{"id":97477,"date":"2023-03-23T14:22:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T19:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=97477"},"modified":"2024-12-10T18:10:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T00:10:09","slug":"verve-racing-is-building-a-bmw-e30-with-a-turbo-volvo-inline-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=97477","title":{"rendered":"Verve Racing is Building a BMW E30 with a Turbo Volvo Inline-Five"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Verve Racing<\/a> owned their 1988 BMW 320i E30 for six years. In that time the factory 2.0 L M20B20 inline-six and five-speed manual transmission served them well but they wanted something else. Verve Racing went with a turbocharged B5234T3<\/a> inline-five from a 2002 Volvo S60T5. The engine sits on custom mount arms and a modified front subframe. The goal is around 350 whp thanks to aftermarket H-beam rods, BorgWarner EFR 7163 turbocharger, and Maxxecu ECU. The team will retain the factory pistons and bearings. Verve Racing also swapping a ZF GS6-53BZ six-speed manual transmission using a PMC Motorsport adapter<\/a>, XC90 flexplate, and PMC Motorsport custom flywheel. Follow the project’s progress on @verve.racing<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Verve Racing owned their 1988 BMW 320i E30 for six years. In that time the factory 2.0 L M20B20 inline-six and five-speed manual transmission served them well but they wanted something else. Verve Racing went with a turbocharged B5234T3 inline-five from a 2002 Volvo S60T5. The engine sits on custom mount arms and a modified… Read More »Verve Racing is Building a BMW E30 with a Turbo Volvo Inline-Five<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":97482,"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-97477","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\/2023\/03\/Verve-Racing-BMW-E30-with-a-Turbo-Volvo-Inline-Five-01.jpg?fit=1440%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":145328,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=145328","url_meta":{"origin":97477,"position":0},"title":"BMW E30 with a Turbo Volvo Inline-Four","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Jonas Dalseth Jacobsen from Jacobsen Motorsport competes in Rallycross with a BMW E30. 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