m50 turbo aluminum inlet manifold ?

Discuss general engine, turbo and supercharger conversions in this section

Moderator: martauto

User avatar
detour
E30 Zone Newbie
E30 Zone Newbie
Posts: 36
Joined: Sun May 18, 2008 11:00 pm

Post Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:24 am

ive been doing research on m50 turbo conversions and all the big power cars seem to have fabricated inlet manifold which all seem to be the same but i cant find anyone the sells them can anyone shed any light on these?
kam-325i
E30 Zone Team Member
E30 Zone Team Member
Posts: 4851
Joined: Tue Sep 27, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: TELFORD !!!! (Shropshire) Stevetigger Land !!!

Post Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:27 am

from what i have seen, most get them made either themselves or by a fab shop.
Pete don't care about colour, He would shag a rainbow if he could find the end of it....
Image
FormerMember
E30 Zone Regular
E30 Zone Regular
Posts: 848
Joined: Sun Jul 24, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Global

Post Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:51 am

Usually you buy the flanges and then fabricate the plenum on your own. Not a hard thing to do, and it's an essential thing to have because the original inlet manifold tends to blow up after 1bar of boost and has a lot of unnecessary piping ..
E30 Cabrio M-Tech, powered by V8
E34 M5 3.8 x 2
Alpina D10 Touring #33/93

E46 318i Touring
Toyota Hiace 4wd
User avatar
Gunni
E30 Zone Addict
E30 Zone Addict
Posts: 2115
Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: Oxford

Post Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:54 am

There are alot of M50´s running more then a bar of boost without problems to the original manifold.
the key is a good blow off valve.
With great challenges comes great engineering.

Gunni
@ 2012 VEMS group buy !!