M42 Cam Gears NLA

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Not all Walmarts have same prices. There is a Walmart down the street from me. A 5qt jug of 15w-50, is about $25 here in northen VA.

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Ouch.

[fresh_TD]

Do you live close to a walmart supercenter? The one by my house carries mb1 15-50 for like 18 bucks for a 5qt jug and sometimes have it on rollback for 15.

Not all Walmarts have same prices. There is a Walmart down the street from me. A 5qt jug of 15w-50, is about $25 here in northen VA.

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[ThatOneEuroE30]

I live in northern VA. So normally 1 qt. is around $7. I bought the oil at a military base, so I did not pay taxes. I bought 15 qts for $52 out the door.

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Do you live close to a walmart supercenter? The one by my house carries mb1 15-50 for like 18 bucks for a 5qt jug and sometimes have it on rollback for 15.

[downforce22]

These are old pictures of my car when i have put another 15,000 miles on these gears since the photos. To be fair i started looking into changing the gear due to direction on this forum.





And here is a thread I found on motorgeek.com with some pics of gear taken in 2008

http://www.motorgeek.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=23133

[varg]

That depends, are the sprockets sintered or forged? The ones I had certainly didn't look like cast pieces. I don't think 3D printed metal components will ever be anywhere near as strong as machined forgings. A cheap replacement for small batch casting? Sure. Sintered parts? Maybe. A reliable alternative to forgings for high stress components? Highly doubtful.

[djmossm42]

I guess it makes sense for Porsche to do this but they are catering to a market with higher disposable income and charge accordingly.
The e30 market is an interesting mix of the "held together with bailing wire and duct tape" and " I can afford dealership prices for door gaskets" (I´m not knocking either of the spectrum, classic car ownership shouldn´t be exclusive to those only with deep pockets)

I think BMW may end up catering at some point to those with disposable income, to the detriment of those that love their e30´s but can´t really justify spending $1,000 on newly a minted sprocket from BMW Classics .

The e30 community is full of such talented and gifted enthusiasts. These are people who can fill the NLA void that BMW is neglecting to fill.
Maybe the community should form a Cooperative for the sourcing and manufacturing NLA e30 parts.

Like mentioned above I believe metal 3D printing technology will help fill the void in the next 5-10 years as it becomes less expensive, more perfected, and profitable from a manufacturing standpoint. Also if over that time data can show that a 3D printed part is equal or greater in strength and durability we may see some more NLA parts come back.

[fresh_TD]

I live in northern VA. So normally 1 qt. is around $7. I bought the oil at a military base, so I did not pay taxes. I bought 15 qts for $52 out the door.

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[e30s50dan]

^^ this a big box store?!

[ThatOneEuroE30]

M42 Cam Gears NLA

At the store right now to pick up some 15w-50, and it happens to be on sale [emoji16][emoji16][emoji16]

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Thats about the same price i pay for a 5qt jug of it at Walmart. If you were to buy 5 qts of it. Cause it comes out to around 18 bucks before tax

[bmwman91]

Man, buy the whole inventory. That is crazy. It's usually $10/qt here!

[fresh_TD]

At the store right now to pick up some 15w-50, and it happens to be on sale [emoji16][emoji16][emoji16]

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[e30s50dan]

Mobil one 15-50 in my m42,castrol in my e46...

Good read,I just bought another m42/g240 can't wait to tear it open

[ThatOneEuroE30]

I put mb1 15-50 in my m42 and valvoline VR1 20-50 in the m30

[fresh_TD]

I use mobile 1 15w-50 on all my "vintge" cars. E30(M20, M42), e28(M30), etc.

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[wazzu70]

Good info Bmwman! That all makes sense to me.