wrecks of mx5 auction price

poorboy · Postby **poorboy** » Thu May 26, 2016 11:25 am

new to auction. saw my first. Gosh they go at high prices. a black wreck of 2003 76,xxxkm went for $3750...

what are the auction buyers doing with these cars? a v8 petrol wreck of 2015 x5 bmx went for 39,000$..

Rolley · Postby **Rolley** » Thu May 26, 2016 11:33 am

Sum of the parts is worth more than the whole!

poorboy · Postby **poorboy** » Thu May 26, 2016 11:41 am

how would they get parts sold for the price they bought?

Postby **beavis** » Thu May 26, 2016 12:29 pm

$3750 is high for an NB8b.
normally expect them around $2,000-2,500.

Im waiting for an ND 1.5 so i can buy the diff.

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Thu May 26, 2016 12:31 pm

Silly people pay sily prices for cars sometimes. Don't expect a bargain at an auction. Too much competition.

93_Clubman · Postby **93_Clubman** » Thu May 26, 2016 4:37 pm

poorboy wrote:how would they get parts sold for the price they bought?

Part it out on here, FB, GT or ebay.

pcmx5 · Postby **pcmx5** » Thu May 26, 2016 8:38 pm

beavis wrote:
Im waiting for an ND 1.5 so i can buy the diff.

Off topic but fascinated with what you are going to do with a 2.8 diff?

Peter.

Postby **beavis** » Thu May 26, 2016 8:49 pm

old diff is exentialy going to storage/for sale if i can get a 4.1 from a 1.5lt

greenMachine · Postby **greenMachine** » Thu May 26, 2016 9:16 pm

beavis wrote:old diff is exentialy going to storage/for sale if i can get a 4.1 from a 1.5lt

You want a 4.1? That's an NB8A ratio, should be plenty of them around, I have one that I will be selling soon :wink:

Postby **beavis** » Thu May 26, 2016 9:24 pm

I believe the gears from NA/NB are not the same as ND.

The 1.5's come with a 4.1:1, the 2.0's (manual) come with something like 2.8:1, the 2.0 (auto) around 3.4:1.

I want to swap a 1.5 diff into my 2.0 auto.

greenMachine · Postby **greenMachine** » Thu May 26, 2016 10:01 pm

beavis wrote:I believe the gears from NA/NB are not the same as ND.

The 1.5's come with a 4.1:1, the 2.0's (manual) come with something like 2.8:1, the 2.0 (auto) around 3.4:1.

I want to swap a 1.5 diff into my 2.0 auto.

Aaaah, my bad! ND/ND swap, that makes more sense that swapping an ND diff into an NB :oops:

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pcmx5 · Postby **pcmx5** » Thu May 26, 2016 10:04 pm

I think both the ND manuals are 2.866 the 4.1 is the 1.5 auto and the other is the 2.0 auto,but importantly are you saying that ND diff centres or CWP do fit other models?

Does anyone know which diffs swap other than the established NA 1.8 and NB swaps? Would be nice to find out.

Peter.

Edit sorry Beavis didn't realise you had an ND.

Postby **beavis** » Thu May 26, 2016 10:35 pm

pcmx5 wrote:but importantly are you saying that ND diff centres or CWP do fit other models?

Does anyone know which diffs swap other than the established NA 1.8 and NB swaps? Would be nice to find out.

I'm pretty confident all ND diffs are interchangeable.
I haven't found any info to suggest ND diff gears are same as earlier models.