Thread: DHSE - Very cheap but how to import?

Set you back much?

Originally Posted by Keithy P38

Set you back much?

Me?

It was most of a grand for pickup from a private breaker near York, delivery to the docks, paperwork and shipping to my nearest port for the whole lot. I had parts coming from 3 or 4 different places so paperwork charges can mount up. It cost more for the FOB paperwork for one piece than it cost to freight an engine and transaxle from York to the London docks.

Very doable and financially worthwhile. I'll use a different freight broker next time, they were a bit incompetent, and likely get a cubic metre of two of UK landrover bits. Window frames, ashcroft ATB's etc.
Took about 8 weeks.

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Doesn't work. When you go to register it, the VIN will be checked and they will ask for a vehicle import approval. VIN's of vehicle imported for parts are recorded. Only way around this is to get a local repairable write-off and use its numbers but the snag here is it has to be inspected before registration to get it off the write-off register and you have to show invoices for parts bought and used in the repairs.

Sorry, meant to be more specific. Use a local P38 as the prime, and transfer the bits and pieces across from the half cut... Was just remembering how the chap at Jag and Triumph spares gets a lot of his bits and pieces ... he imports "half cuts" from HK, Japan and other places and parts them out. ...

Might be worth getting engine and ecu, etc then? I wonder if it'd work out better just to chuck a nice big mechanically injected diesel in there instead... A 2.5L turbo diesel with 270Nm doesn't seem worthwhile for all the mucking around...

Are there stroker kits getting around for them? If we could bump the bottom end up to say 3.0 or 3.5L them we're talking a nice torquey turbo diesel that'll do what I want!

Forget anything manufactured after 1989. Unless of course it was never available in Australia, you can bring it in with alot of paper work

Engines, etc are fairly simple to bring in, we have space for a few if you are Interested in our next container...

Originally Posted by Keithy P38

Might be worth getting engine and ecu, etc then? I wonder if it'd work out better just to chuck a nice big mechanically injected diesel in there instead... A 2.5L turbo diesel with 270Nm doesn't seem worthwhile for all the mucking around...

Are there stroker kits getting around for them? If we could bump the bottom end up to say 3.0 or 3.5L them we're talking a nice torquey turbo diesel that'll do what I want!

Don't BMW have 3.0 direct injection engines in the same family? I'm not sure how BMW interchange is, but their current 3.0 tdi's top out around 750Nm.

Originally Posted by juddy

Forget anything manufactured after 1989. Unless of course it was never available in Australia, you can bring it in with alot of paper work

Engines, etc are fairly simple to bring in, we have space for a few if you are Interested in our next container...

What kind of costs would be involved bringing in a motor and ECU? I'm assuming the HP24 in my P38 would bolt straight up to it.

Do you have people over there to scout for the right bits?

I'd have to do some research to see how it all fits too, would hate to get it here and realise I've forgotten something.

It's all very new to me! If I could get a diesel and ecu landed for only a few grand I would do it in a heartbeat.

Originally Posted by Dougal

Don't BMW have 3.0 direct injection engines in the same family? I'm not sure how BMW interchange is, but their current 3.0 tdi's top out around 750Nm.

If it all bolts up the same it'd be a simple ECU swap. Very nice!