500 bucks for a 87 325i, should i get er?

[vic_325]

the guy is asking 500 (canadian funds by the way) for a strong running 325i, the power windows and sunroof are giving out, and the tach doent work, but other than that its good. its a 4dr auto. what do u guys think of my find, good deal or not?

[Teaguer]

500 CAD is what , like $20 US ?

If yes then that is a good deal .

If its more than that then just forget it .

Early 4-door "i" with an auto , meh .

[vic_325]

i was thinkin of swaping the engine into my 5spd eta, but i would have to get a pilot bearing and a flywheel for the 'i' engine

[Teaguer]

i was thinkin of swaping the engine into my 5spd eta, but i would have to get a pilot bearing and a flywheel for the 'i' engine

Not to mention a whole lot of mechancial skills and abilities . :|

Seriously , the pilot bearing and flywheel would be the least of your problems .
Youd basically have to swap in the whole "i" harness and ECU and exhaust to basically make the engine think its in an "I" car .

Its pretty easy really but maybe more involved that what you can do .
If you go for it though you can always take the pilot bearing from the back of the Eta's crank and you could even use the Eta's flywheel to save $$ .

Would not be ideal but it will work .

[vic_325]

well if i have all the wiring from the donor car then, it would just be the case of swaping the ecu and everthing else, the bigger problem i think is the tach for the eta wouldnt work,

[PiercedE30]

but like you said, you would have a donor car

[Teaguer]

Durr .

[Axxe]

If you don't pick it up, let me know, there are a bunch of toronto e30 guys looking for a beater in that price range :)

[vic_325]

ill be sure to keep you in the loop