{"id":41990,"date":"2019-06-21T13:28:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T18:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=41990"},"modified":"2019-06-21T18:33:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T23:33:36","slug":"1996-bmw-m3-with-a-ls2-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=41990","title":{"rendered":"For Sale: 1996 BMW M3 with a LS2 V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This 1996 BMW M3 E36 is for sale<\/a> in Houston, Texas for $45,000. The project started six years ago and includes build photos, documents, and receipts showing $90,000 in parts and labor. Under the hood sits a 402 ci (6.58 L) LS2 V8 built by Texas Speed & Performance making 515 hp on 93 octane fuel. A TR6060 six-speed manual transmission send power through a Vorshlag driveshaft to a 1995 M3 diff (used for better gearing). They completed the swap using Vorshlag’s complete swap kit<\/a> and it still retains air conditioning. The M3 rides on a MCS TT2 suspension with Vorshlag camber plates, Turner Motorsports subframe reinforcements, stock Brembo brakes, and SR lightweight competition rims. Other upgrades include custom 4-inch oval exhaust, custom wiring harness, large aluminum radiator, custom fuel system built by Vorshlag, IEE external fuel sump tank, large Setrab Series 1 oil cooler, and custom back-half roll cage. <\/p>\n

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Source: Craigslist<\/a> (click here<\/a> if ad disappears) via Road&Track<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This 1996 BMW M3 E36 is for sale in Houston, Texas for $45,000. The project started six years ago and includes build photos, documents, and receipts showing $90,000 in parts and labor. Under the hood sits a 402 ci (6.58 L) LS2 V8 built by Texas Speed & Performance making 515 hp on 93 octane… Read More »For Sale: 1996 BMW M3 with a LS2 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":41992,"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":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e36"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1996-BMW-M3-with-a-LS2-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36306,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=36306","url_meta":{"origin":41990,"position":0},"title":"BMW E46 M3 with a 468 ci LS7 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This BMW E46 M3 called \"Chainsaw Massacre\" is being built into the ultimate track monster by Vorshlag in Princeton, Texas for a lucky customer. 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