1995 M3 S52 track drift car build
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anyone know someone selling s52 cams and trays???? the guy i bought the car said he was going to get me some but thats if he remembers and when oh god i don't want to know so plzzzz it'd be a huge help
I'm not sure if I missed something but what happened to the original cams?
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That wouldn't be good. One thing that is on my list of ideas is making something similar to the factory tool that pushed down on the cam and tray evenly so you don't have to sit there for 2 hours trying to slowly tighten the damn things down.
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I did my intake cam without any trouble without special tools. I turned it so only cylinder one had pressure on the valves and with someone holding the square with a crescent wrench so it wouldn't turn suddenly removed all of the other caps. Then I released cylinder one a quarter turn at a time. I don't know how close to the line I was though? I removed my m50 intake cam and installed an m54b30 cam in it's place.
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so i picked up some 328 cams for cheap with a whole motor that ate a couple valves to put in the m3 to get it running because m3 cams are just ridiculously expensive and the duration is slightly longer with the 328 cams with a slightly shorter lift but i think i'll live with it once i get my tax return back, I'm ordering piston rings, new bearings, get the block hot tanked, and honed, and possibly port and polish the head. and probably coil overs on the suspension side of the project
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Ik it will probably hurt power but I'm just going with it for now to get the motor together with the turbo and completely rebuilt. from what i've heard from some people is that the cams may help with the turbo setup with the slightly longer duration. but this is my first go round i want to get it together, and see how i like it and go from there
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Don't waste your time or money on the m52 cams
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meh not so much a pipe dream just saving up to buy what i need, i have a lead on a full AA turbo kit and am waiting on a response so thats where i stand right now, i've decided to stick with stock internals for this year and keep the power when done around 500 i think that'll be enough to mess with. I've been so busy with work its been hard to give the car any time but once i get the parts i'll make time for it
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You're all over the board man. I'd say slow your roll and figure out how you really want to do things, and go down that route. Don't build something you won't be happy with.
And first of all, don't screw around with refreshing stock motors. You can come buy an m50/52
From me, or some junkyard for very very cheap, not open it up, and have plenty of fun all summer. Gotta realize you can make stupid power especially with e85.
And throw away those cams man.
And where did the diy approach go? What's the fun of buying a kit? If I was him, I would have borrow my friends mig welding or something and tac together a manifold, and downpipe, and pay some kid 100$ to weld up my intercooler piping. That's a whole 500$ total. And a whole lot more rewarding.
And then now there is stock Ecu tuning, for very close to nothing, and I could get you setup on a base tune as well.
This is all very affordable, just spend your money wisely.
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sk8 or die
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You're all over the board man. I'd say slow your roll and figure out how you really want to do things,
This is ironic coming from you.
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This is ironic coming from you.
Ironic? Yes. Is it okay? No. Instead of helping this guy, you guys are just doing the same thing you kind of people did when I was starting down my path. Instead of encouraging this kid and telling him he can do it, and helping him gain knowledge instead of telling him he is doing it wrong and that it's all a "pipe dream"
If 1/10th of the people who told me I'm an idiot, helped Me, I would be YEARS ahead of where I am now.
For all you guys know, this kid could be totally capable, he just needs to be steered in the right direction. At least give him a chance to help him do it right.
All the info is out there, it's just a matter of
Finding the right info, and putting it into play. I spent thousands of dollars and countless hours redue-ing shit because I learned a better option down the road. And in the end all of those could have been avoided very easily if someone more knowledgeable just pointed me in the right direction sometimes.
MAN I HATE PEOPLE. I like cars.
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sk8 or die
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Nothing against the OP - but the initial post of "What brands should I use for the rebuild" already had me out of this thread.
If there's one thing I've learned in my years of modifying cars... It's that the 90% of people saying "You won't" - are right.
Build what you want - how you want it. If you want advice - simply ask... You'll likely get more opinions then you need.
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So you just want to blindly follow everyone else before you? Just because they say so? What happened to finding things out on your own, or doing it one way and finding there is a better way? Its not that someone should have told you, but maybe you didn't understand your initial goal well enough to begin with, and after learning more about it by doing it once you have more knowledge you can go back and rework it.
Am I saying you shouldn't ask people for help or suggestions? Not at all.
Do I expect everyone to be all puppies and daisies about it? Hell no.
Do what you want, and if it doesn't work the first time you will find your mistakes, and learn from them.
the body looks clean from the pics.
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