How happy am I (M52 Powered)

[tim_s]

well done fella, this is awesome! you've used obdI m50 wiring and ecu? cool! that's sposed to release some more ponies too isn't it? you running 3.5bar and the m50 injectors etc?
did all the m52 stuff bolt up ok to it?

[chip-3door]

Nice conversion

[ian332isport]

I have already done the E36 rack conversion (almost!)

Hi Andy,

Have you tried fitting the rack pipe yet ?

Cheers,

Ian.

P.S. Well done getting it all in and running

[glenn]

well done andy,
excellent stuff!

[Andy325i]

Hi Ian, not had a chance yet yet, hopefully I will be doing it over the next few days.

how do I secure the pipe to the rack and did you say the return pipe was a standard E36 pipe?


Cheers for all the kind comments guys

kind regards

Andy

[Gouki]

that doesnt sound like a normal 325i engine sounds like something outta a hot sport car ie ferrari or lambo! Have u done a straight thru exhaust to get that sound?

[Jhonno]

thats cause it aint a normal 325i engine if you read the post...

its not even from an e30

its an e36/e39 24v 2.8

[Andy325i]

that doesnt sound like a normal 325i engine sounds like something outta a hot sport car ie ferrari or lambo! Have u done a straight thru exhaust to get that sound?

Hehe. It doesn't have any exhuast on it at all yet


Andy

[ian332isport]

how do I secure the pipe to the rack and did you say the return pipe was a standard E36 pipe?

Andy,

I usually put a piece of rubber fuel hose (standard 8mm hose about 25mm long) over the pipe to protect it, and secure it with a large cable tie around the rack itself. In fact, I normally fit this piece of pipe before sending them out, but actually forgot to do it on some of this recent batch . You can either slit the hose and fit it, or use some lubricant and slide it down the length of the pipe. It also helps to warm the hose in a mug of boiling water to help it go around the bends.

Use the standard E36 6 cylinder return line. This is the one that has a sort of cooling coil built in to it. The 4 cylinder one is a straight pipe and does not fit correctly. The other length of hose that I supplied is to fit in place of the short length of rubber hose on the E36 pipe. It's too short to reach the E30 fluid reservoir. I think you said you were using the E36 reservoir mounted on the engine mount. If this is the case then you won't need to use the extra hose.

You may find that the E36 return pipe touches the E34 sump. If this is the case then you just need to bend the pipe slightly. There's enough give in it to move it out of the way. Just make sure it's fully bolted in place before you bend anything.

Cheers,

Ian.

[Andy325i]

Great, cheers Ian, just orded the E36 return pipe Ԛ£31+ Vat

[Jhonno]

man im falling seriously behind here

[oskard]

congrats mate !

[craigieeb]

nice1 andy,
how long has it took you in total mate?


can't wait to start my M50 conversion on monday

[Andy325i]

I've had the engine for about 2 years, the car for about a year and the engine was sat in the engine bay about six months ago


Andy

[craigieeb]

bloody hell you don't mess about do you

you thinking of doing anything else, turbo mebbies? supercharger?

damn that would be a beast

[Andy325i]

maybe a set of cams, but once its all perfercted I will swap this into the white car (everyday car) which will make way for the S50 in the black car

Andy

[jaistanley]

I'd just started lusting after an M52, then saw this and got all excited.

Then went on ebay and got all excited.. Ended up bidding on an S50B32.. Now how the bloody hell am I gonna get it into that engine bay??

Jai

[Andy325i]

Ended up bidding on an S50B32.. Now how the bloody hell am I gonna get it into that engine bay??

Easy! Talk to the God of the S50 Transpants. We call him Ian for short.

See here

Andy