looks like I might need a new engine..any M20b25's around?

[VVT4ME]

Anyone have a line on a decent, non overheated M20b25 I can slap in my sedan? Figured it might make more sense to put another motor in it then do a head machining/head gasket job that could fail again. Might consider an M50 swap too. Need to start sourcing parts now, and a reasonable installer. The car id my dd.

[e30austin]

I'll do the swap. There is an M50NV on Corvallis CL with a lot of swap parts needed for $800 iirc.

[CrisMac]

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=308898

Austin why you no sell him this? haha

[e30austin]

I like 24v motors :)

[VVT4ME]

I'll do the swap. There is an M50NV on Corvallis CL with a lot of swap parts needed for $800 iirc.

Couldn't find that ad on Corvalls CL...but I did find this one with an M20.... http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/pts/4261228290.html

Wondering why that car is getting parted out....

PM me with any ideas on which direction I should go, what kind of down time I'm looking at, and labor cost if you want...I'm motivated. My engines living on borrowed time I think.

Edit: crap I didn't realize you had one sitting around too. But not sure if its in any better shape then my motor. I don't have water/coolant mixing and my car is running great. But its leaking at the head/block seam. And I know my engine overheated before. Hell id even consider that S52 that's for sale here for a grand...but I'm suspecting it needs a lot more $ worth of pieces to get it in an E30. And work.

[KLiz90]

I'd do something different than an M20. I got mine back up and running, now I wish I had something else in it. Haha. I need more fast E30. ;) besides, when I had my M50 (my E36), it got better mpgs than the E30 ever did. I don't mind the M20, it was a good motor before I broke it. Haha. Those damn timing belts.. That's also why I want something else. No more timing belts!

[SoundByte]

Couldn't find that ad on Corvalls CL...but I did find this one with an M20.... http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/pts/4261228290.html

I actually contacted that guy yesterday. That motor is pretty fucked and sounds like it'll require a crank-up rebuild before putting it back to work.

[e30austin]

Couldn't find that ad on Corvalls CL...but I did find this one with an M20.... http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/pts/4261228290.html

Wondering why that car is getting parted out....

PM me with any ideas on which direction I should go, what kind of down time I'm looking at, and labor cost if you want...I'm motivated. My engines living on borrowed time I think.

Edit: crap I didn't realize you had one sitting around too. But not sure if its in any better shape then my motor. I don't have water/coolant mixing and my car is running great. But its leaking at the head/block seam. And I know my engine overheated before. Hell id even consider that S52 that's for sale here for a grand...but I'm suspecting it needs a lot more $ worth of pieces to get it in an E30. And work.

I actually tried to buy that silver sedan as a whole several months ago. It belongs to the brother of a local e21 guy. It was rougher than I wanted for my build (ended up doing an alpine euro converted early car) so I passed on it. Supposedly the motor just needed rod bearings, but I was gonna 24v it, anyway, so it didn't bother me. IIRC, it also had been towed behind a motor home with an a-frame tow bar for a significant amount of time, so that also kinda bothered me.

Yeah, I don't think my M20 is any better than yours. It had a misfire and some milkshake beginning to form. That S52 would be neat, but you'd be spending a lot to get all the misc parts (sensors, harness, DME, tune, etc), and it would probably just be easier to find a complete M50 and drop it in basically as it is.

PM/text me your budget and what you want to do and we can set something up. I've been wanting to do another swap lately...

[VVT4ME]

PM'd you..

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[VVT4ME]

Bump. Can't do the M50. Need an M20 (that isn't screwed).

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[CrisMac]

Bump. Can't do the M50. Need an M20 (that isn't screwed).

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Why you no 24v?? You N00000b haha

[VVT4ME]

Why you no 24v?? You N00000b haha

Because I'm too fucking broke to do a 24v the right way. Unless you can can get the pieces and get them in my car for 1500 bucks.


You're kind of a dick, aren't you?

[CrisMac]

Gosh...no humor in here...

[VVT4ME]

Not right now, no. I need an engine and I'm shit out of luck, and the guy who sold the car lied to me when I bought it, so no....not really happy at the moment.

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[CrisMac]

Not right now, no. I need an engine and I'm shit out of luck, and the guy who sold the car lied to me when I bought it, so no....not really happy at the moment.

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sorry for your luck! Ill keep an Eye out for anything that pops up!