E30 M52
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Continuing on with my MO of spending just a few minutes a day on the project, I finally got the intake manifold off.
It isnt called a "mess under the intake" for no reason!
OBD1 will only slightly help with that.
For those that arent aware of the difference between an M50 manifold (thick and healthy) and an M52 manifold (frail and anemic), here it is
After I remove the E39 harness, brackets, and accessories I will be plenty busy cleaning the block.
RealOEM will become invaluable as I make a list of other clips/brackets/hoses that I didnt buy yet to mount the OBD1 harness and accessories.
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The race is on!
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Try oven cleaner if you haven't already!
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All you have to do is bolt a supercharger on to win the race (this comment works two ways)
I would be very interested to see how this M52 would do against an S50 though
Paging dan
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Found one
I'll even make him a deal on it
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That is quite possible, although the reviews were good and I think they were cheap because the application was very obscure, Ford SVT 2.5 from 99-00 only so probably trying to get rid of them. Â He claimed to do all kinds of stuff, backflush, ultrasonic, etc flow test within 2%. Â I have no way of knowing if any of it was true though.
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My goal for today is to pull the block and trans from the car and say my final goodbyes to the m20
I have decided to shift my focus away from the M52 refresh for a bit because next up is swapping out the M52 cams for some S52 cams, but as I look into the steps involved it looks really easy to screw it up so i need to do a lot of reading before i dive in.
Once the M20 is pulled i will do some scrubbing, repainting, install the E21 booster, and cut the mounting brackets off that i made for my intercooler.
Im still shooting for the end of august, but I will definitely have to replenish the car fund somehow to buy my last round of parts that I need and pay for some welding
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