M50 exhaust manifolds

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Post Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:30 pm

Im running a m50b25 in my e30 at the momment and im gonna throw some money into getting the exhaust done.

Its running a ebay special stainless steel 6 branch manifold made for the e36...it isent modified and dosent rub nothing, but its cracked...and its teamed up with a system i welded together to put me on untill i got a propper one made.

The question im asking is whats the best manifold to use without modification? im pretty sure if this ebay sogger doesnt interfear with nothing then an OEM one wont...and the other question was i was going to get a 325i m20 e30 scorpian exhaust then get some downpipes made to match it ...is this wise? or just a full custom jobby? thanks alot
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Post Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:41 pm

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Post Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:51 pm

I've seen some abomination exhausts made for M50's but they look a very good option Dan, very factory too :cool:
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Post Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:56 pm

look fantastic them mate! how much? im debating the idea of a single 2.5 or 3inch exhaust system...whats your views on these? ive been routing through peoples comments and views on different forums etc and they seem to be thumbs up as aposed to a twin pipe system.


less money to fabricate a system, lite weight....not sure?! decisions decisions!!! haha
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Post Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:59 pm

if you saw mine youd think a jewelf had fabbed them up haha
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Post Fri Nov 30, 2012 3:17 pm

DanThe wrote:There are a few running these now :D

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 31#2378431
These look ace! What's the going rate for these right now?
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Post Fri Nov 30, 2012 3:27 pm

I have a set of the DanThe mani's, they are shit
























hot, sound and look great and very well made :)
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Post Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:51 pm

The main priority for these was to keep the primaries as close to standard as possible while missing everything in an E30 bay, including an E46 rack, and to keep it looking proper, they are close but will clear with decent mounts, as we all know scrap prices fluctuate so send me a pm if your interested :P