{"id":2529,"date":"2012-07-09T03:05:16","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T03:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2529"},"modified":"2012-07-09T03:05:16","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T03:05:16","slug":"bmw-e36-with-ls3-on-dyno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2529","title":{"rendered":"BMW E36 with LS3 on Dyno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a nice split screen video showing a BMW E36 with a LS3 motor swap on European Auto Source&#8217;s dyno.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s1d58kMUazw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a nice split screen video showing a BMW E36 with a LS3 motor swap on European Auto Source&#8217;s dyno.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-e36"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":141752,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=141752","url_meta":{"origin":2529,"position":0},"title":"BMW E36 with a 2.3 L EcoBoost on the Dyno","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 4, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Brian Wilkerson's BMW E36 M3 called \"MA36RS\" has seen changes since it went ice drifting last winter. 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