E30 s50 b32 build cost

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Post Mon Apr 03, 2023 9:09 pm

S50 b32 conversion cost list.

Engine complete with ancilliaries £4450.

Rear half of e36 328i prop (not used) £145.50

E36 z3 2.8 5 speed box and prop £500.

Prop shaft overhaul and modification £480

Renault clio servo £39.99

Brake rod extension and plate £32

Brake and clutch fluid £14

E28 oil pickup, sump and dipstick £432.80.

Engine oil £56

Sump gasket £13

Bmw engine mount rubbers £100

Welder £160.00

Flywheel bolt sealer £8

Welding mask £39.99

Bmw intake elbow and no6 intake pipe £160

E90 servo and mc (not used) £19.95.

E34 oil pump £37.50

Pas fluid £7.99

E34 steering uj's £35.00

E36 m3 Radiator £90

Fan switch £15

Valve cover gasket £24

Jubilee clips £15

Satin engine paint £34.94

Silver paint £15

Acl race main bearings £135.

Oil filter £5

Spark plugs £88

Acl assembly lube £12.50

Rear main seal housing gasket £7.00

Rear main seal £8.47

2x knock sensors £67.29

Constant pressure seal £5.50

Vanos seals £218

Wiring harness adapter £119

Wiring harness covers firewall £149.58

Lhd steel water pipe £207.70

Heat shield sleeve £19

Cable ties £10

Throttle position sensor £38.88

Carb cleaner £5

Underseal 10

Pre paint degreaser £7

Delphin paint £12

Primer £10

Sandpaper £4

Filler £8

Clear lacquer £12

Spacers to push out accumulator £9.38

Vacuum hose and blanking bung £7.52

Vacuum blank £5.99

Stainless jubilee clips £13.90

Coolant temp sensor for e30 dash £9.90

Hoses and reducers for oil separator to sump pipe £26.12

Nice bolts for drive belt pulleys £12.69

Bmw green multi function relay £19.89

Cost of selling and having to rebuy headers. £175.

Revcounter coding plug £26.90

E46 oil cooler and pipes (not used) £97.75

Anearobic sealer £13.99

Ramps to have rear of car elevated £44.99

Oil pressure t piece not used too long £12.81

Oil pressure t piece £21

Purple tag steering rack £269.99

Steering shaft link £75.00

Steering rack mount spacers £7.95

C101 plug (not used) £13.00

Subframe reinforcement plates £32.30

Oil pressure and temp gauges £94.22

Revcounter overlay £149.07

Center vent gauge pods £24.00

Twin core wire £7.95

Header tank and mounting plate £149.99

Top rad mount £20.

Oil temp sensor adapter £6.17

Stainless flux cored wire £132.22

Stainless exhaust collectors (not used) £69.99

Relay and plug for fan £5.14

Loom tape £5.99

Loom conduit £13.95

5 and 6 mm silicone hose £15.39

Two core cable £18.97

Two core cable £7.97

Rubber grommets (not used) £3.29

Flat bar for headers template £8.60

Rubber grommets £3.68

Perspex to fit oil cooler £6.65

Spacers for bottom rad mounts £10.09

High temp plastic paint black £14.70

Header upper adjustment tubes £120.

Tubes for headers after collectors £173.88

Welding costs for headers £320.

5 bar inline fuel pump £105.85

Extra exhaust mount and rubber £17.30

Rad fan £42.95

Fan mounting kit £7.95

Manifold nuts £8.45

6x exhaust manifold gaskets £46.32

Heatshield embossed plate £16.26

Rear silencer heat shield £50.49

E36 m3 throttle cable £66.99

New rear silencer mount rubbers £15.08

Fuel filter £11.30

Cone air filter kit £87.00

Rad hoses £37.59

Electrical connectors £9.95

Stick air filter box £168.95 (not used)

Diff oil £47.90

Hoses and reducers for heaters, header tank and vacuum £112.32

Blanking bungs for after cat o2 sensors on supersprint £8.85.

New coolant cap £13.50

B & Q bolts and washers various £80

Flat bar and brackets various £40

Coolant £17.50

Battery £90

Battery terminal for power distribution £12.00

Full supersprint exhaust system £2200

Total eye watering cost £13,276.18
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Post Mon Apr 03, 2023 11:09 pm

Wow :clap: :clap: Lovely build!
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Post Tue Apr 04, 2023 5:12 pm

fixedwheelnut wrote:
Mon Apr 03, 2023 11:09 pm
Wow :clap: :clap: Lovely build!
X2 :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
It may look a lot on face value but just look at what you have !!!!!!!!!!!!
A car where build quality is second to non ( hand built ? ) and you know every single nut and bolt .
What on earth would you hope to get for even double that amount ??
Big credit mate :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

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Post Wed Apr 05, 2023 7:26 am

Thabks guys it means alot. The car runs very very well and pulls increadibly straight and planted. The re con purple tag rack feels really tight, it feels like a brand new car. I just gotta get it dynoed and check for faults, and im gunna time a 0-60. If i knew it would have cost that much though i woukd have run a mile, so im glad i went in unknowing really.
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Post Wed Apr 05, 2023 8:38 am

Thats a bargain price in the grand scheme of things, well worth the money and effort 8)
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Post Wed Apr 05, 2023 9:04 am

Its amazing i love it. Thanks for the steering shaft dan.
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Post Thu Apr 06, 2023 1:28 pm

Cleaned it up yesterday. Looks stock as can be.
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Post Mon May 08, 2023 10:02 pm

Looks really tidy buddy, I have just built the same but haven't added it all up lol
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Post Thu May 11, 2023 9:52 am

Thanks. The air filter i think is no good, so is coming off for a bigger one today, before dyno on monday.
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Post Mon Jun 26, 2023 6:56 pm

Damn that’s expensive considering it’s just the parts
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Post Tue Jun 27, 2023 10:05 am

martauto wrote:
Tue Apr 04, 2023 5:12 pm
What on earth would you hope to get for even double that amount ??
£26.5K would buy quite a lot I would think. Looks great though.
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Post Tue Jun 27, 2023 9:30 pm

I like that......................................a lot ! Great work there.
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Post Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:22 am

The most eye watering bit was spending £80 at B&Q on fixings :mad:
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Post Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:28 am

:banana: That made me laugh to start the day !
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Post Thu Jul 13, 2023 4:56 pm

Cloggy Saint wrote:
Tue Jun 27, 2023 10:05 am
martauto wrote:
Tue Apr 04, 2023 5:12 pm
What on earth would you hope to get for even double that amount ??
£26.5K would buy quite a lot I would think. Looks great though.
You must be well out of touch with current car prices!