Fanjita 1 Posted May 16, 2012 Hi all, Just gauging the rough value of my engine, I'm converting to an R32 engine so all the old gubbins will be up for sale. It's around 140k on the engine, and a few days ago I took some videos of it to aid the sale. It fires and runs absolutely fine, and pulls like a Vr6 should. It's got a receipt that came with the car, showing a head rebuild by stealth in 2006, the only issue being this was on a completely different car and no written proof of the swap into my car. Engine taps slightly but it is absolutely fine and has done for as long as I can remember. Always used with care, no high revving on cold oil and no redlining. Would be good as a swap for a dead engine, or to refresh and use as a overhaul. Only going R32 for the added valves and performance, would have kept my engine otherwise but probably rebuilt it within the year. I'm thinking £300 including gearbox, is this a fair price? Offers welcome, I will move this to a fs thread just after I've really checked on people's thoughts! Cheers, James Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamiehamy 0 Posted May 16, 2012 I paid £200 for a 2.9 before without box, and £100 for a box, so think £300 with box is reasonable. I'd be interested in it as a spare if you were nearer! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
P3rks 11 Posted May 16, 2012 Seems fair. What would it come with? All ancillaries, loom ecu etc? A full conversion with ECU, loom, ancilaires, hoses etc etc, basically everything engine related should see around £400-£500 as they are good for conversion into MK2's etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fanjita 1 Posted May 16, 2012 Thanks guys! Yeah shame Jamie I'd help with the miles a little but meeting halfway for you would still be a 3+ hour drive one way! Unfortunately I won't have all those items, im kicking myself about it though! The vr6 loom is cannibalised to make a working loom for the r32! I'll have the ecu for sale too but hoses I reuse also. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted May 16, 2012 I couldn't shift a 2.8 24V for even £100, so I dumped it. If you can get anything worthwhile for the 2.9, bite someone's arm off! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fanjita 1 Posted May 16, 2012 Oh dear, that's quite worrying mate! Well I can only try I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted May 17, 2012 Trouble is, people can't be arsed to collect anything remotely heavy anymore. Everybody expects everything to be delivered these days, at our expense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 1 Posted May 17, 2012 Hm. I do quite like the thought of getting a good, used 2.9 engine and subjecting it to a full rebuild out of the car some day... only problem is storing the fecker! :( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fla 9 Posted May 17, 2012 I couldn't shift a 2.8 24V for even £100, so I dumped it. If you can get anything worthwhile for the 2.9, bite someone's arm off! thats a shame, especially after you'd sorted it all out. i was planning to have taken this from you, but got sidetracked with the OBD2 stuff, which is also still waiting to be fitted...knowing me, your engine would also have just sat in my garage collecting dust :( But i agree with your comment on heavy items Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fanjita 1 Posted May 17, 2012 Ad is now live! http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?71061-Vr6-2-9-ABV-engine-plus-gearbox&p=871961#post871961 Cheers all Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
