{"id":71274,"date":"2021-05-03T17:03:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T22:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=71274"},"modified":"2021-05-04T12:34:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T17:34:56","slug":"1971-corvette-with-a-bmw-v12-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=71274","title":{"rendered":"1971 Corvette with a BMW V12 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=71326\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-71326\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"71326\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=71326\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1971-Corvette-With-A-BMW-M73-V12-07.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,563\" 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;0&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=\"1971 Corvette With A BMW M73 V12 07\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1971 Corvette With A BMW M73 V12&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1971-Corvette-With-A-BMW-M73-V12-07.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1971-Corvette-With-A-BMW-M73-V12-07.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1971 Corvette With A BMW M73 V12\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-71326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1971-Corvette-With-A-BMW-M73-V12-07.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1971-Corvette-With-A-BMW-M73-V12-07.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1971-Corvette-With-A-BMW-M73-V12-07.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Six years ago <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2487\">we shared<\/a> a unique 1971 Corvette being built by owner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCgMgb2OGM0mtmDv-ehaNBCA\">Richard Hayes<\/a> with an all-aluminum BMW M73 V12 and Tremec TKO five-speed manual. The V12 features Jenvey 40 mm individual throttle bodies, 3-stage dry sump, stainless steel side exhaust, and Megasquirt MS3Pro ECU. The Corvette rides on a Vansteel coilovers with an electric power steering rack and Wilwood 14-inch brakes with six-piston calipers in front. Richard celebrated his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corvetteforum.com\/forums\/c3-tech-performance\/2576520-corvette-v12.html\">hard work<\/a> with the first test drive.  <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ePeohGMLGyw\" 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\/UCgMgb2OGM0mtmDv-ehaNBCA\">Richard Hayes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corvetteforum.com\/forums\/c3-tech-performance\/2576520-corvette-v12.html\">Corvette Forum<\/a> (build thread)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six years ago we shared a unique 1971 Corvette being built by owner Richard Hayes with an all-aluminum BMW M73 V12 and Tremec TKO five-speed manual. The V12 features Jenvey 40 mm individual throttle bodies, 3-stage dry sump, stainless steel side exhaust, and Megasquirt MS3Pro ECU. The Corvette rides on a Vansteel coilovers with an&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=71274\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1971 Corvette with a BMW V12 Update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":71326,"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":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corvette"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1971-Corvette-With-A-BMW-M73-V12-07.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2487,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2487","url_meta":{"origin":71274,"position":0},"title":"1971 Corvette with a BMW V12","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 10, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Some people enjoy going with a popular engine choice while others enjoy something different. 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