Full BMW M52TU / M54 To M50 Intake Manifold Conversion For The Z-Kart + We Prepare It For Boost!

Today we go deep into my OBD1 M50 Intake swap on a M52TU engine. It was the first time I did this exact modification from start to finish. If there's anything I may have missed or should explain further please let me know!!!!

[bonzo]

this is probably the most "info" and "how to" rich video on swaping the intake on those .... im loving it bro, keep up the brilliant work !

[zfloz]

there is certainly a bigger cleanup, that make things better from this point, with this intake. But on the m52/54 intake, those small diameter tubes, are for low to mid range rpm, and they are narrower, because for that given volume of air, at that rpm, the speed of the air to be higher. Then the Disa valve, change the route of the air incoming towards the valves, by those big fat shorter pipes, from underneath the manifold, and the engine gets a lot of ai for high rpm. So for street use is a very good itake manifold.

[dragforlife]

Love the build...back in days i had a bmw 325i 1987 miss that car...here supporting your journey brother . blessings ✌

[dawson]

I'm actually super happy I stumbled across this video because it's super useful for me. I'm building my old 1999 328i that has the same motor and have considered this swap and will be eventually doing a fully built turbo setup

[javierroman]

Thanks for the concrete expression, it is very useful for my entrance project, but in aluminum, I will do it turbo.

[brandihatfield]

Awesome video made me more confident during my swap. I ran into the same nuances and came up with similar solutions but felt crazy doing it. Thanks a lot!

[brandonisfat]

I bought a 2000 323i this video was super helpful and I am glad someone else agrees on how annoying the vacuum lines can be

[Katzenvati]

That m50 air intake mani looks much better than the stock one. A mo Powa bebeh

[kmartkid]

Excellent build. When you do the fuel injector harness if you flip them the tab to unlock them will be on the bottom and will be hard to get to to remove.

[sups]

I think that the m54 throttle bodies are larger. Could be something to look into if you want to upgrade it!

[brigham]

I just picked up a super clean Z3 and I really appreciate the video. Learned so much. I hope your Turbo update is as thorough as this video. Thx

[ThatE]

Awesome vid man. One cool little trick is to buy those Gel Keyboard cleaners (2 x4 packs) and put them in the ports (1 per port do not reuse) a little extra insurance. Everything sticks to it! Then obviously the vacuum to be sure

[eriklarson]

Maybe a dumb idea but I was thinking... Wad up some inside out blue painters tape into an appropriate sized ballish shape and shove that in very first step. Try to squish it down close to the valves. Then do the cloth/towel or whatever etc. That way any shavings that may make it past "should" stick to the tape". Anyway, love your work dude. :)

[rubenc.]

I did an n54 turbo manifold onto the m54b30 with the m62 4.4 v8 throttle body and zhp cams its a beast mated to a getrag420

[estanzepeda]

You should really do that video on porting the head it would be great so I could do it to

[BFKAnthony]

Hell yeah bro was wondering when we would see a new video! This build is really growing on many of us and just a kick ass project. Can't wait to see her ripping up the track! It is going to be so worth it!

[InvadR-by]

great video watched the whole thing, definitely helpful haven’t seen someone document the whole swap. thank you for this!

[dhager]

What did you use to port match? I have a dremel, but not sure if there’s something better? Great video!

[msdrift]

That is the best DIY video on YouTube!!
Big like and big respect to u buddy

[autopartsvathis]

Καλησπερα ειμαι απο ΕΛΛΑΔΑ! Το βίντεό σου είναι υπέροχο!!!