Companys to talk to about m50 cams

Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:15 am

Fast road inlet cam for the m50 none vanos engine. I want something made from a blank not re profiled. Any companys i should speak too? Thanks guys

Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:20 am

you missed out on a lovely pair of schricks recently!
I've never seen anything but schrick offer something

Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:24 am

Oh yes he did

Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:34 am

Schricks are made from blanks, they buy the blank cams from BMW

Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:43 am

Bob_S wrote:you missed out on a lovely pair of schricks recently!
I've never seen anything but schrick offer something

alpina did a nice pair of cams for the M50 non vanos

Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:16 am

I am talking to cat and schrick they both are made from blanks supplied from bmw. I would like to talk to the tuners because dont know weather to change followers and springs for uprated or leave them standered and what duration to go for as i am using quite an aggresive set up. Thanks for the responces so far.

Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:32 pm

If your revving it hard and expecting to widen its 'power band' for costs of upgrading valve springs vs risk dropping a valve and screwing up a whole engine its very very silly not too!

If your going sort of mild, middle of the road spec and not going to rev its balls off you can do without uprating springs/followers.

The wilder you go in terms of lift, duration and ramp more critical your exhaust manifold design becomes in making it all work as in m50 in e30 is not a lot of room but certainly not impossible!

Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:39 pm

Modified manifold cross between e36/e30 6 branch mate with full 2 1/2" stainless system. Enlarged throttle body ported and polished head. Lightened flywheel, organic clutch induction kit and re map. Think thats it. Just had a price of cat not including springs etc £789 +vat. Little rich of me. What sort of duration schricks should i be looking at? Thanks ShakeyC

Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:48 pm

Non vanos valve gear is good for plenty of revs, I wouldnt be worrying about it at all

Bobs cams were spot on for all out hooliganism, im beginning to wish id bought them. Not sure of the specs but im sure a certain somebody could post the part numbers up in a few days time

Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:52 pm

That would be mint. Looking forward to stripping the e36 and getting started. Completely depressed without a driverble e30 in my life. I cant believe bmw went from making the e30 to the 36 what a different car they are. Thanks danthe

Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:38 pm

I would choose something along lines of 275/270 with 2.5mm lift that way you can use all stanrdard bits and still be mild mannered on the road.

But if it was my car i would 300/290 with 4.5mm lift and uprate springs, retainers and followers because i like that sort of engine character and power delivery with strong mid to top end power. I don't really care about low end torque and being able to pull away in 4th and drive everying in 2 gears to me thats just bad driving.

Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:44 pm

ShakeyC wrote:I would choose something along lines of 275/270 with 2.5mm lift that way you can use all stanrdard bits and still be mild mannered on the road.

But if it was my car i would 300/290 with 4.5mm lift and uprate springs, retainers and followers because i like that sort of engine character and power delivery with strong mid to top end power. I don't really care about low end torque and being able to pull away in 4th and drive everying in 2 gears to me thats just bad driving.

I agree mate i love the sound of a camed up motor lumpy on tickover. Its not a car i use every day and i dont have to wait in the que for asda so wilder the better ha ha

Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:06 am

I'll have a look for numbers on the Schricks when I unwrap them and report back

Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:42 pm

E30BeemerLad wrote:I'll have a look for numbers on the Schricks when I unwrap them and report back

Any look with them part numbers mate