Overheated M42: the depressing saga

[nickmpower]

yeah times can be rough. Just try to find one used

[nomad]

I'm looking for a used one. The machine shop looked at it and the head is cracked like 2" deep into the head. Really deep, not a surface crack.

No harm done having them look at it. I am going to try for a used head with no cracks, resurface, install and sell this damn car. I'm willing to take the loss because I'm so frustrated with this thing. Someone's about to geta nicely fixed E30. head, headgasket, chain, timing gears, water pump, t-stat, hoses, excellent interior etc.
I got hosed on this one and I'm not waiting around for the next issue.

With my luck the car will give someone else another 150k of trouble free fun...

[bmwpower]

I'm looking for a used one. The machine shop looked at it and the head is cracked like 2" deep into the head. Really deep, not a surface crack.

No harm done having them look at it. I am going to try for a used head with no cracks, resurface, install and sell this damn car. I'm willing to take the loss because I'm so frustrated with this thing. Someone's about to geta nicely fixed E30. head, headgasket, chain, timing gears, water pump, t-stat, hoses, excellent interior etc.
I got hosed on this one and I'm not waiting around for the next issue.

With my luck the car will give someone else another 150k of trouble free fun...

S50 swap... I'm leaning in that direction right about now.  After $1k into the head, it would be better to pay ~$2k-$2.5k for an M3 engine and drop it in.

[nomad]

I'm not spending $2k to swap into this car (although it would be fun).
Then I'm looking at tranny, clutch, different suspension.. etc.
No thanks. I'm going back to school for my Masters degree so I need all of my spare time for myself.