{"id":50879,"date":"2020-01-10T14:33:24","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T20:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50879"},"modified":"2021-03-09T18:13:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T00:13:23","slug":"kmiata-developing-honda-k-series-swap-kit-for-bmw-e30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50879","title":{"rendered":"KMiata Developing Honda K-Series Swap Kit for BMW E30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/KMiata-BMW-E30-with-a-Honda-K-series-inline-four-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"50888\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=50888\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/KMiata-BMW-E30-with-a-Honda-K-series-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=1440%2C1436&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1436\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"KMiata BMW E30 with a Honda K-series inline-four 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;KMiata BMW E30 with a Honda K-series inline-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/KMiata-BMW-E30-with-a-Honda-K-series-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C1197&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/KMiata-BMW-E30-with-a-Honda-K-series-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C598&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"KMiata BMW E30 with a Honda K-series inline-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"598\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-50888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/KMiata-BMW-E30-with-a-Honda-K-series-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C598&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/KMiata-BMW-E30-with-a-Honda-K-series-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C1197&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/KMiata-BMW-E30-with-a-Honda-K-series-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/KMiata-BMW-E30-with-a-Honda-K-series-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=768%2C766&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/KMiata-BMW-E30-with-a-Honda-K-series-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/KMiata-BMW-E30-with-a-Honda-K-series-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/KMiata-BMW-E30-with-a-Honda-K-series-inline-four-01.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kmiata.com\/\">KMiata<\/a> are developing a Honda K-series swap kit for the BMW E30. The company hasn&#8217;t release many details but the kit should be available later this year. After development for the E30 is complete, the company will begin work on an E36 swap kit. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 3\/9\/2021<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/kpower.industries\/collections\/kpowere30-swap-components\">The kit and mounts<\/a> are available. <\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kmiata\/photos\/a.606440486110446\/2687849207969553\/\">KMiata FB page<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/extech_mike\/\">@extech_mike<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KMiata are developing a Honda K-series swap kit for the BMW E30. The company hasn&#8217;t release many details but the kit should be available later this year. After development for the E30 is complete, the company will begin work on an E36 swap kit. Update 3\/9\/2021: The kit and mounts are available. Source: KMiata FB&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50879\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">KMiata Developing Honda K-Series Swap Kit for BMW E30<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":50888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50879","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\/2020\/01\/KMiata-BMW-E30-with-a-Honda-K-series-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=1440%2C1436&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17311,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=17311","url_meta":{"origin":50879,"position":0},"title":"BMW ZF Transmission Adapter and Swap Kit for Miata","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"KMiata is taking orders for their new ZF five-speed manual transmission (S5D-320Z) swap kits. 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