{"id":2038,"date":"2011-08-31T15:18:36","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T20:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2017-01-25T17:19:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T22:19:47","slug":"bmw-e30-engine-swap-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2038","title":{"rendered":"BMW E30 Engine Swap Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/BMW-M62B44.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14289\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=14289\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/BMW-M62B44.jpg?fit=800%2C532&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,532\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"BMW M62B44\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;BMW M62B44&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/BMW-M62B44.jpg?fit=800%2C532&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/BMW-M62B44.jpg?resize=620%2C412&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BMW M62B44\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/BMW-M62B44.jpg?resize=620%2C412&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/BMW-M62B44.jpg?resize=600%2C399&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/BMW-M62B44.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/BMW-M62B44.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rtsauto.com\/e30-engine-swap-options-2\">article listing BMW engines swaps for a BMW E30<\/a>. The writer gives engine power stats, advantages and disadvantages for choosing each engine.<\/p>\n<p>Engines listed in the article:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1.8 L I4 M42B18<\/li>\n<li>2.3 L I4 S14B23<\/li>\n<li>2.5 L I6 M20B25<\/li>\n<li>2.5 L I6 M50B25 <\/li>\n<li>2.7 L I6 M20B27 <\/li>\n<li>3.0 L I6 S50B30 <\/li>\n<li>3.2 L I6 S50B32 <\/li>\n<li>3.4 L I6 M30B35 <\/li>\n<li>2.8 L I6 M52B28 <\/li>\n<li>3.6 L I6 S38B36 <\/li>\n<li>3.8 L I6 S38B38<\/li>\n<li>4.0 L V8 M60B40 <\/li>\n<li>4.4 L V8 M62b44 <\/li>\n<li>5.0 L V12 M70B50<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an article listing BMW engines swaps for a BMW E30. The writer gives engine power stats, advantages and disadvantages for choosing each engine. Engines listed in the article: 1.8 L I4 M42B18 2.3 L I4 S14B23 2.5 L I6 M20B25 2.5 L I6 M50B25 2.7 L I6 M20B27 3.0 L I6 S50B30 3.2&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2038\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BMW E30 Engine Swap Options<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":true,"_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-2038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-e30"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":106343,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=106343","url_meta":{"origin":2038,"position":0},"title":"Nissan Patrol with a BMW M57 Diesel I6","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 20, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"This Nissan Patrol Y61 visited IOD Performance in Poland for a motor swap. 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