{"id":22554,"date":"2018-04-12T15:31:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T20:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=22554"},"modified":"2018-04-12T15:34:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T20:34:54","slug":"bmw-e36-with-a-ls1-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=22554","title":{"rendered":"BMW E36 with a LS1 V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BMW-E36-with-a-LS1-V8-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22556\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=22556\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BMW-E36-with-a-LS1-V8-01.jpg?fit=960%2C637&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,637\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"BMW E36 with a LS1 V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;BMW E36 with a LS1 V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BMW-E36-with-a-LS1-V8-01.jpg?fit=960%2C637&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BMW-E36-with-a-LS1-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C398&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BMW E36 with a LS1 V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BMW-E36-with-a-LS1-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C398&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BMW-E36-with-a-LS1-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BMW-E36-with-a-LS1-V8-01.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Raffaele &#8220;Bulldozer&#8221; Rusca competes in Time Attack and drifting events with his BMW E36 M3 built by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/TEAM-RUSCA-POWER-RACING-221127037042\">Team Rusca Power Racing<\/a> in Switzerland. Popping out of the hood is an air filter atop a carbureted LS1 V8 that makes 600 horsepower. Enjoy as Raffaele takes the E36 around the track at Varano Rally Krono in  Varano de&#8217; Melegari, Italy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HOU9hED940U\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BMW-E36-with-a-LS1-V8-02.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22557\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=22557\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BMW-E36-with-a-LS1-V8-02.jpg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"BMW E36 with a LS1 V8 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;BMW E36 with a LS1 V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BMW-E36-with-a-LS1-V8-02.jpg?fit=960%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BMW-E36-with-a-LS1-V8-02.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BMW E36 with a LS1 V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BMW-E36-with-a-LS1-V8-02.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BMW-E36-with-a-LS1-V8-02.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BMW-E36-with-a-LS1-V8-02.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/TEAM-RUSCA-POWER-RACING-221127037042\/\">Team Rusca Power Racing FB page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNSyMNqPbGAYmQ_PDyknFTg\">Italiansupercarvideo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raffaele &#8220;Bulldozer&#8221; Rusca competes in Time Attack and drifting events with his BMW E36 M3 built by Team Rusca Power Racing in Switzerland. Popping out of the hood is an air filter atop a carbureted LS1 V8 that makes 600 horsepower. Enjoy as Raffaele takes the E36 around the track at Varano Rally Krono in&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=22554\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BMW E36 with a LS1 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22556,"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":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e36"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/BMW-E36-with-a-LS1-V8-01.jpg?fit=960%2C637&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60654,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=60654","url_meta":{"origin":22554,"position":0},"title":"BMW E36 with a LS1 V8 and DCT","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 15, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Djessey Mensink built his BMW E46 from the ground up to race. 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