{"id":19548,"date":"2017-11-22T16:11:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T22:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19548"},"modified":"2017-11-22T13:35:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T19:35:29","slug":"bmw-320-e30-with-an-indy-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19548","title":{"rendered":"BMW 320 E30 with an Indy V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Team-Edlinger-BMW-320i-with-a-3.5-L-IRL-GM-V8-06.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7758\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=7758\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Team-Edlinger-BMW-320i-with-a-3.5-L-IRL-GM-V8-06.jpg?fit=1400%2C933&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,933\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 500D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1430066107&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;110&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Team Edlinger BMW 320i with a 3.5 L IRL GM V8 06\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Team Edlinger BMW 320i with a 3.5 L IRL GM V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Team-Edlinger-BMW-320i-with-a-3.5-L-IRL-GM-V8-06.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Team-Edlinger-BMW-320i-with-a-3.5-L-IRL-GM-V8-06.jpg?resize=700%2C466&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Team Edlinger BMW 320i with a 3.5 L IRL GM V8\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Team-Edlinger-BMW-320i-with-a-3.5-L-IRL-GM-V8-06.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Team-Edlinger-BMW-320i-with-a-3.5-L-IRL-GM-V8-06.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Team-Edlinger-BMW-320i-with-a-3.5-L-IRL-GM-V8-06.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Team-Edlinger-BMW-320i-with-a-3.5-L-IRL-GM-V8-06.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Team Edlinger built this unique BMW 320 race car for hill climb events. The car rockets up mountains thanks to GM 3.5 L V8 from Indy Racing League that produces 570 horsepower at 11,300 rpm. Enjoy the sounds this engine makes and for more details, photos, and videos please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=7752\">previous article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6lwT6Nwh7oc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCWPy8e7TkqGZH4zt4TiTNw\">HillClimb Monsters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Edlinger built this unique BMW 320 race car for hill climb events. The car rockets up mountains thanks to GM 3.5 L V8 from Indy Racing League that produces 570 horsepower at 11,300 rpm. Enjoy the sounds this engine makes and for more details, photos, and videos please visit our previous article. Source: HillClimb&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19548\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BMW 320 E30 with an Indy V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19548","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\/2015\/10\/Team-Edlinger-BMW-320i-with-a-3.5-L-IRL-GM-V8-06.jpg?fit=1400%2C933&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101778,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=101778","url_meta":{"origin":19548,"position":0},"title":"BMW E30 with a S62 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 21, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"This BMW E30 318i called \"Bulldog\" originally came with a 1.8 L inline-four. 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