How many miles are too many

[oekundar]

Looking at a 24v swap into my e30 and looking at a few options. So I'm asking you experts to see if there is a mileage limit that you would not get to do a mild rebuild on prior to dropping in?

is 200K miles too much on an M50/52 to rebuild?

thx!

[pazi88]

is 200K miles too much on an M50/52 to rebuild?

thx!

200k miles? That's just break-in period for the engine. I have few m5x engines that have 240-250k miles on the clock and mechanically they are just fine.

[digger]

for simple rebuild its fine

[e30davie]

You can't tell by the mileage alone......

Compression test, leak down test, what's it look like under the rocker cover? How much shit in the sump? Generally as a human how lucky or unlucky are you?

[oekundar]

You can't tell by the mileage alone......

Compression test, leak down test, what's it look like under the rocker cover? How much shit in the sump? Generally as a human how lucky or unlucky are you?

Generally as a human, I’m a lucky mofo, but seriously I’ll be checking out the whole car today. Unfortunately I won’t have a compression/leak down test but will check the oil usual crap.


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[TobyB]

Generally as a human how lucky or unlucky are you?

I'm stealing this for later use!

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