Whats a Head Worth?

[M5pilot]

Got a complete 325i Cyl head - been rebuild recently and is very very quiet (still on engine and car starts)

Whats it worth?

[Simon13]

Ԛ£300

[M5pilot]

As much as that!

coool!

[Widge]

If you can prove it has been rebuilt and gas tested.

[Adammcf]

My bare recon head cost 375.

[calypsocab]

I finally bought my head from Linwar Motors in Feb for Ԛ£405.00 including carriage.

Just picked up the car from the garage last Friday with bill for Ԛ£1500.00 excluding the head money

Maxus I saw your Alpina there very nice.

[M5pilot]

Flipin hell!! Good heads are worth proper bucks then!

Good thing Ive got one

[calypsocab]

Sure are, I spoke to alot of people before parting with that sort of money.

Ian at Linwar was very helpful and my mechanic spoke to him before I bought the head.

Mechanic said it looked brand new when he took it out of the box

[M5pilot]

Gonna go and find reciepts for this head rebuild.

I wonder what a good head with an Alpina cam is worth then!

[Adammcf]

Sure are, I spoke to alot of people before parting with that sort of money.

Ian at Linwar was very helpful and my mechanic spoke to him before I bought the head.

Mechanic said it looked brand new when he took it out of the box

I bought mine from them as well last summer. Two months later a valve seat came loose and got smashed between the valve and the piston ruining the engine in the process.
Luckily they gave me another head and some new valves and a full gasket set etc for free but I had to get another bottom end myself. Dips from came to the rescue on that one.
Ive done all the work myself and hope to get it 99% finished this weekend.

Fingers crossed yours is ok as is the 2nd one they gave me.

[calypsocab]

Def Fingers crossed, did you find that the engine was quite loud??

Mechanic has said that it will get less noisy wit time as at the mo its very tappety if you no what I mean.

Everyone is telling me to take it easy for at least a couple of hundred miles.

Any advice will be appreciated as spent nearly 2k on it in the last 4 wks

[Adammcf]

I know how you feel as I have spent well over a grand in parts and have done all the labour myself.
Mine was no noisier than it was on the old head. What kind of oil are you using? I put in some cheap and nasty oil for the first 50 miles and then some Magnatec 10W40.
I drove mine easy for the first 300 miles and then normal afterwards but Ive been told it wasnt really necessary seeing nothing on the bottom end was changed and therefore didnt need to bed in.
I think its better to be safe though.

[calypsocab]

Thanks mate, the cars had an Insp 2 aswell as having the the head work & gearbox serviced & cambelt cahnge. I will double check but I think he said Castrol (will check).

Graham from Ernigrip Motors done all the work & I'm pleased.

He also looks after my bruv Guss's car & Maxsus's Alpina (nice cab).

Seems to be getting a little quiter now.

Guss's is really trying not to sell his if he can however sometimes these things happen.

I have also been thinking is it time to sell I know I will never find one like this again esp on an L plate and in Calypso if I let it go

[panesar_e30]

Ԛ£1500?????????????????

wtf whats with these ott prices.

[calypsocab]

Remember the vat is over Ԛ£200.00

Things done

Insp 2
Head work (old head pressure tested, workshop costs)

Strip old head & refurbish valves including lapping & grinding valves
new stem, seals & clean up of ports + inlet tracts. injectors cleaned.

Gearbox (filter,oil, sump pan gasket, o-ring)
Prop Coupling
Brake pads front/rear
Front (rear) lower arm bushes
New Batery
Cambelt
Cambelt Tensioner
Fan Belt
P/S belt
Cyl Head Gasket Set
Cyl Head Bolt set
Coolant pressure Cap
Wheel Alignment
Rad Flush 2 Part
Petrol
And other little bits & pieces

He is a BMW specialist who was trained & worked on the e30's when they came out (He knows his stuff) worked for BMW Garage in Oxford for years.

I'm happy & know its done right, parts listed on invoice are Ԛ£700.00

What would BMW charge??

[calypsocab]

She's worth it though