E30 Engine Re-Build

[jackhammer12]

Where is a good place to get a 318is rebuilt? Or better off doing myself? What am i gonna be lookin at in cost.

[Bimmerman325i]

What is wrong with it?

[iamsam]

Where is a good place to get a 318is rebuilt? Or better off doing myself? What am i gonna be lookin at in cost.

Buy another one for $200-300 and give me your old one.

Oh, and paying someone to rebuild an M42 will cost WAAAAY more then your entire car is worth. Unless you have a completely mint bone stock un-molested showroom 318is.

[A Sucked Orange]

Where is a good place to get a 318is rebuilt? Or better off doing myself? What am i gonna be lookin at in cost.

In your garage.

[iamsam]

In your garage.

or, in MY garage.

[blefevre]

2,800 in labor start to finish, done right, for a M20. That is NOT including any parts. Figure just a bit less for the M42.

Edit: That is for a stroker, but if you want to rebuild it I would assume you want to bore the cylinder a little over anyways. So the price should be very close.

[alpinescott]

ditch the m42 and drop a s5x in that baby! You'll love it!

[jackhammer12]

200k+ miles... Buy another engine? Where from....

[quikveedb2]

So the problem is that the motor has over 200k miles? That's not really much of a problem. Or are you blowing oil past your rings, valve guides, or blown hg? Main/rod bearings shot? I'd have to +1 the s/m5x idea, regardless. Not much point in putting a stock motor back in unless you're saving the car for posterity.