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Very rare BMW 16V DOHC head for M10 block

fdovargas

By fdovargas,
in BMW 2002 and other '02

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A work of art really. Vargas.... DO NOT let anyone talk you out of this. I would buy it just to clean up and have in my living room or garage for a show piece. You can probably use the slide thrott

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In the end if you don't decide to try and accumulate the rest of the parts for the bottom end you can probably sell the sum of them for a lot ( and I mean a lot) more than what you paid. As a point of reference, the distributor cap alone (for a new one from BMW) last time I checked was about $800. Have fun with it.

As far as the rules go in your country I can't comment - I can tell you that both the BMW M12/7 and the Schnitzer 20-4 16v DOHC racing engines were homologated for use in Gruppe 2 cars by the FIA in 1973, so they really are both legitimately used in the BMW 2002.

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Hello Fernando,

I service the engines in the black Lola sports racer pictured in Tom Jones' post. (Thank for the heads up, ahem, Tom!).

Congratuations on your terrific "barn find"! I respectfully suggest you use it to fund the improvement/upgrade of your racecar, or continue your search for the rest pf the engine/car of which the head was a part, for the following reasons:

1-These engines typically "time out"(require dismantling, and refinishing valves, seats, rings, and replacement of bearings and other parts) at 12 hours. So using the engine in a street/track application is impractical.

2-The camshaft profiles and injection pump fuel delivery rate are calibrated for a 6000-9500 RPM power band, For any use other than pure racing, this is again, impractical, even for the most devoted enthusiast.

3-As was previously noted, engineering and producing a means of driving the cams, other than using the original BMW design, will be time-consuming, and more expensive(by far) than your purchase of the head.

4-To make adequate/best use of the combustion chamber design you need high-octane fuel. Here in California, we normally use 112. Detonation is a nasty beast, to be avoided, unless you can afford the destructive consequences.

There are more reasons, both technical and practical, to use the wonderful as a trophy/ artifact or to sell it at a healthy profit, and use the proceeds to make changes to your car that you can use.

I will check with the owner of the black Lola, if you decide to sell the head, as he would return it to competition as it was originally intended.

Once again, you did the right thing in purchasing it. Congrtaulations!

Freude am fahren!

Bill Watson, Proprietor

Road Rockets

28921 Arnold Drive

Sonoma, Ca, 95476

707-939-8000

bill@roadrockets.net

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Nice find, but probably not useful for most people.

I would be interested in buying this complete unit. It is useful to me for spare parts, as I have the engines to which these parts belong.

Yes, they can be valuable. However, they are also very fragile, and most show signficant signs of fatigue. All is very expensive to rebuild, and only useful if you have a complete M12/7 engine. Nothing will work outside of that fitment. A full proper inspection is required, before you can put any final value on pieces. It could all be usable and valuable... or, it could all be scrap, which is why it is sitting without an engine. Either way, I am interested, as the truth is probably in the middle.

Engine life is measured in hours (10-20, depending on use) and it would be horrible in anything but a full-racing application. They are great in race cars, but fragile and expensive to operate.

Please email with contact information.

Thanks for your time.

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Nice find, but probably not useful for most people.

I would be interested in buying this complete unit. It is useful to me for spare parts, as I have the engines to which these parts belong.

Yes, they can be valuable. However, they are also very fragile, and most show signficant signs of fatigue. All is very expensive to rebuild, and only useful if you have a complete M12/7 engine. Nothing will work outside of that fitment. A full proper inspection is required, before you can put any final value on pieces. It could all be usable and valuable... or, it could all be scrap, which is why it is sitting without an engine. Either way, I am interested, as the truth is probably in the middle.

Engine life is measured in hours (10-20, depending on use) and it would be horrible in anything but a full-racing application. They are great in race cars, but fragile and expensive to operate.

Please email with contact information.

Thanks for your time.

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Congratulations on your purchase, Fernando!

At the very least, it's a piece of BMW racing history which will appreciate in value over the years.

Just see what a pair of Ardun heads for a Ford flathead will bring nowadays!

Saludos,

HarryPR

BMWCCA #19290

 

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