Help!!! I’ve killed my E30 M3......

thepits wrote

all contributions welcome.  

good luck anyway son hate when bad sh..t happens to good folk

dazz

sorry to hear about ur loss should we take a collection

no really sorry to hear

dazz

215DMX wrote: Item number 8038037919   on www.ebay.de

Thanks!

UWEM3 - PM sent!!

Thanks for the suggestion M3Cecotto44 - I'll bear it in mind

Still looking for the right engine .....................

grant w wrote: Simon, I know of a 215 engine for sale , I'll PM you the contact details ..

Grant - thanks for the lead - unfortunately that one has gone , never mind, he's asking around for me as well.

Any more offers, anyone??????????

What!

No more offers of help!!

Where's all those E30 M3 engines when you need them???

Hello,

I have a complete rebuilt top end (Sept '87 build) sitting on the shelf.  Valves, springs, cams, cam carrier etc all included for £950.  All machine work and pressure testing accomplished by Ivor Searle of Sohem.  I can lap in the valves and assemble the head so it would be drop in.  If your interested I can send pics.  Installation can be arranged as well.  £1400 all inclusive (head gasket, o-rings, hardware, coolant, head bolts, labor).  New throttle body gasket spacers not included.

Something to consider though, installing a rebuilt top end on a tired bottom end can result in oil being pulled past the rings.

Hope this helps,

Jake

OK - I've looked at the damage for myself now - and wished I hadn't!

here's the culprit -

so the shim fell out and did this to the camcarrier -

 and this

and this to the head -

Also the inlet cam shows damage to the lobe.**

The valve stem is well bent, but there doesn't seem to be any damage to the piston.

Never-the-less at the very least it's a complete top end

**Someone said that on these early motors the Inlet & Exhaust Cams are the same and interchangeable? Is this true?

I might just replace the topend

if I can't get a replacement engine at a reasonable price

or does anyone know someone who could repair the damage??

Help!

Nick wrote: Its not about values.. or no one would be running an old M3. It's about love.. If you can afford to then get it fixed up.. I would personally go for a rebuild rather than a replacement. .. and if you can really afford to.. Put the cheapest replacement engine in you can find so that you can still use the car while the original engine is done at leisure to the spec you want.. then swap the engines around again and sell on the other one.. it wont lose any money. Nick

Of course you are right Nick, no-one in their right minds would drive around in a 19 year old car except for love.

Looks like I will have to find the replacement, but as far as rebuilding the other one? I was thinking of stripping it and selling on the the unknacked parts - i.e. the bottom bit!

I'm told the rods could fetch £50 each, and the crank £250, so could get something back from this disaster!

(goes off singing "always look on the bright side of life, de-dum, de-dum-de-dum-de-dum....)