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Points: 10000473 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14-February-2006 at 09:13

Jack735 - Thanks for the lead to gcd, but unfortunately they haven't one either. He suggested I try 'findapart' & '247spares', so i've posted a request to them both ...

Anybody else out there with any ideas - or even an engine??

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Points: 10000473 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14-February-2006 at 18:05

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

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

 
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Points: 10000473 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15-February-2006 at 17:02

Thanks for all the help Steve  - shame it didn't work out

 

STILL on the lookout for the right engine................

 
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Have you looked on S14.de in the for sale section, or emailing Marcus ?
German ebay ? or how about the usual suspects, Bexleys, ETA, Hartlake etc.
http://www.e30bmw.co.uk/

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Item number 8038037919   on www.ebay.de
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Points: 10000473 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16-February-2006 at 12:57

Originally posted by 215DMX 215DMX wrote:

Item number 8038037919   on www.ebay.de 
 

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Originally posted by thepits thepits wrote:

Originally posted by 215DMX 215DMX wrote:

Item number 8038037919   on www.ebay.de 
Thanks! UWEM3 - PM sent!!

Uwe - thanks - I owe you!

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sorry to hear about ur loss should we take a collection

 

no really sorry to hear

 

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Points: 10000473 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16-February-2006 at 17:35

Originally posted by bmwcrazy bmwcrazy wrote:

sorry to hear about ur loss should we take a collection

Great idea - I'll put in a fiver...

 

No, hang on, that's not right!

 

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all contributions welcome.  

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

 

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Originally posted by bmwcrazy bmwcrazy wrote:

Originally posted by <SPAN =bold>thepits thepits wrote:

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

Thanks - how much you collected so far?

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Have you tried contacting a company called FAB Engineering?  They specialise in BMW Cylinder heads and i think they supply all the big companies such as german swedish and french, ivor sealerls etc.  Their number is 01531 828444 or www.fabautoparts.co.uk I've had a look on their site and they dont list anything, but might still be worth a call.... 
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Originally posted by bmdevil bmdevil wrote:

Have you tried contacting a company called FAB Engineering?  They specialise in BMW Cylinder heads and i think they supply all the big companies such as german swedish and french, ivor sealerls etc.  Their number is 01531 828444 or www.fabautoparts.co.uk I've had a look on their site and they dont list anything, but might still be worth a call.... 

Thanks bmdevil for the post. Yes I've already spoken to Jason @ FAB, and although he normally passes all his M3's onto Nigel M, there is a possiblity he may be able to help.

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Originally posted by thepits thepits wrote:

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

 

STILL Looking ....................

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Originally posted by thepits thepits wrote:

STILL Looking ....................

OK - decision day Tomorrow - "should she stay or should she go now"?

Couple of engines options - both too much money, but hey, that's life!

SWMBO is nagging me for the return of 'her' (whose??) car!

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Just curious, how much is too much money?  It would help to have an idea of your budget.

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Have you investigated the possibility of having the head repaired? I had a 3.8 M5 head repaired that had dropped a valve, and had to have the combustion chamber & valve seat area totally rebuilt as s/hand heads were unobtainable at the time.  I have just finished building an engine for a customer who had nearly the exact experience as you, except his shim wedged under the cam lobe, damaged the £400 shrick cam, holed the piston and ruined the cylinder bore , as well as rendering the head totally scrap.

FYI I bought a spares engine - knackered crank - to rebuild his, and have all of the components left - except head - cam carrier and cams ok, so feel free to pm me a needs list.

I can put you in touch with the company I used to repair the M5 head.

 

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Simon,

Why not go down the route Alpina did and put in a 3.5 l big six? I am sure you will find one pretty cheap compared to the S14.

There must be a few people who have done this on the E30 zone who could help.

You could then make a nice coffee table of the S14 for SWMBO to put her coffee on while you are out in her car!

Good luck.

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Check out this ebay link

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E30-M3-propshaft-prop-shaft-no-res erve_W0QQitemZ4615034032QQcategoryZ10374QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The actual ad is for a propshaft but he mentions that he has an S14 with 60k miles for sale.

worth a try

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Points: 10000473 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20-February-2006 at 16:28

Jake - £1k>£1.5k for an engine

Phil - Thanks PM sent

Kevin - She'd love that!

Mark - Thanks mate - question asked ...

 
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