///M Painted Manifold + Valve Cover

[SchnellerE34]

Finished painting and installing my friends Valve cover and Intake manifold for his S52 swap in a 1995 525i. What do you think?

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[eightynine535]

:urtheman

[jetavdk]

Pretty f'in sweet. What kind of paint did you use?

[shelbyz4u2nv]

that looks *ucking great, good job man. high temp paint? im in the process of painting all my turbo dodge stuff and this has deff given me the push on finishing!!

[SchnellerE34]

:alright.

I used the 500 degree Ceramic Engine Paint. It took me about 8 hours to do this, with taping and all.

[Sam Son]

S52 ina 95 525.......DO WANT!

[Frzninvt]

Very, very nice! Wow! :eek:

[Gregs///M]

Looks good. very sporty.

[PorscheH6]

Looks great. Now, if only the rest of the engine bay was that white!

[E34nication]

looks cool man. definitely very original.

[Sam Son]

is that a plastic S52 manifold?

[Binjammin]

It looks good, but I think the execution would have been better if you taped the stripes across the valve cover and intake at the same angles, but that's just my eye. Do the fuel rail cover at the same time.

[attack eagle]

good execution. only criticism is the design. would have like to have seen the three strips continue onto the tubes and the manifold... and the other 3 in white.

nice work though!

[BMW525i]

very unique, great job. ppl won't except to see that when you pop the hood

[MMmmmpower]

That looks pretty badass!

[jhower08]

Looks nice, only criticism from me is the shade you used for the middle color. Should have been more of a dark blue, and a little less purple IMO. But, like I said, it turned out nicely overall.

Also, how was the swap? Was the wiring straightforward? Like plug engine harness into existing car harness and start it up or what?

[SchnellerE34]

Yep, Plastic manifold.


is that a plastic S52 manifold?

It was easy, you take your engine out, carry over your harness, big one: drill and tap the head for your temp sensor, seems rough but it is very easy and straight forward, I would use your OBDI Valve Cover as it will accept your harness better for vacuum lines, Put it back in, ALL DONE :D :redspot :alright


Looks nice, only criticism from me is the shade you used for the middle color. Should have been more of a dark blue, and a little less purple IMO. But, like I said, it turned out nicely overall.

Also, how was the swap? Was the wiring straightforward? Like plug engine harness into existing car harness and start it up or what?

[StealthBimmer]

Yep, Plastic manifold.



It was easy, you take your engine out, carry over your harness, big one: drill and tap the head for your temp sensor, seems rough but it is very easy and straight forward, I would use your OBDI Valve Cover as it will accept your harness better for vacuum lines, Put it back in, ALL DONE :D :redspot :alright

or use the piece from turner so you avoid having to drill your head

[GeEq]

+1 for awesomeness! now i want to do that to my engine

[Compgeek256]

I wish I had that kind of time and skill!!! Looks great!

[E34ührer]

Post some pics after a few months of driving....I am curious how it will stand up to heat/wear. Looks awesome though.

[slocar]

Post some pics after a few months of driving....I am curious how it will stand up to heat/wear. Looks awesome though.

I painted my valve cover with the same 500 degree engine paint, and if anything, after being in the car for a while, it baked on and became harder.

[screwbiedoo15]

Very cool

[E34ührer]

Word

[BMWM5LOVER]

Not really a big fan. Sorry.

[mottati]

Looks nice, only criticism from me is the shade you used for the middle color. Should have been more of a dark blue, and a little less purple IMO.

depends if you're 'old school' M colors or not, e24, e28, e30 and e34 had red/purple/blue. my e34 m5 has red/purp/blue on the M badges. So for an e34, these are 'appropriate' colors.

Newer M cars, like my e39 have red/darkblue/light blue, as did the e46 (haven't paid attention to newer cars, and not sure where the e36 fell).

[Vigoras]

i personally think you did a great job. the only thing i think is that the white is gonna get diiiiiiirty and wont clean up the same as new. mabye im wrong though.

[BMWheadSpence]

that turned out great. i would do that but my engine doesn't start with an "s**"