Finding the drivetrain
The list is endless, and very hard to find. Forget salvage yards.
I start looking for auctions.
Nothing under $8000 and I don't even know if the car runs.
Anyway, at this point, I'm going to look for a 2.7TT and do the Audi.
Until that day in the fall of 2022, a guy puts a GEM up for sale;
BMW 2009 335xi 6mt, fully loaded, no winter, 115k km, NO check engine (I swear!) ( m pack retrofit, comfort, sport, leather, navi) with goodies: downpipe, muffler, intake, tune, MHD, JB4 connect, Coil KW V1, shifter performance, anddddddd 8k$ maintenance between 2020 and 2022 at a garage known here.
The guy is fed up:
- sick turbo lag, garage diagnosis: rear turbo almost dead. (ended up it was probably the tune)
- clutch done
- a/c not working.
It's PERFECT for my project! I want to change everything. I leave on my lunch hour, and buy it.