Hutty008 33 Report post Posted Tuesday at 06:56 AM 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vass 1059 Report post Posted Tuesday at 08:41 AM Wonder where that ended up. Would assume @Kees would have noticed it if it had been laying anywhere near the M5 itself. What a bloody waste. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kees 668 Report post Posted Tuesday at 10:54 AM (edited) 2 hours ago, Vass said: Wonder where that ended up. Would assume @Kees would have noticed it if it had been laying anywhere near the M5 itself. What a bloody waste. Yep what a huge waste! Gutting because I'd originally gone to scope out whether the engine was saveable as it would just be a cool thing to have, whether that be in a car or in a man cave as something to look at. Definitely wasn't near the car. To get the engine and gearbox out would have been an ordeal - and then to not take it?? So strange! Judging by the photo it's in front of stock no. 950 Subaru Impreza which you can see is in a container - these line the perimeter of pickapart and have a green roof. So it seems someone removed the engine and gearbox, and then moved it away from the entry / exit and to the outskirts of the yard. Perhaps to hide it from others? Although I have a more plausible theory. The M5 is roughly here (no. 900): My theory is the staff must have removed it before the car was put on the yard. Then for whatever reason dumped it with a forklift next to that Subaru and away from the M5. If you look at the photo I took you can see the fan shroud and stuff is still there - indicating the engine must have been dropped rather than removed through the front - indicating it was done prior to the car being publically available to be "pick[ed] a-part". I just can't see that engine, gearbox, subframe and brakes (which must be in excess of 400kg) getting cleanly removed with the car half a meter off the ground, and then being moved with those crap engine crane things they have there. Edited Tuesday at 11:07 AM by Kees 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kees 668 Report post Posted Tuesday at 11:12 AM Doing some more thinking, and I reckon they probably removed the whole front end to get to the cats as I'm guessing it has cats integrated into the headers? What a bunch of idiots. Ruin a very expensive and desirable engine for the catalytic converters... yeah nice one guys. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paulo 86 Report post Posted Tuesday at 05:45 PM (edited) Great intel work @Kees to narrow down the engine location. Hope that a bimmersporter can head down there asap to rescue it. Would be great to then pull the sump and do some forensics on it to confirm if the car was scrapped due to bearing / crank / piston failure. In my observation, the cats are removed on most of the PAP stock before the cars are dropped into the general magpie yard. They likely reclaim at least half of the vehicle purchase price right there. Edited Tuesday at 05:50 PM by paulo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2219 Report post Posted yesterday at 12:22 AM Seen it posted in a few places online now. It is causing some outrage. And so it should. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vass 1059 Report post Posted yesterday at 12:53 AM I think I found the diff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neil McCauley 461 Report post Posted yesterday at 12:57 AM Might just be coincidental, Mal has been working on putting a big diff into his E30 for a while - was even 3D scanning and modelling the underside of his E30. He’s a good dude so very doubtful he’d be involved with any shenanigans. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
