What other places can I find an engine?

[george101]

Im after a m20b25 but finding or hard to find a complete engine.
Anyone know anywhere else I could search?

Thanks.

[FinalD]

Where have you been looking?

Ebay?
Gumtree?
Here?
Other forums?

I found it was cheaper and easier to just buy a complete car with a running M20B25 though, gave me loads of spares and parts I can flog on.

[aimlessrock]

Final D is right, just buy a runner with a rotten body and swap the engine...at least this way you can hear it running and test the engine...

[pacerpete]

There is a really nice one in Iver Heath...........




The one I sent you pictures of yesterday and stripped half the dash apart to check the gauge of the green wire with the purple spots that you were so interested in !

[oomz1975]

Got mine off the zone from Andyp.

[Andyboy]

There is a really nice one in Iver Heath...........




The one I sent you pictures of yesterday and stripped half the dash apart to check the gauge of the green wire with the purple spots that you were so interested in !

So many penniless timewasters.

[george101]

There is a really nice one in Iver Heath...........




The one I sent you pictures of yesterday and stripped half the dash apart to check the gauge of the green wire with the purple spots that you were so interested in !

So many penniless timewasters.

I'm not a timewaster at all, I am interested if what he has for sale, but like I'm sure everyone else would do. You still look around to find a better deal!

[cecotto479]

So none of the three options you've been pm-ing me about are of any interest either?

[Duke137]

Ringing round for the best quote like trying to buy budget tyres or car insurance

I have an engine £50? It's from my petrol mower its a good runner

[cecotto479]

Double post.

[FinalD]

Ringing round for the best quote like trying to buy budget tyres or car insurance

I have an engine £50? It's from my petrol mower its a good runner

On this vein...I have a fubared M20B25 the OP can have, for £150...shipping is expensive.

[george101]

People don't get the wrong idea. I'm not trying to waste your time. Yes I've been interested because I need an engine. But I need to work out what's best for me at the end of the day. Yes I've been speaking to different people about different engines. It's not like I've said to all of you yes I will buy it.
So try not to think of me to much as being a timewaster please because I'm really not.

[Grrrmachine]

You're looking for a 20+ year old engine. If you're PMing multiple traders on here, trying to shave a tenner off this price and twenty quid off that one, you're going the wrong way about it.

You really need to fix a price in your head of what you can afford, and then look at getting the best engine for that money. Don't save dosh, spend as much as possible, otherwise you'll end up with another rotten lump like you have done already.

[george101]

Im not trying to shave a tenner here and there, i understand what you have all said. yes i have PMed a few people but thats to find out what they have and what is best for what i need not to mess anyone about like people are starting to think i have been doing.

i apologise to you all if this has affected you, and i am very greatful for all the help i get from the zone.

[sweep]

I have one here its just been in the garden for 8 months?

[Grrrmachine]

To be honest then, the best place to get an engine is here. Any engine you see on eBay is untrustworthy, gumtree ads are shockingly bad, and most of the other E30 forums are for drifters and "tuners" who would thrash an old M20 to within an inch of its life.

The Zone, with its Trader system and feedback forum, really is the most reliable source of used parts, so if you've had some genuine offers from people on here then it's best to choose one of them.

[e30mtech]

m20 b25 you be looking at between 150-250 realistically got mine from here

[pacerpete]

m20 b25 you be looking at between 150-250 realistically got mine from here

He has had one of those already !

[cecotto479]

m20 b25 you be looking at between 150-250 realistically got mine from here

That'll get you the cylinder head.