PNW Engine trade!?

[devinwwu]

i have hella tools and would be more than willing to help but i'm in bellingham... if you were looking to sell one of the shells without the motor i'd be interested as i have a 535i that i just got in an accident with and want to swap the m30 into the e30 shell. been looking around for a decent body for a while now. pm me and let me know i got a garage

[Van Westervelt]

Right on... I am game. I wanted to try and recover at least 2000 out of the other car, which would be the shell. It is an 89 4dr 325 5spd. All original. No major issues, a nick and ding here and there but not many at all. No rust.

[devinwwu]

i think i'm lookin for something a bit more beat up cause i don't have 2g to pay right now unfortunately. i am more than happy to help you out though with the swap. let me know

[318isbmw]

Where in portland are you at... I will be down this weekend to see my gramma but I could stop by for a few hours

[Van Westervelt]

I am in oregon city. looks like I am buying an "i" engine, that solves one pulling problem, but I still need to swap it in for my super eta. waiting for the guy to pull it out now too.

[uflnuceng]

$2000 for a shell... sorry buddy i have played that game before. Call up any E30 salvage yard and you can get a decent e30 shell for a couple hundred bucks.

[Van Westervelt]

That was my point. And its not like I am trying to sell it. besides wouldnt have been just a shell. Its the entire car, which is in great condition, minus the engine, thats all it would have been missing. He was asking and I responded. I would like to get a couple thousand out of it after switching engines. So I wasn't trying to sell the shell there buddy. As I stated before I was trying to recover some expenses on the car. And its a clean frickin car.

Read the entire post before you comment.

Looks like instead I have a buyer for the whole car for $3300. Quite the "shell" wouldnt you say?!

[guywithFX]

hey curt, just to clarify...you DO or Don'T need help swaping a motor into your '88? the threads kinda cluttered ;)

BTW, my motor is in, just finishing the electrical and coolant lines today after work. i hope the bitch runs :) EVERYBODY PRAY FOR THE BRONZIT!!!! (btw, i'm not uber christian ;))

[Van Westervelt]

Well I am going to be pulling it, but as I always say, I change my mind like a vegas stripper changes outfits. So the route I would have taken a couple months back with this, is now drastically different. Seeing as I have the S eta bottom. Well thats all I am going to say :)

[StereoInstaller1]

Pick a weekend is September, I would be willing to drive up!
Weinhards Root beer would be required...
Luke

[vivalegreg]

lol i am in the same boat as e30 groupie...i have a motor i want to swap in my ix right now but i have never done anything like this myself...and i too would like some guidance through it...im about to dish out 1200 for a shop to do it with help from the rents but if i do the math thats a lot of cases of beer lol

be nice if you all were over on the east sidee

[DanielHStout]

Standard e30's are easy to do but an iX would be a little harder. You will have to swap oil pans and that means thats you might have to remove the front diff too seeing that one of the front drive axles runs straight through it!!! There are probably some other differences too but I couldn't say what, I have never done an iX before.

[StereoInstaller1]

Yo Curt, are plans shaping up for this here swap?

Yanno, if you have a 220 outlet, I could bring my compressor...in the Astro.

Luke

[Van Westervelt]

I gotta build the beast first now. Plans keep changing, I am deciding on cam's now.