{"id":68280,"date":"2021-03-02T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=68280"},"modified":"2021-03-02T00:17:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T06:17:34","slug":"1974-bmw-3-0-cs-with-a-s38-inline-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=68280","title":{"rendered":"1974 BMW 3.0 CS with a S38 Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_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-related-posts":[{"id":127954,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=127954","url_meta":{"origin":68280,"position":0},"title":"Audi RS5 with a Turbo BMW Inline-Six","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Rickard Ivars enjoys drifting his Audi RS5 in Sweden. 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