PNW Chit Chat thread

[e30austin]

Fucked up. I got lucky with my last two.

[e30austin]

Was it a seattle or PDX motor?

[vaughnbannister]

All I need is a crank and I can make my m50 a 3.0 right?

And some boring lol. Just .5 of a L

Was it a seattle or PDX motor?

It was a Seattle motor.

[e30austin]

There was one down here I was tempted to buy for my cabrio, but life said otherwise. I was hoping it wasn't that one.

I'll keep an eye peeled for you.

[e30austin]

In other news, selling my E34 tomorrow :( fuck bills and adult responsibilities. It's going to a good home, so that eases the pain some.

[vaughnbannister]

There was one down here I was tempted to buy for my cabrio, but life said otherwise. I was hoping it wasn't that one.

I'll keep an eye peeled for you.

Thank you!

In other news, selling my E34 tomorrow :( fuck bills and adult responsibilities. It's going to a good home, so that eases the pain some.

Now I'm going to have to sell my other e30 for some extra moneysssss [emoji30] so I feel you on that

[djjerme]

That sucks. Unless I know personally who I am buying a motor, I pretty much always assume it's a core - unless it's running in a car, and can get compression numbers..

With that being said, I have bought plenty of complete motors in my time and never once was one running in a car or did it have a compression test..

What's that tell you?

The only complete motors I have acquired and used "as is" were from friends that I trust. Everything else was considered a core or rebuilder.

It's not a dig on anyone I have purchased/acquired motors from, for my piece of mind it's cheap and easy insurance to just rering and reseal a motor..

Can the block be bored over?

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[thatslowe30]

Where the shocks at

Anyone selling Bilstein sports or Koni yellows in the PNW? For a 1991 318is need the full set.

[e30_world]

Thank you!




Now I'm going to have to sell my other e30 for some extra moneysssss [emoji30] so I feel you on that

I think KeeperJones on here might still have his s50 motor for sale. He was asking great price for it too. Looked great in person. I got a bunch of parts from him, great guy. Let me know if you have some plastic bumpers for sale??? I'll help fund your new motor ;)

[vaughnbannister]

That sucks. Unless I know personally who I am buying a motor, I pretty much always assume it's a core - unless it's running in a car, and can get compression numbers..

With that being said, I have bought plenty of complete motors in my time and never once was one running in a car or did it have a compression test..

What's that tell you?

The only complete motors I have acquired and used "as is" were from friends that I trust. Everything else was considered a core or rebuilder.

It's not a dig on anyone I have purchased/acquired motors from, for my piece of mind it's cheap and easy insurance to just rering and reseal a motor..

Can the block be bored over?

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Well the plan was to completely rebuild the motor will all forged parts. So I guess yes, I considered it a core as well because I was going to use nothing from inside besides the crank.
Yes it can. But the Pistons I have are exact s50 bore size,87 iirc? In retro spec I should have gone a slight size bigger.
And even if I could bore it bigger, I'm not even sure the cylinder wall is all intact.

I think KeeperJones on here might still have his s50 motor for sale. He was asking great price for it too. Looked great in person. I got a bunch of parts from him, great guy. Let me know if you have some plastic bumpers for sale??? I'll help fund your new motor ;)

I might have plastic bumpers [emoji57]

[e30_world]

Well the plan was to completely rebuild the motor will all forged parts. So I guess yes, I considered it a core as well because I was going to use nothing from inside besides the crank.
Yes it can. But the Pistons I have are exact s50 bore size,87 iirc? In retro spec I should have gone a slight size bigger.
And even if I could bore it bigger, I'm not even sure the cylinder wall is all intact.




I might have plastic bumpers [emoji57]

Sent you a PM :)

[DER E30]

Anything to look out for when inspecting an s52? I'm gonna go look at an e36m next weekend...

[ncsubowen]

All this talk of ruined S50s has me that much happier I'm going turbo m20. If anyone has bits laying around for sale, I'm starting the parts collection.

[e30austin]

E34 sold and tools paid off. Now I can sleep at night.

[vaughnbannister]

I have 2 blown s50's you can buy [emoji57]