Just wondering if anyone has ported and polished the s52 head. And did you notice a difference even if it was a small one.
Some have done it. Vac motorsports will do it for you for around $1-2k. Not much difference NA. I believe people have reported 50-75 whp gain on a turbo setup
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I have a +1mm valve, extreme ported, stiffer valve spring, Schrick cam head on my turbo S52. Not cheap — I have over $4k in it. It’s not a bad flowing head in stock form. Consider just adding cams. Or turbo the motor and double the power.
Last edited by pbonsalb; 05-13-2018 at 07:14 AM.
I've thought about it, but only if I ever have to have my head off for any reason. I have no desire to do it proactively on my NA car.
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From phone view, VAC does not seem to be offering that service for the S52 “400” casting head any longer.
They used to have three stages of CNC porting.
Metric Mechanic appears to be offering their “Rally” Head.
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Edit - Viewd from a desk top computer, VAC does have offer three modification stages -
Stage 1 unshrouds the valves.
Stage 2 same as one with more attention to refinishing the valves/springs.
Stage 3 designed for maximum peak horse power with port-n-polish work.
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Last edited by bluptgm3; 05-14-2018 at 08:19 PM.
You could try contacting bimmerheads.
Lots of money for a very incremental gain. Better off spending your money elsewhere
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Is that supposed to be a S52 w/mild cams, an airbox and exhaust? 310 whp? LOL
OP, put the money towards a S54 swap. The S52 head was designed for a engine that was rated at 190 crank hp. It is the weak link in the S52 and biggest difference between the S52 and S50B32 (321bhp).
Sure, you can hot rod the heck out of a S52 but it's going to be no fun to drive in traffic whereas a S54 can be docile as your mother's Toyota. With some torque.
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Very suspect results. Seriously, that's SO much more power than any other built S52 has ever put out...
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It says high compression pistons, so it's probably running racing fuel or an octane booster and 100+ octane. 100whp/L is within the realm of possibility for race prepped S52 engines.
Also notice the torque curve, doesn't drop off at all, and no VANOS notch, so it's running some crazy cams.
It says "izzy" in the file name, pretty sure that's a shop which makes cages for track cars.
Since the ports are good, you'll only gain if you have an already built engine. If you have enough cam to rev pasylt 8k then you might want to look into porting and what not. If not don't even worry about it.
This looks interesting -
https://thexvid.com/video/Nb3Snl_MTU...ttler-p69.html
…too bad they are in Portugal.
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Last edited by bluptgm3; 05-19-2018 at 02:36 PM.
I wonder if there's as much science put into this porting as what BMW put into the head design. It looks like there are dimples in the ports like you'd see on a golf ball. A golf ball with no dimples wouldn't travel nearly as far because of the added drag. I wouldn't assume the ports are better just because they are bigger. Of course, a before and after dyno test would put that concern to rest.
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