{"id":2752,"date":"2013-08-02T18:42:11","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T18:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2752"},"modified":"2013-08-02T21:00:41","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T21:00:41","slug":"the-best-inline-six-engine-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2752","title":{"rendered":"The Best Inline-Six Engine Of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

What do you think the best inline-six engine is? Below are some of the engines Jalopnik readers suggested.<\/p>\n

AMC 4.2L<\/a>
\nChrysler Slant-Six<\/a>
\nDetroit Diesel Series 50<\/a>
\nBMW M30B34<\/a>
\nBMW N54B30<\/a>
\nBMW S54B32<\/a>
\nMercedes M198<\/a>
\nNissan S20<\/a>
\nNissan RB26DETT<\/a>
\nToyota 2JZ-GTE<\/a>
\nToyota 1FZ-FE<\/a>
\nTVR Speed Six<\/a>
\nFord Barra<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: Jalopnik<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What do you think the best inline-six engine is? Below are some of the engines Jalopnik readers suggested. AMC 4.2L Chrysler Slant-Six Detroit Diesel Series 50 BMW M30B34 BMW N54B30 BMW S54B32 Mercedes M198 Nissan S20 Nissan RB26DETT Toyota 2JZ-GTE Toyota 1FZ-FE TVR Speed Six Ford Barra Source: Jalopnik<\/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,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engines"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":91172,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=91172","url_meta":{"origin":2752,"position":0},"title":"Nissan R34 with a Toyota 2JZ Inline-Six","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"This Nissan R34 Skyline is powered by a turbocharged 2JZ inline-six built by KMS Engine in Poland paired with a six-speed manual transmission from a BMW 3.0 L diesel. 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