{"id":77530,"date":"2021-10-06T18:36:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T23:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=77530"},"modified":"2021-10-06T18:36:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T23:36:06","slug":"bmw-e30-with-a-1100-hp-turbo-m50-inline-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=77530","title":{"rendered":"BMW E30 with a 1100 hp Turbo M50 Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=77536\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77536\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"77536\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=77536\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" 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;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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BMW E30 with a turbo M50 inline-six 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;BMW E30 with a turbocharged M50 inline-six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-01-600x600.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BMW E30 with a turbocharged M50 inline-six\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-01.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-01.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This BMW E30 325i called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/e30elvis\/\">Elvis<\/a>&#8221; is powered by a turbocharged M50B25 inline-six. The motor features a Pulsar Turbos S372 turbocharger, block girdle, 1700 cc injectors, and water\/methanol injection system. It made 1108 horsepower and 973 Nm (717 lb-ft) of torque on E80 fuel and 2.2 bar (31.9 psi) of boost. The drivetrain features an E36 328i five-speed manual transmission and BMW 210 mm differential. What does this translate in terms of performance? The E30&#8217;s best quarter-mile is 9.416 sec at 260 km\/h (161 mph) and reached 301.03 km\/h (187.05 mph) in the half mile.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=77537\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77537\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"77537\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=77537\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-02.jpg?fit=1080%2C1276&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1276\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-05.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/NgP4cS5e7yw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FE30Elvis%2Fvideos%2F291083619490086%2F&#038;width=600&#038;show_text=false&#038;height=600&#038;appId\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/e30elvis\/\">@e30elvis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/E30Elvis\/\">E30Elvis FB page<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC3bUeAW8pW6ptnSj-KmWb2g\">Turboscheune Test &#038; Tune<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This BMW E30 325i called &#8220;Elvis&#8221; is powered by a turbocharged M50B25 inline-six. The motor features a Pulsar Turbos S372 turbocharger, block girdle, 1700 cc injectors, and water\/methanol injection system. It made 1108 horsepower and 973 Nm (717 lb-ft) of torque on E80 fuel and 2.2 bar (31.9 psi) of boost. The drivetrain features an&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=77530\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BMW E30 with a 1100 hp Turbo M50 Inline-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":77536,"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":70,"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":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e30"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":119905,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=119905","url_meta":{"origin":77530,"position":0},"title":"Vidar J\u00f8dahl Goes 8.84 sec in his 1300+ hp 2JZ-Powered BMW E30","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Vidar J\u00f8dahl and his Buldre Racing BMW E30 M3 attended Streetrace SM at Lunda airfield in Alunda, Sweden. 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Daniel's BMW E30 (325i) is now powered by a turbocharged M50B25 inline-six. 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It is powered by a turbocharged 2.8 L M50 inline-six capable of 1,000 hp. It features forged internals, aftermarket camshaft, G42 turbocharger, and Ecumaster ECU. 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