Don't understand, what engine is this?

[mattdk318i]

Maybe examining a pic more thoroughly before opening my mouth is in order. Thanks teag

[Teaguer]

ok thanks for clarifying Teaguer. I didn't know you could swap valve covers from the 50 to the 52. I am picking this car up this weekend, thought for a second I was about to get ripped off after a 7 hour drive!

Thanks again.

Is this Jeff that used to have the black turbo car ?

[BlackE30]

yessir, this is my gay r3v name. How's my fellow black e30 enthusiast doing?

I couldn't pass this car up, schwarz is the only way to go for me.

[Teaguer]

Haha , cool . Whats up with your old turbo car homeboy ?
Ever finish the E46 fender flares ?


Also you are aware of the many little issues this car has , right ?

[BlackE30]

care to enlighten me about this car? Shoot me a pm if you need to.


I parted out my turbo car back in Feb-March.

[Teaguer]

Oh nothing horrible that I know of .

Just the fact that the PO just kinda got everything in an once it was running never went back and redid anything or cleaned anything up .

Had a friend or two check it out when it was for sale a long time ago and they said it would definitely need to be gone through to clean a lot up .

That and also the fact that its like a bone stock car with nothing but the S52 and the race seat .

In my opinion, and others as well, it was/is a bit overpriced for what it is .

[BlackE30]

oh ok. Yea, I really like the car, I am buying it for 8,000.

Gives me a great platform to modify.

I will post up some pics when I get it home.

Thanks for the info.

[MR 325]

Jeff, if you'd like me to change your username, I could.

[MIKe30]

wow to this whole thread up until teagur stepped in.

thanks for clearing that up for everybody.

jeff, i had just texted you about 10 minutes ago with what ended up being the same answer teagur posted in here ha.

Also you are aware of the many little issues this car has , right ?

yes, i have told him EVERYTHING that i know of. i have been going through the car since it has been in my possesion and giving it a little tune up. i've told jeff everything i know - as the PO didnt do that for me (not to mention he doesnt return any phone calls since it arrived in the area ) and i wouldnt want that on anyone else.

it would've made things a lot easier to diagnose the lil problems had the po just answered a fucking phone. Ex, was he running a tstat or not - temp gauge never got off the blue. if he told me he was then i'd know its something electrical/cluster... instead to make sure i decided to put a new tstat in and then my dumb ass accidently broke the housing so had to wait for new one... which goes in whenever it stops raining. anyway, hard to work on a car when you need it for work the next day... would've been nice if i had known it had lil problems that needed attention, not that i wouldnt have bought it anyway, but still.