Just too common too pedestrian I don't like the quality or what they try to sell them as. I don't like that everyone who owns one thinks they are perfection. I don't like how they look. I think they are poorly engineered... I hate that they are designed for looks over performance and then sold as performance. I hate that every ford guy is like I can take such and such engine from xyz website and drop it in cuz its the only car ever that works this way (duh) and beat any car ever I can make 5-6-700hp blahblah and it will perfect. I have been unable to find one reasonable ford guy who realizes they their super engines are measured in hours.. haha I guess I just the south and mustangs...
1989 535i - sold
1999 M3 Tiag/Dove - sold
1998 M3 Turbo Arctic/black - current
2004 Built motor TiAg/Black - Sold
2008 E61 19T Turbo-Wagon - current
2011 E82 135i - S85 Swap - current
1998 M3 Cosmos S54 swapped Sedan - current
1998 Turbo: PTE6870 | 1.15 ar | Hp Cover, Custom Divided T4 bottom-mount, 3.5" SS exhaust, Dual Turbosmart Compgates, Turbosmart Raceport BOV, 3.5" Treadstone Intercooler, 3.5" Vibrant resonator and muffler, Arp 2k Headstuds | Arp 2k Main studs | 87mm Je pistons | Eagle rods | 9.2:1 static compression, Ces 87mm cutring, Custom solid rear subframe bushings, Akg 85d diff bushings, 4 clutch 3.15 diff, , Poly engine mounts, UUC trans mounts W/ enforcers, 22RPD OBD2 Stock ECU id1700 E85 tune, 22RPD Big power Transmission swap w/ GS6-53
Glad to hear you kept your thumb attached!
Looking good.
Last edited by wazzu70; 06-15-2013 at 11:52 PM.
I can't say they are nice cars or particularly well engineered, but all I am saying is put 700hp in an e36, and 700hp in a fox body with some bolt on suspension and see which gets to the end of the 1/4 first. If the goal is to go drag racing (which mine is) then all BMW chassis are turds. Even for a handling car the latest mustangs are a peach.
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...n/viewall.html
Yeah ford is finally getting somewhere even if it bugs me as much as people comparing Hyundai to m5... hah
Guess I'm more into the whole package.. an ultra quick drag is cool just not my thing hah..
1989 535i - sold
1999 M3 Tiag/Dove - sold
1998 M3 Turbo Arctic/black - current
2004 Built motor TiAg/Black - Sold
2008 E61 19T Turbo-Wagon - current
2011 E82 135i - S85 Swap - current
1998 M3 Cosmos S54 swapped Sedan - current
1998 Turbo: PTE6870 | 1.15 ar | Hp Cover, Custom Divided T4 bottom-mount, 3.5" SS exhaust, Dual Turbosmart Compgates, Turbosmart Raceport BOV, 3.5" Treadstone Intercooler, 3.5" Vibrant resonator and muffler, Arp 2k Headstuds | Arp 2k Main studs | 87mm Je pistons | Eagle rods | 9.2:1 static compression, Ces 87mm cutring, Custom solid rear subframe bushings, Akg 85d diff bushings, 4 clutch 3.15 diff, , Poly engine mounts, UUC trans mounts W/ enforcers, 22RPD OBD2 Stock ECU id1700 E85 tune, 22RPD Big power Transmission swap w/ GS6-53
Hey why don't you calm down man, I wasn't saying its wrong to love drag or be all about drag if drags your thing its your thing. I definitely have never tried to change his mind. I checked the thread because he finally posted all his fabrication and his evolution. Which is epic for lack of a more proper word.
I have not once said I didn't like what he has done nor have I said anything bad about his project. I love it, cars are supposto be individualistic and unique and he has done a fantastic job. OK?
1989 535i - sold
1999 M3 Tiag/Dove - sold
1998 M3 Turbo Arctic/black - current
2004 Built motor TiAg/Black - Sold
2008 E61 19T Turbo-Wagon - current
2011 E82 135i - S85 Swap - current
1998 M3 Cosmos S54 swapped Sedan - current
1998 Turbo: PTE6870 | 1.15 ar | Hp Cover, Custom Divided T4 bottom-mount, 3.5" SS exhaust, Dual Turbosmart Compgates, Turbosmart Raceport BOV, 3.5" Treadstone Intercooler, 3.5" Vibrant resonator and muffler, Arp 2k Headstuds | Arp 2k Main studs | 87mm Je pistons | Eagle rods | 9.2:1 static compression, Ces 87mm cutring, Custom solid rear subframe bushings, Akg 85d diff bushings, 4 clutch 3.15 diff, , Poly engine mounts, UUC trans mounts W/ enforcers, 22RPD OBD2 Stock ECU id1700 E85 tune, 22RPD Big power Transmission swap w/ GS6-53
OP I hope that was apparent.
1989 535i - sold
1999 M3 Tiag/Dove - sold
1998 M3 Turbo Arctic/black - current
2004 Built motor TiAg/Black - Sold
2008 E61 19T Turbo-Wagon - current
2011 E82 135i - S85 Swap - current
1998 M3 Cosmos S54 swapped Sedan - current
1998 Turbo: PTE6870 | 1.15 ar | Hp Cover, Custom Divided T4 bottom-mount, 3.5" SS exhaust, Dual Turbosmart Compgates, Turbosmart Raceport BOV, 3.5" Treadstone Intercooler, 3.5" Vibrant resonator and muffler, Arp 2k Headstuds | Arp 2k Main studs | 87mm Je pistons | Eagle rods | 9.2:1 static compression, Ces 87mm cutring, Custom solid rear subframe bushings, Akg 85d diff bushings, 4 clutch 3.15 diff, , Poly engine mounts, UUC trans mounts W/ enforcers, 22RPD OBD2 Stock ECU id1700 E85 tune, 22RPD Big power Transmission swap w/ GS6-53
Last edited by someguy2800; 07-12-2018 at 12:09 PM.
Tempting indeed!
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Someguy2800 - Are you going to retap the head bolts on this one as you've done it once before or leave it as standard?
Oh, bravo then!
finally done with the runner on the manifold. Still need to add the wastegate dumps but close enough. I'm very happy and proud of how it turned out. The only thing I'm not thrilled about is the weld quality on the runners. I played around with gas flow and amperage quite a bit but couldn't get the aesthetics I was looking for. Maybe it was the cheap Chinese weld el's?
I started with a flange from AR design I bought off ebay. It was quite expensive but the other supplier I found was out of stock. For some reason they thought it would be a good idea to counter bore the flange to fit a round piece of tubing. Stupid and unnecessary in my opinion as the exhaust ports in an M50 is in an oval shape so they don't match anyway. In my case I got a mild steel flange and am using schedule 10 SS tubing so the tubing fit really loose in the counter bore anyway. To match the round tubing to the oval port opening I cut 1 inch pieces of tubing and crushed one end into an oval in the vice. I purposely left a small step at the top and bottom to serve as a reversion step.
of course anytime you weld a piece of metal it shrinks, which when you weld a flange on one side it causes it to curl up and warp. What I like to do is weld the flange first before any of the tubing.
then I straighten it in a press. Now you don't have to worry about warping anymore.
I really like to make collectors out of bends rather than straight tubes. They are much more compact and I think they look nicer because the primaries attach parallel rather than splayed.
Designed in solidworks. Made out of three elbows cut into a precise profile using a template
The center is hollow so to attach them to the primary runners you stack up the 3 primary runners leaving a triangular hole in the center. I just weld the center hole shut using steel filler rod. If you felt like it I suppose you could fabricate a cone or peak to weld in the center. Then you just set the collector on top and weld the outside perimeter to seal it all up.
here is the end result
The primaries are about 10 inches in length and are all within an inch of each other. the secondaries are about 13 and are also within and inch of each other. I personally don't believe equal length really matters much but it sure looks nice. The extra length should add some considerable top end. For those curious I have about 30-40 hours of work into this, and about $350 in materials and welding gas. There is a very good reason why custom tubular manifolds and headers cost as much as they do!
Last edited by someguy2800; 07-12-2018 at 12:17 PM.
Very, very nice man... love it when things like that come together especially when it's DIY.
Nice! Any plans for the intake side?
Beautiful work Perry!
Someguy2800 - Did you get those rods from 5nails? Just curious to know the length of it and the weight as well.
Beautiful manifold!
weight = 393 grams
big end bore = 48mm
small end bore = 22mm
length = 135mm
Same dimensions as M20b25, m50 NV, M52, S50, S52 and others. Also interesting, the rod bolts are only 8mm thread size as opposed to all m5x rods which are 9mm thread.
After I blow this motor up I'll probably do a rebuild on my 2.8 liter with these rods and some 11:1 wiesco's for 40 psi of boost on a 72mm or 76mm turbo.
Kool!
Beautiful work on the manifold...picked up a few ideas for the future.
thanks for all the comments all,
For those interested in the 11 head studs, see here
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...5#post26525555
Last edited by someguy2800; 11-15-2017 at 04:09 PM.
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