{"id":2463,"date":"2012-03-27T02:15:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T07:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2463"},"modified":"2012-03-27T02:15:11","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T07:15:11","slug":"bmw-e30-with-chrysler-slant-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2463","title":{"rendered":"BMW E30 with Chrysler Slant-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some nice pictures of a slant-six powered E30 one team decided to build and race.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"426\" width=\"626\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/06-Slant-Six-BMW-E30-24-Hours-of-LeMons-car-626x426.jpg?resize=626%2C426\" alt=\"BMW E30 with chrysler slant-six motor swap\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"426\" width=\"626\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/08-Slant-Six-BMW-E30-24-Hours-of-LeMons-car-626x426.jpg?resize=626%2C426\" alt=\"BMW E30 with chrysler slant-six motor swap\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/lemons-goodbad-idea-of-the-week-bmw-325i-with-chrysler-slant-six-power\/\">Car &#038; Driver Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some nice pictures of a slant-six powered E30 one team decided to build and race. 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