{"id":60064,"date":"2020-08-19T15:57:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T20:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=60064"},"modified":"2020-08-19T15:57:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T20:57:15","slug":"1969-mustang-with-a-turbo-bmw-m50-inline-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=60064","title":{"rendered":"1969 Mustang with a Turbo BMW M50 Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=60069\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60069\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"60069\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=60069\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1969-Mustang-with-a-turbo-BMW-M50-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1969 Mustang with a turbo BMW M50 inline-six 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1969 Mustang with a turbo BMW M50 inline-six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1969-Mustang-with-a-turbo-BMW-M50-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1969-Mustang-with-a-turbo-BMW-M50-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1969 Mustang with a turbo BMW M50 inline-six\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1969-Mustang-with-a-turbo-BMW-M50-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1969-Mustang-with-a-turbo-BMW-M50-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1969-Mustang-with-a-turbo-BMW-M50-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1969-Mustang-with-a-turbo-BMW-M50-inline-six-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A unique 1969 Mustang visited <a href=\"https:\/\/gzracing.se\/\">GZ Racing<\/a> in Vallentuna, Sweden for a dyno tune. The classic muscle car is powered by a turbocharged 2.5 L BMW M50B25 inline-six mated to a BMW five-speed manual transmission. The motor uses forged H-beam rods, upgraded valve springs, Siemens 680 cc injectors, TB60-02 turbocharger, PTE 46 mm wastegate, and EcuMaster EMU ECU. On the dyno it made 402 horsepower and 505 Nm (372 lb-ft) of torque to the hubs on 1.47 bar (21.3 psi) of boost and 98 octane fuel. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/S0LDR_n7AHQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=60070\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-60070\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"60070\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=60070\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1969-Mustang-with-a-turbo-BMW-M50-inline-six-02.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1969 Mustang with a turbo BMW M50 inline-six 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1969 Mustang with a turbo BMW M50 inline-six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1969-Mustang-with-a-turbo-BMW-M50-inline-six-02.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1969-Mustang-with-a-turbo-BMW-M50-inline-six-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1969 Mustang with a turbo BMW M50 inline-six\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1969-Mustang-with-a-turbo-BMW-M50-inline-six-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1969-Mustang-with-a-turbo-BMW-M50-inline-six-02.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1969-Mustang-with-a-turbo-BMW-M50-inline-six-02.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1969-Mustang-with-a-turbo-BMW-M50-inline-six-02.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCvXNAz5JaOWrcVAmj5B-eOA\">GZ Racing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A unique 1969 Mustang visited GZ Racing in Vallentuna, Sweden for a dyno tune. The classic muscle car is powered by a turbocharged 2.5 L BMW M50B25 inline-six mated to a BMW five-speed manual transmission. The motor uses forged H-beam rods, upgraded valve springs, Siemens 680 cc injectors, TB60-02 turbocharger, PTE 46 mm wastegate, and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=60064\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1969 Mustang with a Turbo BMW M50 Inline-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":60069,"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,"_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":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mustang"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":145226,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=145226","url_meta":{"origin":60064,"position":0},"title":"Top Articles of 2025","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"We want to thank everyone for your support in 2025. 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