{"id":29599,"date":"2018-11-13T17:40:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T23:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=29599"},"modified":"2018-11-14T14:14:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T20:14:10","slug":"building-a-bmw-e30-with-i3-electric-motor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=29599","title":{"rendered":"Building a BMW E30 with an i3 Electric Motor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BMW<\/a><\/p>\n

DaveG<\/a> is a self-described BMW nut and restorer. So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that he’s building the World’s first BMW E30 with an electric motor from a BMW i3. The motor makes 168-184 horsepower depending on the year. Dave plans on powering the motor with Fluence battery packs and connecting it to a 320d transmission via a custom adapter plate. <\/p>\n

\"BMW<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: @daveg2015<\/a> via Max Maddox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DaveG is a self-described BMW nut and restorer. So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that he’s building the World’s first BMW E30 with an electric motor from a BMW i3. The motor makes 168-184 horsepower depending on the year. Dave plans on powering the motor with Fluence battery packs and connecting it to a 320d transmission… Read More »Building a BMW E30 with an i3 Electric Motor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":29602,"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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29599","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\/11\/BMW-E30-with-i3-electric-motor-01.jpg?fit=1440%2C688&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":123064,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=123064","url_meta":{"origin":29599,"position":0},"title":"BMW E30 with a 900 hp Turbo M50 Inline-Six Smoking Tires at Oslo Motor Show","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 7, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Stig Bredesen from Buldre Racingteam attended the Oslo Motor Show and put on a show with his 1988 BMW 318i E30. 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