Sourcing M30B35 and manual gearbox

Tue Apr 21, 2015 6:39 pm

This is all very much new to me but I have been looking to source a B35 to begin my conversion, however I have been looking for months and have found very few breakers which want approximately £450 for the engine and approximately £375 for a manual box.

Is this averagely the going price? Can anyone recommend someone who may be able to better this?[/list]

Tue Apr 21, 2015 7:38 pm

That's the way prices seem to be going now, decent engines and manual boxes are getting pretty rare now. It's no longer a cheap conversion unless you get lucky and chance upon a whole donor car going cheap.

Tue Apr 21, 2015 7:51 pm

Yeh exactly what I have gathered. The best bet would probably be finding an E32/E34 donor so it seems...

Tue Apr 21, 2015 7:56 pm

I was talking to a Polish chap who was served a manual box for £800... respect! :bling:

Tue Apr 21, 2015 8:13 pm

bab-91 wrote:I was talking to a Polish chap who was served a manual box for £800... respect!

Wow that's a lot, you'd hope it would be a dog-leg for that sort of money!

Tue Apr 21, 2015 8:15 pm

lowfoon wrote:Yeh exactly what I have gathered. The best bet would probably be finding an E32/E34 donor so it seems...

I think I'm right in saying that the e32 m30's only came in auto, or at least extremely rare with a manual box fitted.

Tue Apr 21, 2015 8:18 pm

Non-dogleg.

I've been looking for a M30b34/5 set up for a while, so when he told me "£800" just for the gearbox, I almost covered him in a mouthful of tea.

Tue Apr 21, 2015 9:24 pm

£300 on this forum.

http://forum.bmw5.co.uk/topic/106975-53 ... try1146941

Tue Apr 21, 2015 9:49 pm

Has Barry still got a M30 box?

Tue Apr 21, 2015 9:51 pm

I have a box, but i want...........

Tue Apr 28, 2015 4:48 pm

bab-91 wrote:£300 on this forum.

http://forum.bmw5.co.uk/topic/106975-53 ... try1146941

Called. Straight to voicemail. Left a voicemail. No callback.

Tue Jan 31, 2017 2:38 pm

I have a m30b35 with 5 speed manual covered 40,000 miles up for grabs if anyone is interested

Tue Jan 31, 2017 2:45 pm

Bristol_Jer wrote: I think I'm right in saying that the e32 m30's only came in auto, or at least extremely rare with a manual box fitted.

There are a few manual E32 735i's about such as in the link below, but of course, being a 'chairman of the board' type car, most were autos.

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/ ... To=2239324