Author Topic: Places to look for engines for sale  (Read 2040 times)

Offline Mikester

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Places to look for engines for sale
« on: 21 July 2009, 20:53 »
Looking to find engines for sale other than:

This forum, ed38, vr6oc and ebay.

These forums they are few and far between. And on ebay there are just breakers wanting to charge a mint, for a bare block, and very rarely a private sale.

Anywhere else that i dont know off? Local vw scappers rarely gets anything good in engine wise.

After R32 engines, mk4.

Think it might just be luck of the draw on ebay. But there is like 1 a month on there.

Any ideas?

Offline Wayne

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Re: Places to look for engines for sale
« Reply #1 on: 21 July 2009, 21:14 »
Long shot but check out the breakers in the back of Autotrader.

Also try: http://www.salvage-cars.com/

http://autos.bluesock.co.uk/

Offline LazyLunatic

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Re: Places to look for engines for sale
« Reply #2 on: 21 July 2009, 21:18 »
can you use the audi 3.2? would give you more chance of finding an engine.

as for finding an engine. you might struggle to one at a good price/one you want asap. could be a case of just waiting for the right one to pop up at the places you said.

Offline Mikester

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Re: Places to look for engines for sale
« Reply #3 on: 21 July 2009, 21:29 »
yeah, im not going at it bull to a ragg and paying stupid cash, but i just wanted to possibly widen my search and chances. As i have been told that im looking in the wrong places.

And the audi engine fits just the same too i have heard. And runs more power apparently.

Offline Jay

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Re: Places to look for engines for sale
« Reply #4 on: 21 July 2009, 21:43 »
Then get the Audi engine and funk the VW R32 idea.
Passat B5.5 2.3 V5 170, with all the extras.

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But for the purest engine experience, displacement has no replacement. All other methods are simply attempts to artificially recreate the benefits of displacement.

Offline omex_uk

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Re: Places to look for engines for sale
« Reply #5 on: 21 July 2009, 23:08 »
pistonheads?

Offline Mikester

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Re: Places to look for engines for sale
« Reply #6 on: 22 July 2009, 12:57 »
pistonheads?

Why didnt i think of that! lol.

Offline Wayne

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Re: Places to look for engines for sale
« Reply #7 on: 22 July 2009, 13:04 »
Combellack motors have had a few R32's in plus PVW mag got one from them.

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Re: Places to look for engines for sale
« Reply #8 on: 22 July 2009, 13:06 »
http://www.audivwparts.co.uk/

This guy is pretty fair and loads of bits changing daily.