The Cart Before the Horse: Spec 3 Build

[Senor_Taylor]

Going to snag a 120k mile engine out of an automatic e34 tomorrow (just outside NYC, youch) so I bit the bullet and ordered a new flywheel, clutch, and various gaskets and fluids and I hope to swap all of that stuff over and get the car back together in the next couple of weeks.

Then over the winter I may try to find another motor and do a rebuild on that, although this engine should ideally be good. The good news is, since it's out of an e34, I can see the oil pan for $300 if I'm lucky and the intake manifold for $100-150 and make most of my money back. The real big hit here with finding the motor was having the shell out for the new flywheel and clutch since I'm REQUIRED to run the factory dual mass unit and that's $1000 from BMW or $300 for an OE unit.