{"id":3293,"date":"2014-03-28T17:47:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T22:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3293"},"modified":"2020-07-28T15:16:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T20:16:58","slug":"bmw-e30-with-e46-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3293","title":{"rendered":"BMW E30 with E46 Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Built by Ergen Motorsport<\/a>, this BMW E30 features a 3.2L S54B32 motor from a 2003 E46 M3. Custom equal length headers and an Alhpa-N engine management helps the engine to produce 360 horsepower and 269 lb-ft of torque. For more information and pictures click the source link below.<\/p>\n

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Source: Speedhunters<\/a> – Story by Suzy Wallace – Photos by Paddy McGrath<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Built by Ergen Motorsport, this BMW E30 features a 3.2L S54B32 motor from a 2003 E46 M3. Custom equal length headers and an Alhpa-N engine management helps the engine to produce 360 horsepower and 269 lb-ft of torque. For more information and pictures click the source link below. Source: Speedhunters – Story by Suzy Wallace… Read More »BMW E30 with E46 Engine<\/span><\/a><\/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_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-3293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-e30"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":130986,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=130986","url_meta":{"origin":3293,"position":0},"title":"S54-Powered BMW E30 Wagon","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Precision Sport Industries (PSI) gave this 1988 BMW 320i Touring several upgrades at their company in Winter Park, Florida. 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