Non-BMW Stuff on a BMW Forum
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Quick question:
Can I run the m50 injectors without a chip? I kniw they're a recommended upgrade from the m20 injectors.
Yep, the M50 injectors are 17.5# @ 3.5 bar and close to the stock M20 14.5# at the M20 fuel pressure (3.0 bar)
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Yep, the M50 injectors are 17.5# @ 3.5 bar and close to the stock M20 14.5# at the M20 fuel pressure (3.0 bar)
Perfect. Thank you!
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Yep, the M50 injectors are 17.5# @ 3.5 bar and close to the stock M20 14.5# at the M20 fuel pressure (3.0 bar)
So looking around at injectors I am seeing green tops and blue tops from the M50. Do you know which one I want?
Edit: maybe there aren't two different colors, and the light blue I'm seeing is a faded green? I
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They are a light blue/green color. Similar color to the M20 injectors but not identical
These are pretty green. Maybe it's just the lighting?
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F232794289615
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I most commonly see them in the lighter green, but the darker green are also M50 injectors. Be advised that Volvo 32# also come in that dark green
That bottom one matches what is in the ebay ad. That helps.
The Volvo ones are a different "body". I've used them for a couple builds and that's what is stock in my R.
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Progress!
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Another question:
I put in the new torx head bolts, torqued them down, and then just realized the old head bolts had washers. I didn't use them, I see most people say they should be used. I want to put them in, but are my head bolts garbage now?
I know they're torqued down but the engine hasn't, obviously, been ran or anything, are the new head bolts garbage if I remove them to install the washers?
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they are TTY, so, once you've tightened and removed 'em, they are garbage.
and yes, you definitely need the washers. the final torque you applied to the bolts is affected if washers were not used. aka, you might not have sufficient torque and you risk head gasket problems.
Dan
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Ran into some issues with trying to put in the new steering rack. I got the Garagistic spacer kit (which was a PITA to put in) but once that was in I could not line up the new rack at either the front or rear bolt holes. The rack doesn't match the front bolt holes anyways, so I guess that doesn't matter.
But here are a couple pics. This is as far as I can get the bolt through the subframe on the DS. I do not have enough room to tilt the rack all the way to get the bolt through the bottom hole. Additionally, just to get it started the steering column pieces are separated where the spacers are which is shown in the images.
I think the only way to make it fit is by having the steering rack splines further into the column, but then the pinch bolt wouldn't fit into the slot on the rack.
The rack apparently came from a 1999 E36 M3. Any help is appreciated.
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