90% sure i'm parting the car

[E34nication]

Think this is my best option. As of now no parts have been pulled from the car. Don't know what to ask for anything as of now because all of this is happening pretty fast and i'm not exactly happy about it. I will work on prices here in the next couple of days but with schoolwork I can't think about it right this second. I think most of you know what the car has but here is a list of what would most likely be parted:

Jim Conforti chip for EWS equipped e34 540i
Supersprint Exhaust
Custom Heat-shielded short ram intake (my car was routed through high-beam)
Brembo 332mm BBK w/ 2 piece floating rotors (passenger caliper scratched)
Possibly my JB Racing Flywheel
17x8 throwing stars
18x8.8, 18x9.5 SSR Competitions
Ground Control Coilovers w/ custom valved konis
RD Sways
RD Stressbar
KMAC Camber Plates
GC Camber Plates
3.15 LSD
UUC Short Shift Kit
2 More front konis
Possibly Sport Seats (drivers have a couple small cracks due to age)

Or if someone just wants to buy the whole thing that can be worked out. Shortened strut housings could come with the ground controls.. obviously shipping will be a pain on a lot of these items.

As far as the motor goes... it dropped a cylinder and has coolant in the plugs. I am not willing to pay someone to take it apart and tell me what went wrong so I am just trying to cut my losses and move on. Motor had 120k on it and ran extremely strong until this happened... :(

edit: this is a 7/95 production date 540/6 and is located in Tampa, FL

[Cereal Killa]

:(

[E34nication]

I know... it's a serious shot in the gut for me. This was my baby that I hoped to never have to sell but right now I just have no choice. If it happened a year from now I would be ok but I need transportation and since I am currently a full-time student my income is seriously limited.

[2DYE4]

Ground Control Coilovers w/ custom valved konis


dibs, LMK when you decide.

sorry to hear what happened dude.

[E34nication]

dibs, LMK when you decide.

sorry to hear what happened dude.

I actually had someone PM me about them within about 90 seconds of posting. I will keep you informed on what happens.

[atl530i]

How much for the whole car?

[slvr98 M]

Sorry to hear about your car. Dibs on the 2 front Koni's, RD sways, and the supersprint exhaust. If the GC's fall through let me know as well.

[E34nication]

How much for the whole car?

You can throw me out an offer. Right now it just seems like it will be worth more to part the vehicle but it would obviously be less of a pain to sell as a whole.

[slvr98 M]

where are you? oh i see nevermind.

[E34nication]

Tampa, FL

[shelbyz4u2nv]

pm sent about, chip, flywheel, stress bar, and rear

[stilljester]

3.15 LSD
UUC Short Shift Kit
Possibly Sport Seats (drivers have a couple small cracks due to age)


What color are the seats?
How many miles on the diff?
Are you willing to ship?

Let me know when you have prices - If you can sell them locally or the complete car I understand.

[Redfive]

Dude, you can't sell it. As much as I would want some parts from your car, you've gotta hang on to it. Especially if it just a blown headgasket. If the engine's dead then it can't hurt to take it a part and find what the problem is. Then at a minimum just swap the engine for a junkyard engine and don't use the car on the track. You can find one on eBay for under a grand. Doing a swap only takes a weekend. Trust me I've been where you are several times. You'll regret selling it. Don't worry about getting a used engine and then rebuilding it. Pull your engine, drop a junk engine in there and then rebuild yours. If you can't afford it, then sell some of the parts from your car.
What ever you buy to replace it won't drive as well and will probably require work to get it back to the point where you're comfortable. If I was closer I could help you.
IMHO.
If not, I call dibs on the koni's (I'll sell my Bilsteins with GCs) and maybe the BBK (since I have the 322mm setup)
edit: Dammit somelse called dibs while I was typing.

[E34nication]

Dude, you can't sell it. As much as I would want some parts from your car, you've gotta hang on to it. Especially if it just a blown headgasket. If the engine's dead then it can't hurt to take it a part and find what the problem is. Then at a minimum just swap the engine for a junkyard engine and don't use the car on the track. You can find one on eBay for under a grand. Doing a swap only takes a weekend. Trust me I've been where you are several times. You'll regret selling it. Don't worry about getting a used engine and then rebuilding it. Pull your engine, drop a junk engine in there and then rebuild yours. If you can't afford it, then sell some of the parts from your car.
What ever you buy to replace it won't drive as well and will probably require work to get it back to the point where you're comfortable. If I was closer I could help you.
IMHO.
If not, I call dibs on the koni's (I'll sell my Bilsteins with GCs) and maybe the BBK (since I have the 322mm setup)
edit: Dammit somelse called dibs while I was typing.


In talking to the mechanics they led me to believe that the motor was pretty much toast but I don't know. I just had the headgasket replaced about 10-15k miles ago... and I'm not sure what junk motor I could throw in there to work with my 6-speed tranny... it's just an awful lot of work and i'm not exactly mechanically inclined enough to do that kind of work on my own.

[buckwheat]

throwing my name in for tstars or at least covers...

[Redfive]

In talking to the mechanics they led me to believe that the motor was pretty much toast but I don't know. I just had the headgasket replaced about 10-15k miles ago... and I'm not sure what junk motor I could throw in there to work with my 6-speed tranny... it's just an awful lot of work and i'm not exactly mechanically inclined enough to do that kind of work on my own.
You just need to find an M60b40. There is no difference in the engine block on a manual transmission car. So you just need an engine from a 540iA or E32 740. You could probably get your shop to change engines for you for about $1000-1500. Its not that hard if you do it all the time or done it before.
M60 on eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-V8-engine-4-0-liter-motor-M60-for-e34-or-e28_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33615QQihZ010QQitem Z200078532764QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW)
I don't remember what you said the noise was on your engine. But I'm in the middle of replacing the headgasket on my built M30. It only had 1500 miles on it when it popped. Metal cutting ring headgasket. Things happen, is all i'm saying.

[E34nication]

You just need to find an M60b40. There is no difference in the engine block on a manual transmission car. So you just need an engine from a 540iA or E32 740. You could probably get your shop to change engines for you for about $1000-1500. Its not that hard if you do it all the time or done it before.
M60 on eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-V8-engine-4-0-liter-motor-M60-for-e34-or-e28_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33615QQihZ010QQitem Z200078532764QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW)
I don't remember what you said the noise was on your engine. But I'm in the middle of replacing the headgasket on my built M30. It only had 1500 miles on it when it popped. Metal cutting ring headgasket. Things happen, is all i'm saying.

Well maybe you can help me then as I don't know enough to have an educated opinion on what happened. When it happened i was pulling away from a stoplight, slowly, in traffic. The car shook violently and at first I thought I had been rear-ended. Shortly thereafter the radiator went.

Also, with my current situation I just can't afford to put another 1500 in this car right now...

[ctrlaltdl]

I could use the front bumper cover and the air dam.

[Antrieb]

I'm interested in the rear end, and chip. I do hope you fix it though :az

[2DYE4]

Also, with my current situation I just can't afford to put another 1500 in this car right now...

IM sent

[Staggerede34]

hey im interested in the WHOLE car, just email me a price and we'll work from there.

...seriously

[AndrewH]

Interested in the 4 lower m-tech door pieces, a left foglight, and the 4 little brackets that hold up the plastic engine cover.

[moroza]

How much for the brakes? And more details about them please - for how many wheels, what torque they put out, what size wheel one would need (17" at minimum?), etc.

[boone.msi]

throw me at the bottom of the list for the rear end, curious of the price right now.

[Ham]

I think there's too much invested in that car to part it out. Try to keep it. Buy a $500 beater in the meantime and at least let it sit until you get the heart and $$$ to get her running again.

If you really don't want to deal with it, then part it.

[Verbatim]

Sorry to hear about your car... I've always admired it... How much for the SSK? Also interested in the chip and the diff...

[Brodee]

PM sent on exhaust and SSK

[Analog]

Selling the front splitter?

[Felixdacat]

Dibs on the camber plates, both sets. Also might want the wide grill, and light surrounds. let me know a price. Sucks to hear about the problem.

[94530inh]

What color was the interior, I neeed parchment door panels. What are you looking to get for the tranny and everything i'd need for the tranny swap?

[Gunslinger]

Park it, but a cheap car, and start trying to source a replacement motor.

As many parts as I need, I can never bear to take advantage of another's misfortune :(

[jselig]

id be interested in the bbk

[Itsnotme1988]

$480 M60B40 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-V8-engine-4-0-liter-motor-M60-for-e34-or-e28_W0QQitemZ200078532764QQihZ010QQcategoryZ33615Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

$2100 M60B40 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1995-BMW-740i-E38-740iL-840i-540i-ENGINE-MOTOR-M60_W0QQitemZ110074728842QQihZ001QQcategoryZ33615Q QrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem)

[Atln8v]

Sorry to hear about your situation. If you do choose to part, let me know what you want for the Tstars, please.

[540ii]

I am interested in a number of parts (flywheel, short shift kit, LSD etc..).
Can u e-mail me (nmehdira@uwo.ca) or PM me and let me know what is still available

[xatlas0]

Well maybe you can help me then as I don't know enough to have an educated opinion on what happened. When it happened i was pulling away from a stoplight, slowly, in traffic. The car shook violently and at first I thought I had been rear-ended. Shortly thereafter the radiator went.

Also, with my current situation I just can't afford to put another 1500 in this car right now...

Did you see the coolant temp at the time? It almost sounds like you had a bubble in your cooling system, which led to an overheat failure.

But, I must concur with red, another M60B40 will work great, and could be done at a minimum of expense, probably for about 1-2k, including labor. At this point, it is just an engine replacement, rather than an exotic swap. Hell, I'm tempted to help you do it pro bono cuz I like the car so much.

[Byzanzical]

pm sent about the throwing stars

[E34nication]

Did you see the coolant temp at the time? It almost sounds like you had a bubble in your cooling system, which led to an overheat failure.

But, I must concur with red, another M60B40 will work great, and could be done at a minimum of expense, probably for about 1-2k, including labor. At this point, it is just an engine replacement, rather than an exotic swap. Hell, I'm tempted to help you do it pro bono cuz I like the car so much.

Sorry guys... internet has been really off and on the last few days... actually down since I think Monday.

I think that must have been what happened... I got no warning lights, no beep, and I usually keep a decent eye on the temp gauge.

[E34nication]

And also, to everyone that has pm'd me it will take me some time to get back to you as I am extremely busy with school this week. Please be somewhat patient with me.

[hooRAH]

Shit man I didn't know you were in tampa....I'm over there all the time. I'm gonna go back through your list again, there might be some stuff I need.

[hooRAH]

Okay, if the car is black (looks like it from the sig) I'd be interested in the rear bumper if the price is right. I could pick up locally.

[AndrewH]

Okay, if the car is black (looks like it from the sig) I'd be interested in the rear bumper if the price is right. I could pick up locally.

green yo

[BigMike75]

very interested in the SSR comps... if you decide to part it out.