&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=129456\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BMW E30 with a S54 Inline-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":129465,"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,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129456","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\/03\/CAtuned-BMW-E30-with-a-S54-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C1120&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":130986,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=130986","url_meta":{"origin":129456,"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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