What Rad/Fan is used with M50/M52

Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:43 pm

Am i right in saying i need a E30 320i Rad for the M50/M52 conversion?

Also what fan does everyone use?

Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:20 pm

No mate you need an E36 Aircon Rad, with two small lower brackets to mount it (Drivers side ones I think?)

You need to PM DanThe, he will advise exactly what you need and give you a quote for all the bits:

Electric fan + Loom
Exhaust Manifolds
Steering Linkages
PAS Rack conversion pipes

Pretty much everything, he is golden balls of the zone mate

Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:32 pm

Duke137 wrote: You need to PM DanThe, he will advise exactly what you need and give you a quote for all the bits:

Electric fan + Loom
Exhaust Manifolds
Steering Linkages
PAS Rack conversion pipes

Pretty much everything, he is golden balls of the zone mate

Plug of the month??

Hes right tho, if you need a loom get in touch and he'll see you right,

I'm using one of these on my M52, cant fault it

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... _966wt_656

Rad wise...
Cant go wrong with the E36 air-con one

Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:53 pm

craigieeb wrote:
Duke137 wrote: You need to PM DanThe, he will advise exactly what you need and give you a quote for all the bits:

Electric fan + Loom
Exhaust Manifolds
Steering Linkages
PAS Rack conversion pipes

Pretty much everything, he is golden balls of the zone mate
Plug of the month??

Hes right tho, if you need a loom get in touch and he'll see you right,

I'm using one of these on my M52, cant fault it

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... _966wt_656

Rad wise...
Cant go wrong with the E36 air-con one

He needs his own section

"Zone Golden Balls" LOL

Post Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:33 pm

Yes very true, spoke to him a few times

He is like the DON OF THE ZONE lol

i will give him another PM when i need the bits

Post Fri Apr 08, 2011 1:53 am

craigieeb wrote:
Duke137 wrote: You need to PM DanThe, he will advise exactly what you need and give you a quote for all the bits:

Electric fan + Loom
Exhaust Manifolds
Steering Linkages
PAS Rack conversion pipes

Pretty much everything, he is golden balls of the zone mate
Plug of the month??

Hes right tho, if you need a loom get in touch and he'll see you right,

I'm using one of these on my M52, cant fault it

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... _966wt_656

Rad wise...
Cant go wrong with the E36 air-con one

Ain't that a lotta cheap?! 19.99?

Post Sun Apr 17, 2011 6:33 pm

craigieeb wrote:
Rad wise...
Cant go wrong with the E36 air-con one

dosent matter is it from 328/325/320/318/316?

only what matters is its from e36 and air-con type?

Post Sun Apr 17, 2011 6:50 pm

E36 328i air con rad is the biggest

Post Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:23 am

As above, e36 328 aircon rad on my m50 setup to!

Running an 88 degree stat and she was running just below halfway temp, although just lately its been boiling in the days so I'm thinking of putting an 80 degree stat and thermo switch in when I plonk in the m52 so she runs a bit cooler

Post Thu May 19, 2011 2:14 am

hi guys ive got a slight prob with rad i went breakers today and grabbed a e34 328 rad i believe as it has a metal bleed valve on top instead of a plastic one anyhow it had two metal pipes coming off the side and could jus about see these possibly went to the gearbox ive seen this on rads that others have used how can i plug the holes up please guys as going back to scrappy tomoz for few more bits and its abit far to keep goin if i need to swap a rad ?? cheers james

Post Thu May 19, 2011 1:18 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :MESELX:IT

Plug and play BMW quality

Zoner discount?

Post Thu May 19, 2011 7:40 pm

like this one??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E36-328i-COUP ... 3cb7127dc5

Post Mon May 23, 2011 9:49 pm

sorry boys ive confused myself here
am i buying the main engine rad from a 328 with air con

or am i buying the actual air con rad itself, from a 328

may sound a bit dumb but just making sure

Post Mon May 23, 2011 9:54 pm

You will struggle to get coolant flowing through a condenser effectively, if you manage to connect the hoses up

Post Mon May 23, 2011 9:54 pm

also if its the former, how can you tell its from an aircon car

Post Mon May 23, 2011 10:01 pm

Dont actualy know what the depth is

but its the deapest one you can get some one will tell you how deap it is

Post Tue May 24, 2011 12:45 am

DanThe wrote:You will struggle to get coolant flowing through a condenser effectively, if you manage to connect the hoses up

didnt actually look at the air con rad

how can you tell a 328 rad with air con?

Post Tue May 24, 2011 9:09 am

Standard

Aircon

Post Tue May 24, 2011 10:57 am

DanThe wrote:Standard

Aircon

legendary, thankyou

Post Tue May 24, 2011 11:11 am

Has anyone used these guys:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E36-3-SERIES- ... 4966215833

Appears to be Viking Radiators. £90 is not bad, what would the quality be like?
http://www.vikingradiators.co.uk/home