Worthwhile M50 mods

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LondonTom
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Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:55 pm

I have tried to search, but not found anything.

Any advice would be appreciated - just simple mods please.

Thanks

tom
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Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:00 am

an M52 block and head winkeye
M42 rightness above 6500rpm, nobody can hear you scream
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Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:13 am

M20 flywheel all day long and lighten the **** out of it!
Underdrive pulleys are great too
other then that i cant say a huge amount more bolt on things,
exhaust manifolds are pretty good already if your using the tubular style ones, and exhaust is always good to look at, iv only noticed a gain on my last one, and air filter if you do get a really good feed to it

hope it helps
LondonTom
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Thu Aug 05, 2010 11:33 am

Phill172 wrote:M20 flywheel all day long and lighten the **** out of it!
Underdrive pulleys are great too
other then that i cant say a huge amount more bolt on things,
exhaust manifolds are pretty good already if your using the tubular style ones, and exhaust is always good to look at, iv only noticed a gain on my last one, and air filter if you do get a really good feed to it

hope it helps
Thanks mate - it doesnt have the tubular manifold.

It's using an m3 box, so will look into whether I can use the m20 flywheel.

tom
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Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:37 pm

You can use the M20 flywheel no problem once skimmed and lightened and get an M20 starter.

Alternatively if you want a meaty clutch you cold use a lightweight flywheel from BBB and an M5 clutch.
M42 rightness above 6500rpm, nobody can hear you scream
LondonTom
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Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:17 pm

Dave_M3 wrote:You can use the M20 flywheel no problem once skimmed and lightened and get an M20 starter.

Alternatively if you want a meaty clutch you cold use a lightweight flywheel from BBB and an M5 clutch.
Thanks mate.
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