{"id":55558,"date":"2020-05-07T17:11:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T22:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=55558"},"modified":"2020-05-07T22:21:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T03:21:30","slug":"bmw-e46-drifting-with-a-800-hp-turbo-barra-inline-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=55558","title":{"rendered":"BMW E46 Drifting with a 800 hp Turbo Barra Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BMW-E46-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-10.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"55564\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=55564\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BMW-E46-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-10.jpg?fit=1440%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"BMW E46 with a turbo Barra inline-six 10\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;BMW E46 with a turbo Barra inline-six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BMW-E46-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-10.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BMW-E46-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-10.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BMW E46 with a turbo Barra inline-six\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-55564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BMW-E46-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-10.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BMW-E46-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-10.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BMW-E46-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-10.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BMW-E46-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-10.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This BMW E46 was built for Pontus Hartman from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hartmandrifting\/\">Hartman Drifting<\/a> to compete in Drift Masters European Championship (DMEC). Under the hood sits a turbocharged Ford Barra inline-six making 800 horsepower and 1000 Nm (737 lb-ft) of torque. The drivetrain features a Holinger RD6 six-speed sequential transmission and a RTS Winters quick-change rear end. Watch Pontus shred tires in a test session at Emmaboda airstrip below or view more photos in our <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=53775\">previous article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/kntGBa4NtnM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/TNPJstC_SZM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BMW-E46-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-12.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"55566\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=55566\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BMW-E46-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-12.jpg?fit=1440%2C1515&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1515\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"BMW E46 with a turbo Barra inline-six 12\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;BMW E46 with a turbo Barra inline-six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BMW-E46-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-12.jpg?fit=1141%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BMW-E46-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-12.jpg?resize=600%2C631&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BMW E46 with a turbo Barra inline-six\" width=\"600\" height=\"631\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-55566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BMW-E46-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-12.jpg?resize=600%2C631&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BMW-E46-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-12.jpg?resize=1141%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1141w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BMW-E46-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-12.jpg?resize=768%2C808&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BMW-E46-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-12.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hartmandrifting\/\">Hartman Drifting FB page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC0gwklIFY-Cdy7frFprXuHg\">Snooken Recordings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This BMW E46 was built for Pontus Hartman from Hartman Drifting to compete in Drift Masters European Championship (DMEC). Under the hood sits a turbocharged Ford Barra inline-six making 800 horsepower and 1000 Nm (737 lb-ft) of torque. The drivetrain features a Holinger RD6 six-speed sequential transmission and a RTS Winters quick-change rear end. Watch&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=55558\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BMW E46 Drifting with a 800 hp Turbo Barra Inline-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":55564,"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,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e46"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BMW-E46-with-a-turbo-Barra-inline-six-10.jpg?fit=1440%2C960&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53775,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=53775","url_meta":{"origin":55558,"position":0},"title":"BMW E46 with a 800 hp Turbo Barra","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 23, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Pontus Hartman from Hartman Drifting competes in Drift Masters European Championship (DMEC) with his BMW E46. The car is powered by a turbocharged 4.0 L Barra inline-six featuring CP-Carillo forged pistons and rods, BorgWarner S300SXE turbocharger, and Ecumaster ECU. 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Under the hood sits a built 3.0 L 2JZ inline-six that makes 650 horsepower on 24 psi of boost. 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