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SpeedKore Performance<\/a> built this 1974 BMW 3.0 CS (E9) for Robert Downey Jr at their company in Grafton, Wisconsin. The car originally came from BMW with a 3.0 L M30B30V inline-six however SpeedKore went with a naturally aspirated S38 inline-six from an E34 M5. The S38 produces 335 horsepower and is paired with a ZF 4HP22 four-speed automatic transmission. The car rides on Bilstein shocks and custom HRE C109 three-piece wheels with Pirelli P-Zero tires covering Brembo six-piston brakes in front and four-piston brakes in back. The exterior is a mixture of custom brick red PPG paint, Cerakote titanium grey accents, and carbon fiber parts coated in BASF Glasurit satin clear.<\/p>\n

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Source: HRE Wheels<\/a> and SpeedKoree Performance FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SpeedKore Performance built this 1974 BMW 3.0 CS (E9) for Robert Downey Jr at their company in Grafton, Wisconsin. The car originally came from BMW with a 3.0 L M30B30V inline-six however SpeedKore went with a naturally aspirated S38 inline-six from an E34 M5. The S38 produces 335 horsepower and is paired with a ZF… Read More »1974 BMW 3.0 CS with a S38 Inline-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":68291,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[636],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e9"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1974-BMW-3.0-CS-with-a-S38-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18991,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=18991","url_meta":{"origin":68280,"position":0},"title":"Datsun 240Z with a BMW Inline-Six","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Christopher was ready to move on from his 1987 BMW M6 to the next project. 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