s50b30 ITBs on m50?

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Post Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:21 pm

hi buddies. does anyone applied the s50 ITBs on m50's head? it's p&p or has major mods?
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Post Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:24 am

I think the main problem was the injectors dont line up.
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Post Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:48 pm

Major mod. The flanges don't line up.

Also not worthwhile. If you want s50 ITB's, put an s50 in.
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Post Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:12 pm

ross_jsy wrote:Major mod. The flanges don't line up.

Also not worthwhile. If you want s50 ITB's, put an s50 in.
right...but I can make a plate to "swap" that on M50's... and the injectors don't line up ? :? I still don't have the ITBs with me, it belong to a friend of mine who's selling some S50 parts and I'm thinking to put them,'cause he's selling for 300€ (+/- £250) ...how worthy is that (hp) ?
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Post Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:56 am

I don't think you will gain much, if anything. m50 manifold is pretty well designed and unless you have upped the power considerably with lairy cams and an increase in engine size then they won't do much.

Also be a pain to set up
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Post Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:23 pm

ross_jsy wrote:I don't think you will gain much, if anything. m50 manifold is pretty well designed and unless you have upped the power considerably with lairy cams and an increase in engine size then they won't do much.

Also be a pain to set up
ok... and what about the s50 injectors? I think they're 24lb capacity, so they're more efficient that the m52b28's... my friend can provide me the S50B30's cams, that could be a better way to put some extra power ,right? :D
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Post Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:52 pm

none of your options will work.

s50 cams won´t fit
S50 injectors alone are useless
throttle bodies are too large for a NA B25
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Post Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:24 pm

There is no point pumping more fuel in than needed it will run rich. Unless you are at the limit of your current injectors then there is no point upgrading.

As said euro m3 cams will not fit. American ones will and give a nice gain. There is a set in the for sale section for £350.

Why don't you just fit an s50?
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Post Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:43 pm

ross_jsy wrote:There is no point pumping more fuel in than needed it will run rich. Unless you are at the limit of your current injectors then there is no point upgrading.

As said euro m3 cams will not fit. American ones will and give a nice gain. There is a set in the for sale section for £350.

Why don't you just fit an s50?
it's just a great idea but here in Portugal it's not that easy to find a s50 for sale... I was planning to turbo my M50 , and I'll wait sometime till I get ev€rything 8)
...about the S50 injectors and the ITBS, I thought that could be a nice upgrade and I was wrong :o: , thanks for the advise 8)
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Post Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:08 pm

No problem, got to ask these things!

I'm going for a booster m50. It's the way forward 8)
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Post Fri Apr 20, 2012 9:07 pm

ross_jsy wrote:No problem, got to ask these things!

I'm going for a booster m50. It's the way forward 8)
yeeah right :D , I wish I'd live there(GB), in Portugal he don't have much thing for bimmers and AUDIs , for example...just a lot of boring Civics and Ibiza Tdi , also a lot of tuning parts for those engines and easily they turn them really nice ...and I like to "smoke" some of them :mad: sometimes :twisted: , but some it's very hard/impossible to :roll: ,nothing that a M50 turbo couldn't make it possible :wink: