Just bought a 94 740i - Page 2 - United Bimmer Community

**litespan** · 11-24-2006, 12:50 AM

By the way Beem, That sig of yours kills me. "Vtec just kicked in".

As an owner of the most insane vehicle Vtec ever enhanced, pics such as that crack me up. I do have to say though, the first time I ever took my S over 6k rpm (Which is the engagement point for my model). That pic seems to relate somewhat.

Patrick

**RSF5** · 11-24-2006, 01:11 AM

^^^ Argh, Blasphemy. Just kidding, those S2000s are very quick, light weight too.

**litespan** · 11-24-2006, 01:23 AM

Yeah not to bad for 2 liters and 2700lbs. Its a great autox car. Near perfect weight distribution, and theres nothing like that 9000 rpm song.

**Steve Guidero** · 11-21-2007, 03:09 PM

I'm a newbie. I've had a '94 740I for about 7 years and am a fanatic. Now is the time to start doing my own repairs and babying at my home shop. I'm also getting the distinct impression that amongst us BMWfreaks, the E32 is one of the least regarded models. Dunno why, but hey, they're all amazing rides. Anyway I'd love to hear from anybody who knows good resources for all the stuff I've seen talked about here. Oh, yes, I live in the mountains near Los Angeles.
Thanks!
-Steve

**740iguy** · 01-30-2008, 01:15 AM

so the nikasil motors from from 93' and older from what a mechanic told me. i had a 93 740i and it didn't have the nikasil chambers (had about 110k miles on it) and most times you can tell just by running a simple compression test.

the biggest problem you might have with that car is the valve body in the transmission...
sooner or later your car wont be able to shift into reverse, so you'll have to get someone to pop off the valve body from the bottom of the transmission and replace the ball inside it. from normal wear and tear, the ball in the valve body wears and and eventually gets stuck and wont shift the fluids correctly. the only time it would go into reverse for me is 2 seconds after i started it up...maybe from a surge from the transmission oil pump. strange eh? cost me about 1100$ to fix. The 7 also had the typical PCV valve issue from maintenance records that came with the car, but it wasn't a bad fix either. I'm no professional mechanic, but that transmission issue took over a month to find an answer for, its a tricky one. And still, im not sure if the 94' had those issues.

other than that, my 93' 740i was a very, very strong running car for the miles it had. everything worked seamlessly. congrats on the ride, its a classic in the works for sure.
lets see some pics! ill throw a few pics in of mine when i had it, sitting next to numark's 318i. good stuff, can't wait to see it.

**mgood** · 03-04-2008, 05:00 PM

Right on TerryY- here's a link to more info as well on the Nikasil issue- you can easily check to see if you have a Nikasil block too, by the casting number alongside the passenger *us model* side of the block, below the exhaust manifold.

More info than you ever wanted...

http://www.bobmodifiedbmw.com/CarMai...bmwnikasil.htm

Here are the block numbers:
Nikasil M60B30 1 725 970 or 1 741 212
Nikasil M60B40 1 725 963 or 1 742 998
Alusil M60B30 1 745 871
Alusil M60B40 1 745 872
Alusil M62B44 1 745 873 NOTE, all US market M62 engines are Alusil.

Here's another link to more info...
http://www.e38.org/koalamotorsport/v8shortblock.htm