paulo

Cheers for that,Just managed to secure a good running motor locally today for a good price...

My current engine has a blown head gasket. Rather than muck around with removing head, dismantling, crack testing, machining etc, it will be easier and cheaper for me to just swap in a complete motor in good condition. I would like a 2.8L motor, but the rest of the car is a bit rough, and probably not worthy of it!

It came out of an auto car (Jatco trans), and will go into my auto car (Jatco, I presume, but haven't looked) both cars are jap imports - I think the ZF boxes were used on later cars? or NZ new cars?, but I may be wrong. Would I run into any issues if the transmissions are different types , even just with swaping the engines only?

Hi, I have the oportunity to replace my non vanos 1992 355i 2.5L motor with a single vanos 1992/93 2.5L M50 motor from a 325i. Thinking that I'll just have to swap the loom and ecu over from the (slightly) newer car and that's all I'll need to get it going. Does anyone else know if it's that straightforward? or are there other things or wiring / connectors to be changed also? Cheers Paul

Requiring an auto trans in good order for an e46 328i. This type of transmission was also used in the later e39 528i and e38 728i from about 1998 onwards. Cheers Paul

Christchurch. Probably not economical to freight from elsewhere...

Preferably dark blue and complete but would consider anything...

Hi, Just wondering if anyone has an opinion on what size tyres I should fit on my 17 x 8 Alpinas? Ive got some 215/45/17s which I thought would be ok (it's only a 318i, so I don't really want to "over tire"), but I think that 225/45/17 are the OEM size, and may fill out the guards slightly better. It's on standard height suspension. Any thoughts? Cheers