{"id":35108,"date":"2019-01-15T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=35108"},"modified":"2019-01-14T22:57:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T04:57:01","slug":"group-5-inspired-bmw-e21-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=35108","title":{"rendered":"Group 5 Inspired BMW E21 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s been over two years since we shared<\/a> Richard Pykett’s amazing Group 5 inspired BMW E21 project. For those unfamiliar with the project, Richard is building a BMW E21 race car with a turbocharged 2.5 L M50 inline-six, five-speed sequential transmission, and BMW LSD with 3.85 gears. Since our previous article he’s been hard at work building custom headers, side radiators, chassis\/body supports, brakes, and wooden ribs for widebody panels. You can follow the car’s progress on the project’s FB page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Source: Elan Motorsport FB page<\/a> via Piotr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been over two years since we shared Richard Pykett’s amazing Group 5 inspired BMW E21 project. For those unfamiliar with the project, Richard is building a BMW E21 race car with a turbocharged 2.5 L M50 inline-six, five-speed sequential transmission, and BMW LSD with 3.85 gears. Since our previous article he’s been hard at… Read More »Group 5 Inspired BMW E21 Update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":35191,"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":[466],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e21"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10884,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=10884","url_meta":{"origin":35108,"position":0},"title":"Group 5 Inspired BMW E21","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Richard Pykett is a personal insurance salesman by day but a race car engineer by night. 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