{"id":97048,"date":"2023-03-13T20:24:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T01:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=97048"},"modified":"2023-03-13T20:24:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T01:24:22","slug":"bmw-e30-with-a-s50-inline-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=97048","title":{"rendered":"BMW E30 with a S50 Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=97051\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-97051\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"97051\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=97051\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BMW-E30-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1440%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"BMW E30 with a S50 Inline-Six 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;BMW E30 with a S50 Inline-Six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BMW-E30-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BMW-E30-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-01-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BMW E30 with a S50 Inline-Six\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BMW-E30-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BMW-E30-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BMW-E30-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BMW-E30-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-01.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/martin.burki\">Martin B\u00fcrki<\/a> and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mattmuellermotorsport\">Mattm\u00fcller Motorsport<\/a> BMW E30 compete in the 3.0 L Class of the Swiss Hillclimb championship. Under the hood is a naturally aspirated 3.0 L S50B30 inline-six from a E36 M3. The motor produces 370 hp and is paired with a Quaife six-speed sequential transmission. Watch Martin compete at Bergrennen Gurnigel where he was 5th fastest. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/XaQunJGoN6M\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=97052\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-97052\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"97052\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=97052\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BMW-E30-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-02.jpg?fit=1440%2C755&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,755\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"BMW E30 with a S50 Inline-Six 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;BMW E30 with a S50 Inline-Six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BMW-E30-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-02.jpg?fit=1200%2C629&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BMW-E30-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-02.jpg?resize=600%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BMW E30 with a S50 Inline-Six\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BMW-E30-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-02.jpg?resize=600%2C315&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BMW-E30-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-02.jpg?resize=1200%2C629&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BMW-E30-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-02.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BMW-E30-with-a-S50-Inline-Six-02.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mattmuellermotorsport\">Mattm\u00fcller Motorsport FB page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HillClimbMonsters\">Hillclimb Monsters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin B\u00fcrki and his Mattm\u00fcller Motorsport BMW E30 compete in the 3.0 L Class of the Swiss Hillclimb championship. Under the hood is a naturally aspirated 3.0 L S50B30 inline-six from a E36 M3. The motor produces 370 hp and is paired with a Quaife six-speed sequential transmission. Watch Martin compete at Bergrennen Gurnigel where&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=97048\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BMW E30 with a S50 Inline-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":97051,"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-97048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e30"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":115305,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=115305","url_meta":{"origin":97048,"position":0},"title":"Martin B\u00fcrki Racing his S50-Powered E30 in Switzerland","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 10, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Martin B\u00fcrki from Mattm\u00fcller Motorsport recently sold his BMW E30 race car. 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