{"id":24176,"date":"2018-05-31T14:19:05","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T19:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=24176"},"modified":"2018-05-31T14:19:05","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T19:19:05","slug":"bmw-e30-with-a-s65-v8-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=24176","title":{"rendered":"BMW E30 with a S65 V8 &#8211; Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Driftworks-BMW-E30-with-a-S65-V8-03.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24178\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=24178\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Driftworks-BMW-E30-with-a-S65-V8-03.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Driftworks BMW E30 with a S65 V8 03\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Driftworks BMW E30 with a S65 V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Driftworks-BMW-E30-with-a-S65-V8-03.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Driftworks-BMW-E30-with-a-S65-V8-03.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Driftworks BMW E30 with a S65 V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Driftworks-BMW-E30-with-a-S65-V8-03.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Driftworks-BMW-E30-with-a-S65-V8-03.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Driftworks-BMW-E30-with-a-S65-V8-03.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Driftworks-BMW-E30-with-a-S65-V8-03.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.driftworks.com\/\">Driftworks<\/a> is back with another video on Phil Morrison&#8217;s BMW E30 M3 project. The E30 will be powered by a 4.0 L S65 V8 from a E90 M3 connected to a DCT transmission. In part 3 the team installs the V8, steering rack, and discusses the suspension. You can also watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I0j0MN26WoU\">part 4<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HwF2hPA3BdM\">part 5<\/a> now.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QXc2neea_OM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCYJl2ZTwqjRQrvsydPwYt1Q\">Driftworks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driftworks is back with another video on Phil Morrison&#8217;s BMW E30 M3 project. The E30 will be powered by a 4.0 L S65 V8 from a E90 M3 connected to a DCT transmission. In part 3 the team installs the V8, steering rack, and discusses the suspension. You can also watch part 4 and part&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=24176\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BMW E30 with a S65 V8 &#8211; Part 3<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24178,"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-24176","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\/2018\/05\/Driftworks-BMW-E30-with-a-S65-V8-03.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":103228,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=103228","url_meta":{"origin":24176,"position":0},"title":"BMW E30 with a S65 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Phil Morrison is the owner of Driftworks and a unique blue BMW E30. 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