Look at this nice rare item that showed up at my door today!

[bimmerphile]

You can see where the letters were ground off and it has a Hartge 6-digit part number on the underside which I compared to a genuine cover of a friends in the uk and they both have a 6 digit number in the exact same place.

rock on

[rs4pro3]

I wish I could find who ground those letters off as I'd take another BMW valve cover and beat them over the head with it(the cover had Mr. BMW written in with a magic marker where the letters were :blowup: :stupid: :letitout: )
You guys that like the Schnitzer cover so much if you look closely it has the same basic shape of the Factory M20 cover so you could some how fill in the raised sections and make it flat you could have the Schnitzer design machined in.

[Jand3rson]

You guys that like the Schnitzer cover so much if you look closely it has the same basic shape of the Factory M20 cover so you could some how fill in the raised sections and make it flat you could have the Schnitzer design machined in.

Remember when you were a kid, and you see ice cream at the store, or you'd see the ice cream man go down the street?
You would ask your mom if you could buy some, and your mom would say "We have ice cream at home"

It would be just like that. It's just not the same.

[rs4pro3]

True, but I haven't seen any guys driving down the road selling Ac Schnitzer valve covers.

[808BMW]

You guys that like the Schnitzer cover so much if you look closely it has the same basic shape of the Factory M20 cover so you could some how fill in the raised sections and make it flat you could have the Schnitzer design machined in.

Remember when you were a kid, and you see ice cream at the store, or you'd see the ice cream man go down the street?
You would ask your mom if you could buy some, and your mom would say "We have ice cream at home"

It would be just like that. It's just not the same.

:rofl:

[Fred]

It looks stangely similar to the RD valve cover, minus the lettering. Nice find!

[rs4pro3]

Ya I noticed that, I can't tell from you pics of it but did you have to do anything with the two mounting points on the exhuast side? The Hartge cover is taller in that section and the stock studs in the head arn't long enough to go all the way threw.

[Fred]

I had to get longer studs as well. The two holes by the exhaust side are for the 325e's intake manifold bracket. I have em too:

[rs4pro3]

ok cool, where did you get the studs? I noticed that on the racing dynamic cover the oil cap sits a little cockeyed also and won't go prefectly straight. It almost looks as if they used the same casting but there are some small differences.

[Fred]

I got the studs from a local metric bolt/nut/stud shop. I think I only used 3 or 4 longer ones...dunno since my car isn't near me right now. You're right, they probably did use the same casting with minor differences here and there. Wonder who the source was :?:

[M50Webber]

Nice valve cover. I bet your car is way faster with that on there.

I gotta go - lots to do. You have inspired me to put a cosworth badge on my neighbor's escort, a Pentium 4 sticker on my old 386, and a big "cool guy" tattoo on my head - you know, to make people think I am cool inside.

;)

Whatever floats your boat.

Chris

[Jand3rson]

Nice valve cover. I bet your car is way faster with that on there.

I gotta go - lots to do. You have inspired me to put a cosworth badge on my neighbor's escort, a Pentium 4 sticker on my old 386, and a big "cool guy" tattoo on my head - you know, to make people think I am cool inside.

;)

Whatever floats your boat.

Chris

You're an idiot.

[rs4pro3]

Ditto..
I am by no means ever going to pass this car off as Hartge tuned car(even though the 2.7i engine I was buidling would be nearly identical to a Hartge H27 engine minus 1mm larger intake valves) :roll:

[CiLK WuRM]

Yo chump, the difference is, that this is a genuine part. Not a sticker. You sir, are a moron.

[rs4pro3]

Cover installed I went to Ace hardware and got some 7mm X 45mm bolts that fit perfect so after pulling off the two middle stud on the exhuast side I got the cover on and all tightened down. Plus a sticker is in the mail that has the exact dimensions of the missing letters.