{"id":81297,"date":"2022-01-10T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=81297"},"modified":"2022-01-14T18:03:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T00:03:20","slug":"bmw-e30-with-a-950-hp-turbo-m50-inline-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=81297","title":{"rendered":"BMW E30 with a 950 hp Turbo M50 Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=81303\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-81303\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"81303\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=81303\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=840%2C840&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"840,840\" 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 turbo M50 inline-six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=840%2C840&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-01-600x600.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BMW E30 with a turbo M50 inline-six\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-81303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/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\/2022\/01\/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\/2022\/01\/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\/2022\/01\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-01.jpg?w=840&amp;ssl=1 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This BMW E30 called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/der_chef_e30\/\">Der Chef E30<\/a>&#8221; was built by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/derchefe30\/\">D.Buchaniec &#038; M.Schmidt<\/a> in Germany. The car is powered by a turbocharged 2.8 L M50 inline-six and Powerglide two-speed automatic transmission. The engine features a BorgWarner S400 turbocharger, NX Nitrous system, and Ecumaster EMU Black ECU. It produces 950 hp and 1108 Nm of torque on 102 octane fuel. 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-04.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=81307\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-81307\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"81307\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=81307\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-05.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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size-medium wp-image-81307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-05.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-05.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-05.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" 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\/vSnVEFN7-uM\" 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\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/TIpWAdG03MA\" 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\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/jsYERe8UrMc\" 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\/UCYQDDU3bEoAmUGfvy6C8fHQ\">Fotopj<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzqXTPrcFJcjulrtoteAf4A\">Speed &#038; Moore<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This BMW E30 called &#8220;Der Chef E30&#8221; was built by D.Buchaniec &#038; M.Schmidt in Germany. The car is powered by a turbocharged 2.8 L M50 inline-six and Powerglide two-speed automatic transmission. The engine features a BorgWarner S400 turbocharger, NX Nitrous system, and Ecumaster EMU Black ECU. It produces 950 hp and 1108 Nm of torque&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=81297\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BMW E30 with a 950 hp Turbo M50 Inline-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":81303,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81297","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\/2022\/01\/BMW-E30-with-a-turbo-M50-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=840%2C840&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":123064,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=123064","url_meta":{"origin":81297,"position":0},"title":"BMW E30 with a 900 hp Turbo M50 Inline-Six Smoking Tires at Oslo Motor Show","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 7, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Stig Bredesen from Buldre Racingteam attended the Oslo Motor Show and put on a show with his 1988 BMW 318i E30. 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