{"id":28545,"date":"2018-10-12T15:53:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T20:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=28545"},"modified":"2018-10-12T15:53:02","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T20:53:02","slug":"citroen-2cv6-with-a-supercharged-bmw-flat-twin-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=28545","title":{"rendered":"Citroen 2CV6 with a Supercharged BMW Flat-Twin Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Citroen-2CV6-with-a-Supercharged-BMW-Flat-Twin-07.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28546\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=28546\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Citroen-2CV6-with-a-Supercharged-BMW-Flat-Twin-07.jpg?fit=960%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Citroen 2CV6 with a Supercharged BMW Flat-Twin 07\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Citroen 2CV6 with a Supercharged BMW Flat-Twin&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Citroen-2CV6-with-a-Supercharged-BMW-Flat-Twin-07.jpg?fit=960%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Citroen-2CV6-with-a-Supercharged-BMW-Flat-Twin-07.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Citroen 2CV6 with a Supercharged BMW Flat-Twin\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Citroen-2CV6-with-a-Supercharged-BMW-Flat-Twin-07.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Citroen-2CV6-with-a-Supercharged-BMW-Flat-Twin-07.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Citroen-2CV6-with-a-Supercharged-BMW-Flat-Twin-07.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been four months since Alex de Vries put his special <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/immersioneleven\/\">1987 Citroen 2CV6 Bamboo<\/a> on the dyno. The supercharged 1085 cc BMW flat-twin exceeded his expectations making 154 horsepower on 11 psi of boost. Alex and his racing team have competed in several hillclimb competitions since rebuilding the engine. Watch as Alex&#8217;s hard work put to use in the videos below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Rn3WUHjOwCc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fimmersioneleven%2Fvideos%2F1148633838635723%2F&#038;width=600&#038;show_text=false&#038;height=336&#038;appId\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/immersioneleven\/\">Immersion Eleven FB page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCWPy8e7TkqGZH4zt4TiTNw\">HillClimb Monsters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been four months since Alex de Vries put his special 1987 Citroen 2CV6 Bamboo on the dyno. The supercharged 1085 cc BMW flat-twin exceeded his expectations making 154 horsepower on 11 psi of boost. Alex and his racing team have competed in several hillclimb competitions since rebuilding the engine. Watch as Alex&#8217;s hard work&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=28545\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Citroen 2CV6 with a Supercharged BMW Flat-Twin Racing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28546,"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,"_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":[262],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2cv"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":71382,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=71382","url_meta":{"origin":28545,"position":0},"title":"Citroen 2CV6 with a Supercharged Flat-Twin Hillclimb Racing","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 5, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Alex de Vries from Immersion Eleven Racing and his 1987 Citroen 2CV6 Bamboo attended Werrington Park Speed Hillclimb at Launceston, England. 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