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exhaust manifold 24 valve conversion
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2017 7:52 am
by YLO25
hi
can anyone point me in the right direction to getting a exhaust manifold for the M50 conversion, or suggestions on which manifold i can get modified.
many thanks
Re: exhaust manifold 24 valve conversion
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 8:43 pm
by Tedswagon
"Dan The" does a manifold alteration for the oem manifold. Best value and tried and tested solution.
Have a look in the wiki at 'engine swap M5x'
http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... Swap_-_M5x
or
if you have the money, fritz' bits manifold for £xxxx
Re: exhaust manifold 24 valve conversion
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:06 pm
by Brianmoooore
Tedswagon wrote:"Dan The" does a manifold alteration for the oem manifold.
That's the M52 tubular manifold, rather than the M50 cast one, but my first M50 conversion was done with a cast manifold.
IIRC, all that was required was to move one of the flanges upwards.
Conveniently, at the time, a professional welder asked me to sort out the RCD tripping in his workshop*, so we came to an arrangement.
*Took all of 15 minutes!
Re: exhaust manifold 24 valve conversion
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:13 pm
by Tedswagon
Ah - oops, didn't realise there was a difference!
Re: exhaust manifold 24 valve conversion
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:17 pm
by Brianmoooore
2.8 manifold fits the M50 fine. It's just that when I did my first M50, second hand M52 bits weren't that plentiful.
Looking for info. on some detail of that conversion was how I originally found and joined the 'zone'.