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DISCUSSION => Swaps, Turbos, Buildups => Topic started by: Belteshazzar on June 18, 2008, 02:01:09 PM

Title: obx turbo header
Post by: Belteshazzar on June 18, 2008, 02:01:09 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/_Car-Truck-Parts-Accessories__OBX-TURBO-HEADER-MANIFOLD-BMW-E36-M42-M44-318i-is-ti_W0QQitemZ370060165380QQadnZCarQ20Q26Q20TruckQ20PartsQ20Q26Q20AccessoriesQQadiZ2865QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item370060165380&

wth?  has anybody actually used this?

Title: obx turbo header
Post by: Jimmy Lewis on June 18, 2008, 07:35:35 PM

I haven't actually used it but I was waiting for OBX to come up with a cheap manifold for our motors. Does anyone know the clearance differences between the e30 and e36 cars? I've heard problems with the e36 neukin unit fitted to the m42 in the e30, hitting the strut tower? I wish someone would burn turbo chips for our motors the same way matt over at r3v produces them for the m/s50 motors. The threads with manifold discussion are too spread out, we should compress some of the concrete info into this thread. Anyone have any budget manifold input?

Title: obx turbo header
Post by: kowalski on June 18, 2008, 09:43:20 PM

thats not THAT cheap compared to the ones for other cars in the $250 range. but they seem to work for other people, i would fab up some sort of brace for the flange that mounts to the cylinder head to take some of the load of the manifold.