gonna call...but seriously no telling what the parts are worth...cannot be sure either or both have LS...what do M90's and CR's really trade hands for? I sold a road tested CR for $1200 last year. They pretty much should be considered core parts...hauling and storing the cars both take $$$...
Will keep yall posted if I can make a deal on them.
Al Taylor
Al,
You have forgotten more about BMW’s than I will ever know but here is my two cents:
Based on my previous conversation a few months ago they both had LSD’s. The guy know what he has for sure, but the prices are fair. I beleive that he was a tad flexible on the price and not opposed to pulling a drive train or two.
I think an m90 is worth $1K to $2K sold from your average enthusiast. If you are doing this for a living and you need to bake in shipping, storage, pulling the motor, disposing of the turkey carcass etc, that is a different price (same for the transmissions).
I think a dog leg is worth at least $1,500, but $1,200 isn’t getting away with murder. $2k to $2,500 for a tested and resealed unit from an enthusiast is fair IMO. They aren’t exactly rare but you usually need to spend $3K on an entire car plus shipping to get one. The shipping is the killer part. With all of that said there is more chatter about not liking dog legs than liking them. I’m personally fascinated with them because of the novelty (which presimably wears off quick). I now own two but have never driven one.
The 3.07 LSD isn’t terribly desireable unless you have the 1:1 trans to go with it. It seems like a lot of people still go with a zippier diff anyway. Stand alone it can be viewed as one of the most rare and potentially pricey, but the hardest to move off he shelf.
If you want to make some money you can always pool the funds from interested members and do the logistics and pulling of the as-is parts.
