{"id":61946,"date":"2020-10-06T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=61946"},"modified":"2021-07-14T14:19:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T19:19:05","slug":"bmw-e21-with-a-v12-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=61946","title":{"rendered":"BMW E21 with a V12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=61958\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61958\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"61958\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=61958\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BMW-E21-with-a-M70-V12-01.jpg?fit=1439%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1439,1080\" 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;1601942039&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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BMW E21 with a M70 V12 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;BMW E21 with a M70 V12&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BMW-E21-with-a-M70-V12-01.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BMW-E21-with-a-M70-V12-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C901&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BMW-E21-with-a-M70-V12-01-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BMW E21 with a M70 V12\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-61958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BMW-E21-with-a-M70-V12-01.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BMW-E21-with-a-M70-V12-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C901&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BMW-E21-with-a-M70-V12-01.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BMW-E21-with-a-M70-V12-01.jpg?w=1439&amp;ssl=1 1439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jon Sowden from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCxyZn_p5gOK5Xruck6JF9gA\">ProAm-Garage<\/a> is taking a break from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iP_vcbDHNAI\">20B powered Mini<\/a> to work on something equally unique. Jon and his friends are replacing the inline-four in a BMW E21 with a 5.0 L M70 V12 from a BMW 750i. In the first video Jon explains the project and begins the initial fitting of the V12.<br \/>\n<strong>Warning: Strong language<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/FCh6-yEx_mk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; 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\/2hPVHy9dRp8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCxyZn_p5gOK5Xruck6JF9gA\">ProAm-Garage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Sowden from ProAm-Garage is taking a break from his 20B powered Mini to work on something equally unique. Jon and his friends are replacing the inline-four in a BMW E21 with a 5.0 L M70 V12 from a BMW 750i. In the first video Jon explains the project and begins the initial fitting of&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=61946\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BMW E21 with a V12<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":61958,"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_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":[466],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e21"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BMW-E21-with-a-M70-V12-01.jpg?fit=1439%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":112365,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=112365","url_meta":{"origin":61946,"position":0},"title":"Paul Foster&#8217;s BMW E21 with a 335 ci Rover V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Paul Foster spent 10+ years transforming a rusty 1982 BMW E21 into a Group 2 inspired race car he can drive on the street. 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