{"id":22070,"date":"2018-03-26T18:17:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T22:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=22070"},"modified":"2018-03-26T18:18:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T22:18:25","slug":"video-of-bmw-m12-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=22070","title":{"rendered":"Video of BMW M12 Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BMW-M12-turbo-inline-four-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22071\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=22071\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BMW-M12-turbo-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"BMW M12 turbo inline-four 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;BMW M12 turbo inline-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BMW-M12-turbo-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BMW-M12-turbo-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BMW M12 turbo inline-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BMW-M12-turbo-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BMW-M12-turbo-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BMW-M12-turbo-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BMW-M12-turbo-inline-four-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The BMW M12 is a turbocharged 1.5 L inline-four built for Formula One and used by several teams. BMW based the engine on the M10 and estimated to produce 1,400+ horsepower in qualifying trim with BMW Motorsport GmbH Technical Director Paul Rosche saying it pegged the dyno at 1,280 horsepower. Watch as talented mechanics build an iconic engine for the Brabham BMW BT52 F1 race car.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HWnWKLVUBcM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCgV6iVN6IdBvGXD3tqoUmKA\">Car TV<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/oppositelock.kinja.com\/watch-the-quiet-building-of-a-bmw-f1-turbomonster-1824058681\">OppositeLock<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BMW M12 is a turbocharged 1.5 L inline-four built for Formula One and used by several teams. BMW based the engine on the M10 and estimated to produce 1,400+ horsepower in qualifying trim with BMW Motorsport GmbH Technical Director Paul Rosche saying it pegged the dyno at 1,280 horsepower. Watch as talented mechanics build&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=22070\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video of BMW M12 Assembly<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22071,"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":[108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bmw"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BMW-M12-turbo-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":117188,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=117188","url_meta":{"origin":22070,"position":0},"title":"BMW 2002 with a M12 Inline-Four","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 20, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Mario Minichberger spent five years building the Minichberger Motorsport BMW 2002 for hillclimb racing. 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