daymoon
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Prices for engines on Ebay are too high. Just message few "breaking m3" adds, make a cheeky offer and you will be sorted.
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wilkogsi
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not good mate, saw your car at the ring that weekend. was a good weekend all in all 
that heads scrap mate its a m engine and if it were me i would'nt except repair to that. they could do two things with in, clean it up best they can, which if not done properly will cause slight hot spots when upto temp. or grind all the damage away so it 'looks' nice but than you'll have to do all the other 5.
have you done your shims yourself recently? if so over shimming on that cyinder will cause overheating when used for long periods of time at high rpm (track work). when shimming its better you shim on the lower end of the limit than the higher 
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Steve
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dont mention shimming 
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Mattb
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Originally posted by Graham88
You know Col  thanks mate its only been 2 days and I want it back already
Ross's Astra, looked quick, he had a problem on track with his mate driving :-(
Funny you say that - is his mate another Matt?
Do belive he works next to me at work
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Graham88
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Originally posted by John G
so the French RAC collected the car off you in Germany, Took it to a depot then it sat there for a while before being delivered to the garage of your destination?
The car was collected and take to a depot in Adenau. As far as I knew it was still there! On Monday I was told there is no due date for the car to be picked up and they'd let me know when there was.
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Originally posted by dave wilkinson
not good mate, saw your car at the ring that weekend. was a good weekend all in all
that heads scrap mate its a m engine and if it were me i would'nt except repair to that. they could do two things with in, clean it up best they can, which if not done properly will cause slight hot spots when upto temp. or grind all the damage away so it 'looks' nice but than you'll have to do all the other 5.
have you done your shims yourself recently? if so over shimming on that cyinder will cause overheating when used for long periods of time at high rpm (track work). when shimming its better you shim on the lower end of the limit than the higher
Was a wicked weekend! Shame about the weather a couple of days but very good all in all.
It's being inspected on Monday apparently, I trust the garage not to do work they'd seem unnecessary so they obviously think its not that bad?
The shims weren't done no, I was going to get them checked & changed when I got home as nobody could do it before I went due to coming up to Easter.
What car were you in? Recognise your name, grey M3? Possibly CSL?
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Originally posted by Mattb
Funny you say that - is his mate another Matt?
Do belive he works next to me at work
Yeah I think that was it, helpful guy, helped my mate diagnose a noise on his Astra VXR. He works for Audi too so might be the same guy, just bought a brand new S3?
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Cole
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Is that the garage you asked the car to be sent to by the rac I would be pissed if that was my car being taken apart without my knowledge
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3i_gaz
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End of the day it needed stripping regardless I don't see the issue.
Shit luck that mate makes a right mess when some valve breaks off!!
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Graham88
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I asked for them to strip the car, just a bit of a pisstake I have to find out my car is back in the UK & what damage is there by somebody putting pictures on facebook, surely I should be the first to know?
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Dan295
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imo i wouldnt like some random garage having it and putting up all damaged pictures over the internet.
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Graham88
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It's not a random garage but yeah it's not exactly the way I intended to find out.
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gavin18787
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Dam doesnt look good :-( what garage is the car at?
Take it you know someone there to have the pics put on fb.
Is it your mate that has a white polo?
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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Graham88
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Scott's Motorsport in Dartford.
It's someone my mate used to work for, that's how I know about the car otherwise I'd still think its in Germany!
That's Sam yeah, Dean was in the red 106 & Dave in the silver Astra SRI Turbo
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Steve
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Seems a strange thing to do putting pics on facebook bit unprofessional like something you'd do if you were fixing a mates car on your driveway
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wilkogsi
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yep mate mine was one of the grey csl's.
point worth noting is make sure there using the proper timing tools, to time the vanos up. i'v been there done that and trying to do them without the right tools in nie on impossible.
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gavin18787
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
Scott's Motorsport in Dartford.
It's someone my mate used to work for, that's how I know about the car otherwise I'd still think its in Germany!
That's Sam yeah, Dean was in the red 106 & Dave in the silver Astra SRI Turbo
did he have an off at coombe looked and sounded a bit sorry for itself.
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Graham88
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Originally posted by Steve
Seems a strange thing to do putting pics on facebook bit unprofessional like something you'd do if you were fixing a mates car on your driveway
I should add it wasn't the garage owner it was just an employee. I am not bothered about it I'll take it as a compliment that my car is important enough out of the many he works on, just not the way I wanted to find out
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Originally posted by dave wilkinson
yep mate mine was one of the grey csl's.
point worth noting is make sure there using the proper timing tools, to time the vanos up. i'v been there done that and trying to do them without the right tools in nie on impossible.
There was so many
I would hope they'd have them mate, they've been working on BMW's for years!
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Originally posted by gavin18787
did he have an off at coombe looked and sounded a bit sorry for itself.
He went on the grass I believe but the damage to his car was from an accident last week. And his turbo was hanging on by 2 bolts....just the turbo gasket disintegrated.
[Edited on 29-04-2012 by Graham88]
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Graham88
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Fitted my steering wheel today
Well happy with it
And got a couple more pictures of the damage, click the link underneath to see the high resolution picture for those interested
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b112/GrahamVFR/BMW%20M3/Engine/IMG_3523-1.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b112/GrahamVFR/BMW%20M3/Engine/IMG_3524-1.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b112/GrahamVFR/BMW%20M3/Engine/IMG_3525-1.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b112/GrahamVFR/BMW%20M3/Engine/IMG_3530-1.jpg
Head is being sent for inspection, really depends on the condition of the valve seat as to whether it can be used again.
Block looks ok, very light scoring at the top but they all seem to have a similar thing, but we won't know until the block is removed as it definetly needs a piston, front end is being removed to do this and I should have an answer tomorrow with whether bits can be saved and prices relating to whatever the outcome is.
I don't want to be too confident but Martyn is pretty confident it's not as bad as it looks so that makes me feel better! If the block is ok it's going to have uprated bolts in the rod and bottom end, new shells depending on condition. With the way things are looking at the moment I could have a nice strong engine that will be good for many trackdays to come, but I don't want to jinx it. Roll on tomorrow!
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Steve
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those bores might be ok with a honing not sure about the head though
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Mattb
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
quote:
Originally posted by Mattb
Funny you say that - is his mate another Matt?
Do belive he works next to me at work
Yeah I think that was it, helpful guy, helped my mate diagnose a noise on his Astra VXR. He works for Audi too so might be the same guy, just bought a brand new S3?
Yep thats him!
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Graham88
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Has he kept quiet about the Astra incident think he was a bit gutted about it
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BeetleGav
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That wheels is sooo nice! i want one
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Graham88
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Thanks just can't wait to drive it with it on now lol
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BeetleGav
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I wouldnt mind trimming a corsa wheel in suede but wouldnt be worth it!
Bet it makes a nice difference to leather
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Graham88
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Sneaky preview
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flybikeslee
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ooooooo
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