{"id":21752,"date":"2018-03-14T13:41:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T17:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=21752"},"modified":"2018-03-14T13:43:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T17:43:21","slug":"jaguar-e-type-with-a-bmw-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=21752","title":{"rendered":"Jaguar E-Type with a BMW V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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About a year ago Pipey McGraw from Muttley Racing<\/a> started building a Jaguar E-Type<\/a> with a naturally aspirated three-rotor engine. The team decided to change power plants over the winter. Out went the rotary and in went a 4.0 L S65 V8 from a BMW E92 M3. There is still more work needed before the project hits the roads but it’s already making an impression with the custom intake trumpets sticking through the hood. <\/p>\n

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Source: Muttley Racing FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

About a year ago Pipey McGraw from Muttley Racing started building a Jaguar E-Type with a naturally aspirated three-rotor engine. The team decided to change power plants over the winter. Out went the rotary and in went a 4.0 L S65 V8 from a BMW E92 M3. There is still more work needed before the… Read More »Jaguar E-Type with a BMW V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21754,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[442],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-type"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Jaguar-E-Type-with-a-BMW-S65-V8-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C809&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":106263,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=106263","url_meta":{"origin":21752,"position":0},"title":"1987 Jaguar XJ6 with a BMW M60 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Shaun Barnes built his 1987 Jaguar XJ6 Series 3 at his co-owned company Keltec Performance in Leeds, England. 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