{"id":54173,"date":"2020-04-03T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=54173"},"modified":"2020-04-03T00:38:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T06:38:53","slug":"bmw-e30-with-a-870-hp-turbo-m50-inline-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=54173","title":{"rendered":"BMW E30 with a 870 hp Turbo M50 Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BMW-E30-with-a-Turbo-M50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"54179\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=54179\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BMW-E30-with-a-Turbo-M50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1440%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,960\" 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=\"BMW E30 with a Turbo M50 Inline-Six 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;BMW E30 with a Turbo M50 Inline-Six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BMW-E30-with-a-Turbo-M50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BMW-E30-with-a-Turbo-M50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BMW-E30-with-a-Turbo-M50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BMW E30 with a Turbo M50 Inline-Six\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BMW-E30-with-a-Turbo-M50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BMW-E30-with-a-Turbo-M50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BMW-E30-with-a-Turbo-M50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/BMW-E30-with-a-Turbo-M50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stigbredesen\/\">Stig Bredesen<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Buldreracing\/\">Buldre Racingteam<\/a> uses his BMW E30 to compete in time attack and hill climb events. The car is powered by a turbocharged 3.0 L M50B25 inline-six that produces 870 horsepower and 965 Nm (711 lb-ft) of torque thanks to a Precision 6466 turbocharger, Life Racing F88RX ECU, and E85 fuel. Behind the motor sits a Samsonas sequential transmission, GKN Motorsport custom driveshaft, OS Giken diff, and GKN Motorsport axles. Watch as Stig competes at Osnabruck Hillclimb below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ktUOjtn14kY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Buldreracing\/\">Buldre Racing FB page<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCWPy8e7TkqGZH4zt4TiTNw\">Hillclimb Monsters<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/gatebil.no\/drivers\/stig-bredesen\/\">Gatebil<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stig Bredesen from Buldre Racingteam uses his BMW E30 to compete in time attack and hill climb events. The car is powered by a turbocharged 3.0 L M50B25 inline-six that produces 870 horsepower and 965 Nm (711 lb-ft) of torque thanks to a Precision 6466 turbocharger, Life Racing F88RX ECU, and E85 fuel. Behind the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=54173\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BMW E30 with a 870 hp Turbo M50 Inline-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":54179,"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-54173","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\/04\/BMW-E30-with-a-Turbo-M50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1440%2C960&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":123064,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=123064","url_meta":{"origin":54173,"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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