Ben

Agreed. Search over. Drooooooooooooolllll

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Haha touche Not trying to steal your custies wayney haha rest assured this is only a project for my qualification not that anyone would want to buy my hori manifolds though if you want a copy of the jig when Im done I can help you out

Aslan why are you so set on this car? I take it you live in Auckland and the last time I went up I saw about 85 million E46 BMWs (give or take) So surely theres at least one other E46 for sale at the 10588 car yards down great south rd Just a suggestion

I dont know if anyones mentioned this yet but arent M54s notorious for overheating/warping etc. when the cooling system isnt maintained? Errrr this car is in urgent need of cooling system maintenance so engine failure could be on the list next maybe haha Aslan remember these are just the current faults with the vehicle Murphys law states.. 'when you have fixed this load of problems a new load of problems will be waiting' I dont know how much your paying for the vehicle but if you have to finance it your spending too much on what is essentially a project car The guys on here really do know what they are talking about for the most part and no offence but by the sounds of it you know nearly nothing about cars/mechanics. In the end its your call but do you really think your qualified to dispute what BMW mechanics and long time bmw owners/fanatics have to say about the purchase of this car? ps +1 for this car is a lemon haha

I wasnt sure which forum to post this in as I wanted to keep it an open discussion so MODS if you dont like it move it Im studying for a National Certificate in Engineering atm and for one of the unit standards I have to develop a "fool proof jig for repeatable quality manufacturing"... or something. Ive already made a shortened hilux diff and transfered the suspension points for some old starlet race car, but I want to make a second jig project to keep my tutor happy Anyway I thought for my project I could make an M50/52 Turbo manifold jig using the M52 steel manifolds as a base. Manifold will be kinda like this but of higher quality haha It looks a bit rude but it will be possible to make a fancier manifold with the jig as well So does any one want to give/sell me a pair of M52 manifolds for free/cheap for the prototype? DISCUSS

Can you not just drill the bearing in the top hat so the shaft can fit through then use a 20mm spacer/washer under the nut? EDIT - has anyone got some more pics on those rear shock mounts? I might have a go at making some. EDIT AGAIN- just realised why you cant do what I said haha Shock will come through top hat obviously. If you have access to a lathe you could make the skinny bit by the thread lower down the shaft and use a spacer maybe?

E30 fitment I take it?

haha is that pedobear?

My insurance covered me when I had about 2k worth of car parts stolen from my hous last year. And they werent inside my house they were in my back yard and car port. Just hassle them till they pay up I say.

Haha your email convo reminds me of 27b/6.com

Haha a combination of option 2 and 3 together would be ultimate

If you were closer to welly Id be keen

Is this due to back pressure behind rotors or supercharger speed? The reason I ask is sometimes people get confused with psi on superchargers as it will develop differing pressures on different engine capacities.

Any more progress on this yet?

Electric turbo

I vote adjusties for maximum low.

Hey do you have flywheel and clutch? How much?

Yea stop bangin on about ford owners Its the holden lovers you gotta watch out for

This is true though if I wanted a fast bmw and wanted to spend less than a new m3 then Id just by an old m3 but thats just me. TBH I dont get the new car market, I cant imagine spending so much money on a car when you can spend less on an older model modify it and have something faster for less than half the price. in fact the only reason id buy a new car would be if i could go back in time about 50yrs and buy a few american cars and sell them at todays prices. And yes i realise with out new car buyers there wouldnt be a second hand market

BLASPHEMY!!! the best part of the CSL is the engine!!!! That sound makes me joygasm every time i here it I dont like the 1M, its ugly, its small seems kind of pointless to me I can understand BMW having M3 and M5 to fill medium and large car markets. but whats the point of a 1M? Is there a "I want to go fast but I cant drive an M3 because its to big for me" market? And I never thought small cars were a performance purchase I thought they were a 'car for the wife to get the groceries' purchase.

Sorry but NOOB thats not low Looks good though OP Not a fan of the wheels but spacers and a roll and stance would be mint

agreed m90 would be a much better sc for the application another cheap alternative is that mazda millercycle engine SC which is twin screw ive heard theyre prone to fail though but regarding the sc14 when i looked into using one for my m50 i read the max efficient speed was 9750-10k rpm at that speed wouldnt the OP have around 8psi?

I trust you know your sh*t man but a page back you posted this... If SC14 can spin 14k wouldnt that mean it could theoretically develop over 14.7psi on a 2.8l if you limit engine speed to 6500rpm?

Did you have a look at RB25 alternator pulley? I think i measured it around 70mm if i remember correctly. Have you checked your EGT's with standard injectors when on boost? Would be interesting to know if they feed enough on 3.5psi I was leaning like a mofo when I had 415s on my turbo setup at 8psi 4000rpm was max revs before it would start farting around