3.0lt V8 manual gearbox?

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eko
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Post Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:50 pm

Are these rare/hard to find?
What sort of price?
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Post Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:59 pm

I recently sold a gearbox, prop, clutch and flywheel and hydraulics for £650. These are very hard to find and in big demand from people putting BMW V8s in kit cars etc. Rocking horse poo is a fair analogy.
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Post Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:05 pm

pacerpete wrote:I recently sold a gearbox, prop, clutch and flywheel and hydraulics for £650. These are very hard to find and in big demand from people putting BMW V8s in kit cars etc. Rocking horse poo is a fair analogy.
winkeye Food for thought then!

Found a 530i V8 in a breakers today.
Car is actually pretty tidy,nice trim etc.
Made some enquiries about it and apparently the engine has a snapped timing chain?
Never heard of a chain snapping but hey ho.
Might just ring them in the morning and get a price of the box etc winkeye
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Post Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:19 pm

Pete,any idea what other engines it would fit?
ie V12 winkeye
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Post Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:43 pm

Only the V8's m8.

pm Gravy as he is looking for one ( at a reasonable price )
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Post Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:57 pm

Cheers Bigdek, I am indeed looking for one.

Thought I'd struck gold today, phoned a chap who exclusively breaks E34's and asked if he had any 5 or 6 speeders.

He had a 540i 6 speeder in and said I could have it for £400!

Then I phoned back later and he said that he'd checked it over and had found a crack in the casing. :cry:
"I guess you won't want that hen" he said. :mad:

He's got a lorry load of E34's coming on Monday so I'lll wait and see but if you fancy selling me a gearbox Eko, we could talk!
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Post Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:04 pm

Gravy I can call them in the morning and get a price?
Cant see them being interested in removing it though,so would probably have to be DIYed?
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Post Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:17 pm

[quote="Gravy"]Then I phoned back later and he said that he'd checked it over and had found a crack in the casing. :cry:
"I guess you won't want that hen" he said. :mad:

Can this not be welded ?

Offer him £50 seeing as its no good ( if its repairable )
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Post Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:18 pm

That's very kind of you Eko (E30 zone spirit and all that!)

That wouldn't be a problem if I wasn't so far away! I have family in Somerset though so I could co-ordinate a trip to theirs! I assume this is local to you in Torbay?

See what they say if you wouldn't mind mate.

Nice one :thumb:
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Post Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:19 pm

Ill let you know mate!
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