Cams...

Post Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:34 pm

I hear of a lot of people using US M3 cams on M52's but is there an alternative? Ie Schrick (and the likes) Will any certain Alpina cams fit?

How do they all compare? regarding power, moving power band up etc....

TIA

Post Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:43 pm

Schrick cams are £900 odd, you can pick up a pair of S52 cams for £300 -£400, Alpina cams are rare and hard to find

Post Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:45 pm

Are they all pretty much similar, performance wise?

Post Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:57 pm

with cams there are no part numbers on them i think. so you wont know if your buying S52 cams or just M52 ones. there is a cam shop near me so going to get a price for new S52 spec cams. yet you all know what price i get. and going by wiki only 2,200 S52 eninges were made in north america

Post Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:36 pm

The cheapest alternative I've found to US spec cams are Cat Cams for £600.
The others are Schrick ~ £800 and Dbilas ~ £920.

Post Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:42 pm

Let us know how you get on Rich.

Post Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:50 pm

popping down there tomoz. i'll get a price for a batch buy aswell. just hope they are still there lol

Post Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:01 pm

Will they be £300-£400 price range like US cams?

Post Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:10 pm

they will be made up to spec brand new. my U.s contact said he has a waiting list just for his locals in the U.S

Post Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:38 pm

If you do manage to pull this off you should post up on here too.

http://www.bmwowner.com/forum/index.php ... e0d98f9bd4

I reckon they will sell quite well over there.

*cough* discount for the good idea?

Post Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:59 pm

HE WHO DARE'S !!!

Post Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:39 pm

Any news?

Post Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:55 pm

not had the time yet mate been to busy at work. my days off just means im on standby at the mo thurdays meant to be less busy so i'll let you know soon as

Post Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:42 am

If that falls through I may know somewhere that has quite a lot of S52 cams going spare.

Post Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:18 pm

leeparkes wrote:Any news?

popped into the cam shop today. they said got the blanks but got to ring back tuesday for a price .

Question are the M50 cam's the same as M52's? as the shop only had M50 on there machine ?

Does M52 just mean its the a ally block version of the M50 ?

Post Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:22 pm

The cams are a different casting

Post Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:30 pm

DanThe wrote:The cams are a different casting

so a m50 cam wont fit on a m52 head is that what you mean dan? or just made of different metals ?

these cams will be made from blanks

bit thick in this area lol

Post Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:16 pm

DanThe wrote:Schrick cams are £900 odd, you can pick up a pair of S52 cams for £300 -£400, Alpina cams are rare and hard to find

cant alpina spec cams just get made from cam blanks ?

Post Tue Sep 04, 2012 9:49 pm

are the alpina cams and S52 cams the same? @ danthe

Post Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:19 pm

Maybe of interest to someone, S50 US cams:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320978864418? ... 1423.l2649

Post Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:54 am

they probably only have m50 on record as they cant do cams for vanos?

Post Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:11 pm

Will those cams fit an m52 or an m50? I'm confused as I have heard they can't fit both.