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E21, E30General discussion and technical help for 1975-1991 3 series cars.
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Your Ride: 1995 325i
Where do you go to get good E30 engines?
I am looking to buy a '89-'91 E30 5-speed, and i found one that seems to be in good shape (i have yet to go look at it) but the engine is shot, timing belt broke while the car was running, the guy is asking $400, and i figured if the car was in good shape, it would be cool to get a good low mileage or rebuilt engine just to drop in there.
i dunno if you want this, but you can get a bored and stroked M20 from metric mechanic. they claim that they can get up to 230hp out of em and 3.2 liters. they cost a pretty penny tho.
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Your Ride: 1995 325i
Thanks!! looks awesome! i would love to have 230 hp in an E30. But i am looking for something stock, probably used with low mileage, or a rebuilt stock engine. I just have a small budget, i am looking to spend about $1500 for an engine. I know Bavarian Auto Recycling rebuilds engines, but i couldn't find any prices, and i suspect that those will be expensive also.
Your Ride: 92 525, 88 325 hardtop'ed vert and 83 320iS
You should take the head off and see it only a valve got bent. Then you will only need to buy a 300$ head, or maybe a 15$ valve. Becides these engines are cake to work on so you learn a bit and you save $
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1992 525i, 1988 Hardtop'ed Vert and 1983 320iS
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Your Ride: 1995 325i
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Originally Posted by Antiburn
You should take the head off and see it only a valve got bent. Then you will only need to buy a 300$ head, or maybe a 15$ valve. Becides these engines are cake to work on so you learn a bit and you save $
That sounds like a good idea. I do not know the extent of the damage to the engine, but if it isn't too bad, a top end rebuild would be in order. For those who have done this, how work intensive is a top-end rebuild? i am a college student, and i do not have a place to store this car where i live, i can only store it at my parent's house, and i can only do work to it on saturdays, so i am also taking that into consideration.
02-29-2008, 10:06 PM
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