{"id":85921,"date":"2022-05-11T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=85921"},"modified":"2022-05-11T01:21:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T06:21:37","slug":"bmw-e30-m3-with-a-s50-inline-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=85921","title":{"rendered":"BMW E30 M3 with a S50 Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=85925\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-85925\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"85925\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=85925\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/BMW-E30-M3-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"BMW E30 M3 with a S50 Inline-Six 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;BMW E30 M3 with a S50 Inline-Six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/BMW-E30-M3-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/BMW-E30-M3-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BMW E30 M3 with a S50 Inline-Six\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-85925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/BMW-E30-M3-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/BMW-E30-M3-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/BMW-E30-M3-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/BMW-E30-M3-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This 1987 BMW E30 M3 race car was built by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vinkmotorsport.com\/\">Vink Motorsport<\/a> for the Histo-Cup championship. It was later modified by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ackermann-motorsport.com\/\">Ackermann Motorsport<\/a>. The car is powered by a S50B32 inline-six from a BMW E36 M3. The naturally aspirated motor produces 380 horsepower and is paired with a Drenth DG400 six-speed sequential transmission. Watch the car lap around Monza Circuit below. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/PCv_Lu34Qwk\" 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\/UCG38eNTt_GlasSyTYiCr7WQ\">19Bozzy92<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 1987 BMW E30 M3 race car was built by Vink Motorsport for the Histo-Cup championship. It was later modified by Ackermann Motorsport. The car is powered by a S50B32 inline-six from a BMW E36 M3. The naturally aspirated motor produces 380 horsepower and is paired with a Drenth DG400 six-speed sequential transmission. Watch the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=85921\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BMW E30 M3 with a S50 Inline-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":85925,"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,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":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-85921","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\/05\/BMW-E30-M3-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":125242,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=125242","url_meta":{"origin":85921,"position":0},"title":"BMW E30 with a Turbo M50","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 18, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"MGarage Motorsport was tasked with rebuilding this BMW E30 into a DTM-inspired race car. 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