Cooks m52 316i - going S54!

[Alex]

Trust me, i have the correct doorcards They will go on when i put speakers in the parcel shelf, a previous owner has put some huge JVC speakers in the current rear doorcards

Sounds Nice

[Cook318IS]

Oh it is

[Alex]

Someone has done that in my cabby rear door cards (the bit that clips out fortunatly), cut them to put the same size speaker as what goes behind the trim panel

cant see it being easy to get another blue set either Might just have to find some plain grill speakers to fit

[DanThe]

Dont suppose eko took the clutch apart when he had the box out? The only explanation I can think of is the diaphram spring is being pushed into the clutch plate. You could always space the slave backwards

[Cook318IS]

I dont know if he did actually. If the clutch stop works fine i'll be happy enough. Taking the gearbox out again wouldn't be something i'd want to do in the near future.

[Cook318IS]

I've just taken the car down the road and there is clutch judder now when pulling away

[Jhonno]

Jai has had exactly the same clutch issues you have! Same box, but B32, and JB Racing flywheel.. I don't get it and neither does he. To me it seems like it is being pressed too far

How bad was the judder? I get some every now and then in my snotter, but not all the time - only occasionally when cold, so it doesn't fuss me..

[Alex]

I've just taken the car down the road and there is clutch judder now when pulling away

i get that in my IS when cold sometimes, so does my mum in her compact

what usually causes it?

[Blitz]

I've just taken the car down the road and there is clutch judder now when pulling away

i get that in my IS when cold sometimes, so does my mum in her compact

what usually causes it?

Same here but the 318ci.

[Cook318IS]

It's been dynoed - have a guess what it's running

[E30BeemerLad]

210

[Cook318IS]

Remember it's got the m52 manifold on still and it has an induction kit

[E30BeemerLad]

I thought you had the M50 inlet manifold?

well 200 then

[gooner1]

197 ?

[Jhonno]

198

[jmc330i]

197.5

[gareth]

150 at the spare wheel

[Blitz]

-193+386

[stup86]

189?

[leeparkes]

196

[Cook318IS]

Judder has completly gone again maybe its me.

One of you is fairly close so far I have a video and a few photos to upload and then all shall be revealed

[eko]

Cant get my head round this clutch noise at all?
Dissappears for a week or so then raises its ugly head again
Clutch wasnt inspected or removed when I retook the box out but looked in as new condition when first fitting the M52.

Paul as said on the phone I reckon just put a clutch stop under the pedal....no more a bodge then boring holes in gearboxs

Any before/after comparisons of any of the other cars on the rolling road to confirm its still pretty accurate from lat time?
Does have a good reputation though!

Chris is over the moon,at least he hasnt cost you power

[Cook318IS]

I think everybody who ran has actually modified their cars since the last time actually, i'll have to double check - but as i've said before this place is renown as being pretty accurate!

[Cook318IS]

[E30BeemerLad]

203bhp and 220ft/lb of torque is a nice result for a bone stock setup other than a cone filter.

Nice one

[Cook318IS]

203bhp and 220ft/lb of torque is a nice result for a bone stock setup other than a cone filter.

Nice one

Aye! He remembered how disappointed i was last time i went with the m50. When he had this huge smile on his face and i looked at the screen it said 200bhp. another run - 201bhp, then 202 until it hit the peak of 203.2bhp

Not bad for a £40 engine eh?

[leeparkes]

Good result

[gareth]

not bad at all





for a little engine

[Cook318IS]

there was an m30 there actually - e34 535i. tachometer stopped reading at 300k miles about 4 mots ago and it made about 218bhp iirc

[gareth]

M30 FTW

[Cook318IS]

[eko]

Should respond well to the M50 mani swap

[DanThe]

Much higher than expected!

[gareth]

Much higher than expected!

that'll be the 24 posh helium filled valves!

[Cook318IS]

Much higher than expected!

that'll be the 24 posh helium filled valves!

so that is why my ride height is so high