full engine recondition

[jaffacake]

hi, just wondered if i could get some opinions, basically i need a new engine (m20b25) and i got a quote off a guy based in essex and it would cost £599 for a re-conditioned exchange unit, and £150 in labor to take my engine out and put new one in so £749 in total, is that a good price?
thanks

[Gunni]

That´s borderline amazingly cheap

[Ant]

Indeed !

Decent gasket set, plus shells, bolts ,rings and oil pump would eat that £££ in big chunks.

Rebore, or hone and re-ring only I wonder.

[Speedtouch]

Or maybe just a lick of degreaser and engine paint...

[jaffacake]

cheers guys, i thought it was cheap too, might be to good to be true tho, i think i am gunna go down there with a mate and ask to see the engine when its stripped down to make sure he's not ripping me off and that it is actually a re-conditioned unit

[HairyScreech]

£150 to change the engines over?!
£600 hardly covers the rebuild parts!

if thats all above board then thats a loss leader for sure.

who is this guy? st Frances of e30?

[jaffacake]

i found it on ebay, check it out if you want, heres the link ------

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E30-M20-M40-E ... 19b7d0869a

if that dont work then heres the item number 110458078874

[Ant]

that is Chris Klass I rekon Klassic conections or something, I've sold him quite a few bits over the years.

[driftmonkey]

Re-conditioned engine is just that, anyone can do it, it's just someone saying it's ok, it's not a rebuilt engine.