Tech Forum : M20 throttle bodies

Jason_323i

Posted Tuesday, Feb 28th 11:53pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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UK, Scotland
323i 2.7 tripple webber track car. Maserati Biturbo

Hi guys

I just thought I would share these pics with you, I had a custom manifold made up to take some e36 m3 throttle bodies to an m20 head, basically an expensive process but I am looking into the feasibility of using it to get some more cast.

I hope the use of the throttle bodies with save me hassle as the came with the fuel rail, injectors, linkages, and fittings for the aux air valve. The hole lot has cost about £1000.00

Jason

BruceH

Posted Tuesday, Feb 28th 11:59pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Atlanta, GA USA
81 323 Baur, 85 745

Well done!

bmw_m_320i

Posted Wednesday, Mar 1st 1:05am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Helena, Montana
none right now :(

Nice! its about time someone did that

kpeters

Posted Wednesday, Mar 1st 1:14am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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San Jose, Costa Rica
1981 320/6 Kastanienrot-Metallic 5spd

Gratz! beautiful.

RDAvena

Posted Wednesday, Mar 1st 1:41am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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1981 323i, 1988 545is, 1997 528i

sweet.

Yours will still probably be a lot cheaper than the German DBilas set up. Or the ones sold by bee em pee wich are repackaged DBlias. Let me know if you ever go into full blown production. I would like to buy one.

JJG323

Posted Wednesday, Mar 1st 1:56am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Reading MA USA
1979 BMW 323i

RDAvena wrote:

sweet.

Yours will still probably be a lot cheaper than the German DBlias set up. Or the ones sold by bee em pee wich are repackaged DBlias. Let me know if you ever go into full blown production. I would like to buy one.

Ditto

Jason_323i

Posted Wednesday, Mar 1st 10:30pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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UK, Scotland
323i 2.7 tripple webber track car. Maserati Biturbo

Hi

I have spoke to my fabricator and a I could do a batch for £750 each, but to get the cost down you would have to run an independant engine breather, and the manifold would be longer.

Jason

M42powered

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Arizona, USA
1981 BMW 320i

Those are some sexy TIG welds. Kudos.

Madhatter

Posted Friday, Mar 3rd 7:20pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Australia - QLD
E21, E24, E30

how much did the throttles actually set you back?

Jason_323i

Posted Friday, Mar 3rd 9:16pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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UK, Scotland
323i 2.7 tripple webber track car. Maserati Biturbo

Hi

I picked the bodies up for £100.00

Jason

davethedog

Posted Friday, Mar 3rd 9:58pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Northants, England
E21 320

Hi jason, good work just what I always wanted. Put my name down for a set.

Madhatter

Posted Saturday, Mar 4th 9:27am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Australia - QLD
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damn, where were you looking when you found them for 100 pound?

JJG323

Posted Tuesday, Jun 13th 5:57am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Post nr. 1226

Reading MA USA
1979 BMW 323i

Jason did this ever go into to production.
I want a set of these....please

Tricord

Posted Tuesday, Jun 13th 8:34pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Belgium, Europe
323i Baur

It's wonderfully done! Even the crankcase breather connection has been handled beautifully!

I'd say I'd want one as well, however it'll cost me about as much as half of the entire car so far

But there seems to be a lot of interest around, which is good!

What else do you need besides the manifold and the throttle bodies (I'm thinking ECU, injection system, AFM?)

Tricord

Posted Tuesday, Aug 8th 2:12pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Belgium, Europe
323i Baur

Any news on this? I'd love to hear the rest of the story

MayanArch

Posted Tuesday, Aug 8th 4:40pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Post nr. 1109

Florida, USA
Baur E21 2.7 1982, Baur E30 318i 1985, 323i 1978

Will these work with a 200 head casting too? What else do you have to change to have a turnkey system?

Dont all those throttle bodies need more air than a single intake?

cnvkellogg

Posted Wednesday, Aug 9th 6:10am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Eugene, OR
78 320i

Im with everyone here! Nice Job and I want one too. I have been drolling over turbo setups and stand alone fuel managment systems.

More Power Please...

imaradiostar

Posted Wednesday, Aug 9th 8:13am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Nashville, TN
81 323i, 82 525i, 85 524td, 90 535i

MayanArch wrote:

Will these work with a 200 head casting too?

Yes but not really any gain to be had there- this kind of system is best used with a head/cam/porting/displacement combo that can take advantage of the added flow.

As for a turnkey system- the dbilas kit plus stock motronic would run but it certainly wouldn't be ideal. I'm pretty sure the dbilas kits come with a chip for the stock ECU. An ideal system would be Motec or VEMS or some other highly tunable standalone injection system that could be tweaked to take advantage of changes you might make.

Don't underestimate carburators and CIS fuel injection when it comes to ease of tuning! I'd still like to see someone use ITB's and CIS, just to see that it's been done.

jamie

Jason_323i

Posted Wednesday, Aug 9th 9:45am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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UK, Scotland
323i 2.7 tripple webber track car. Maserati Biturbo

Hi

For an update I have had my car back on the road for 3 weeks after a year and a half in storage, but have blown the diff seals, got an gearbox rear seal oil leak, leaky damper and blown a drive shaft all in the first week off having it back on the road, there are also a lot of black number 11's around the country roads were i live. Also i forgot the sound, I can normally set a few car alarms off when i pull into the supermarket car park.

For the throttle body conversion I have ordered a VEMS kit, I need to drop my S/S six branch of to get a pair of lambda sensors mounted, and go to the scrap yard to pick up a complete late motronic harness & toothed wheel. Then I can start to put it together.

Jason

MayanArch

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Florida, USA
Baur E21 2.7 1982, Baur E30 318i 1985, 323i 1978

imaradiostar wrote:

MayanArch wrote:

Will these work with a 200 head casting too?

I dont understand why this precludes any of that. From what I see this setup is just a switch from single to dedicated throttle bodies that are synchronized mechanically. Beyond that, it seems that BMP has some collector between the air intake and the throttle.

Shouldnt you be able to add any engine management to this system? All you are doing is controlling the firing of the injectors, right..............and the injectors seem to be stock E36 injectors.

QUESTION: do all throttle bodies open and close at the same time here? Isnt that counter to firing sequence?

Jason_323i

Posted Wednesday, Aug 9th 8:31pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Post nr. 403

UK, Scotland
323i 2.7 tripple webber track car. Maserati Biturbo

Hi

The BMP system will work with a stock motroninc, it would be the same effect as putting a bigger throttle body on, only you are paying a lot for it. The m3 setup still has an air box and a maf sensor, and makes over 100bhp per litre.

The stock intake limistpower to about 210 thats as far as alpina got with the m20, going to itb's increase the potential of the engine.

Jason

MayanArch

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Florida, USA
Baur E21 2.7 1982, Baur E30 318i 1985, 323i 1978

Jason_323i wrote:

I wouldnt leave a stock motronic. My point was that this new setup shouldnt preclude using any injection controll system.

In the end, all of these aftermarket injection systems use the stock throttle body anyhow. All you are really doing here is upgrading the throttle body. You should be able to use any of the "tunnable" injection systems out there.............theoretically.

cnvkellogg

Posted Wednesday, Aug 9th 9:29pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Eugene, OR
78 320i

Don't forget that this set up does have a "cool"

factor. Might not make a zillion horse power but when you look under the hood someone's bound to say "WOW, COOL INTAKE"

velocewest

Posted Thursday, Aug 10th 12:16am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Oregon USA
e9, e12x2, no E21?

MayanArch wrote:

QUESTION: do all throttle bodies open and close at the same time here? Isnt that counter to firing sequence?

Multiple throttle plates are always synched -- e.g., twin and triple sidedrafts. The opening of the valves happens so fast that it doesn't make any sense to try to somehow tie throttle plate opening to valve opening sequence. Think about it -- at 800 RPM idle, each cylinder goes through a combustion cycle 400 times each minute, i.e., each valve opens 400 times each minute. And it only gets faster!

MayanArch

Posted Thursday, Aug 10th 3:42am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Florida, USA
Baur E21 2.7 1982, Baur E30 318i 1985, 323i 1978

velocewest wrote:

MayanArch wrote:

QUESTION: do all throttle bodies open and close at the same time here? Isnt that counter to firing sequence?

Isnt forced induction timed to the valve timing?

velocewest

Posted Thursday, Aug 10th 3:47am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Oregon USA
e9, e12x2, no E21?

MayanArch wrote:

Isnt forced induction timed to the valve timing?

Not in any way I can think of. Most forced induction systems are pumping through the original throttle and intake track. Same air path, just pressurized.

Tony

velocewest

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imaradiostar wrote:

Don't underestimate carburators and CIS fuel injection when it comes to ease of tuning! I'd still like to see someone use ITB's and CIS, just to see that it's been done.

jamie

BMW did it. The S38 engine in the M5, M6 et al uses ITB's and Motronic. The injectors fire in banks of 3. In other words, you could run ITB's and Motronic from an e30 325is. Wouldn't be too hard to set up a MAF to relace the AFM in the intake, there are signal converters.

Tony

imaradiostar

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Nashville, TN
81 323i, 82 525i, 85 524td, 90 535i

right...they used motronic and earlier mechanical pumps with ITB's but I've never seen CIS (K-jetronic) with ITB's. If you know of an example please share.

jamie

Marquis_Rex

Posted Thursday, Aug 10th 11:27am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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UK
BMW 323i 2.7-as featured in Total BMW Nov 2002,Porsche 911/993TT

imaradiostar wrote:

right...they used motronic and earlier mechanical pumps with ITB's but I've never seen CIS (K-jetronic) with ITB's. If you know of an example please share.

jamie

I've been thinking about this alot of late.
The only application of K Jet and port throttles I know of is a racing Porsche 934 where they had to use CIS because this is what the production car used. I've heard it was much modified though.
To fully understand the potential issues of using K Jetronic with ITBs we must delve a little further into the calibration science of engines:
Not all of the fuel injected into the engine is immediately inducted into the engine.
When the engine is running steady state- or continually running with constant throttle position the cylinder air charge for each cylinder is roughly constant and the fuel transport mechanism from injector to cylinder are roughly in equilibrium. Here the mass of fuel inducted is equal to the mass of fuel injected.
However during transients or "fast tip-ins"-which is what we're concerned with (-and constitutes ALOT of typical enthusiasts driving style-) the inducted fuel is very different to what is injected. Not all of the fuel injected goes into the cylinder, some of it remains on the port walls to form a puddle. This puddle mass stays the same during steady state operation, but during transients, say, when the throttle is opened more, the pressure in the inlet manifold rises and so does the puddle mass (when the inlet manifold pressure goes down-the reverse occurs). This means some of the fueling is lost to the newer bigger puddle when you open the throttle more. THIS is what you have to compensate for-which is why you need extra fueling during fast "tip-in" transients.

With CIS the puddle mass will be big because fuel is continually being injected (i.e it's not sequential and timed).

With individual throttles per cylinder the response of the air entering the engine is much uch quicker as the throttle body is now close to the inlet valve. However the response of the fueling may lag, especially if a huge plenum box-as used on the Euro S50 M3 is used.
The conventional means that K Jetronic uses to compensate for transient mixture requirements is the vacuum line to the control pressure regulator and using "over swing" of the air mass sensor baffle. This later method isn't applicable if we use a huge plenum box (greater than 10 litres) as the sensor plate becomes too far away to effect the mixture at precisely the right time. Big plenums are nice however as they offer us more power and are one of the advantages of using ITBs....
We could move the injectors slightly closer to the inlet valve- this will reduce the puddle mass and therefore the amount of lean running on fast transients, but this will potentially intrude into our nice straight clean flow path into our engines- which will again effect power....
So the question is- will the transient fuel/mixture compensation offered by the vacuum line to the Control pressure regulator be enough and at the right time? And also - it's known that if we use a vacuum tapping now, closer to one of the port throttles-the pressure fluctuations this close to the cylinder will be savage and massive- will this cause probelms for the Control pressure regulator? Or will the volume in the vaccuum line and Control pressure reg. itself offer enough damping of these pulses?

As you can see, I haven't offered the above issue much thought- just a most brief superficial cursory glance

As always in engineering, it's a compromise and never simple.

jdench

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Sussex, UK
1979 E21 323i, 1998 E36 323i touring

Sorry if this is foolish, but I just want to make sure I am thinking correctly

A large plenum chamber will provide more power, as a larger volume of air can pass through, but a small plenum chamber increases throttle response due to the smaller volume air within it at any one time.
But the relationship between the volume of the plenum and the positioning of the throttle bodies also changes the response time with regards to the throttle.
Also, could the inside of the chamber not be coated with something to reduce the pooling of petrol on the walls? Would, say, a teflon coating help reduce the volume, to enable a finer calibration of fuel/air?

MayanArch

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Post nr. 1117

Florida, USA
Baur E21 2.7 1982, Baur E30 318i 1985, 323i 1978

jdench wrote:

Sorry if this is foolish, but I just want to make sure I am thinking correctly

This is also a compromise. Texture to the walls causes corrugation that will collect liquid ..........but it also causes air turbulence that is somewhat desireable. People have gotten away from polishing ports to mirror finish becauseof that. However, any surface that is textured will collect moisture on its surface, and make it much harder for it to go away.

In the end, the liquid that clings to the surface doesnt move. It is the liquid that sits just on top of it what will move.......at a molecular level.

The answer here isnt surface treatment, but geometry. The angle of attack will obviously reduce pooling. The velocity of the gas will also reduce pooling. The increased speed as the diameter of the port decreases towards the valve helps increase velocity of the gas traveling through the port.

Gasget matching will obviously reduce dead spots where gas can collect and be imobile.

Smooth turns if the ports change direction are better than sudden turns which will create dead spots on the flow.

The answer is in geometry and port design. it isnt a matter of big or small. It is a question of where it is big, where it is small, and the angle of attack.

Tricord

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Belgium, Europe
323i Baur

MayanArch wrote:

The engineer in me tells me a rough texture will increase the surface in mm², and hence will expose more moisture to air for evaporation. Much like the cooling fins on a radiator have a huge combined surface to maximize metal-to-air contact for heat transportation.

Of course, factors like adhesion and cohesion play their part.

Marquis_Rex

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UK
BMW 323i 2.7-as featured in Total BMW Nov 2002,Porsche 911/993TT

jdench wrote:

Sorry if this is foolish, but I just want to make sure I am thinking correctly

You seem to have grasped the fundamentals of throttle response.
The pooling/puddle mass is no big deal, it doesn't increase fuel consumption as eventually the fuel WILL get ingested and burned in the engine under some condition. If the calibration is correct the puddle is hardly an issue. For us after market folks- I was merely making people aware of it. The puddle mass can be reduced by bringing the injectors closer or aiming them differently- if they're already far from optimal.Far better to use coatings to reduce wall friction- The Porsche 928 GT did this in the early to mid nineties.
Even if there was a teflon coating of some kind, it would barely reduce the puddle mass because the mass is gathering up - not due to stiction at the walls and by 15000 miles, the manifold walls would no longer be "non-stick".
During fast transients- the puddle mass volume isn't the issue, but more, the CHANGE in puddle mass- which will effect how much fuel actually reaches the cylinder.
I've heard alot of folk, esp after market folk talk of surface turbulence coatings and to not reccommend going super smooth on inlet ports and manifolds. Well BMW machine their chambers and ports super smooth , on M cars and the new valvetronic E90 330i. Formula 1 engines I've seen are also machined super smooth, except for the short side radius where dimples are placed. The ports are machined smooth to reduce friction and lower the reynolds number, so that the velocity gradient across the cross section of the flow is more consistent, they're also done this way to minimise port to port variation. The dimpled section on F1 ports at the short side radius is done to keep the flow attatched to the lower wall and thus lower the flow recirculation zone at high speeds. I know alot of tuners, and even Metric Mechanic don't reccomend mirror smooth finishes, as well as all the Smokey Yunicks of this world, but I'm sorry my moneys on BMW and the M division R and D.

MayanArch

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Florida, USA
Baur E21 2.7 1982, Baur E30 318i 1985, 323i 1978

How do these similar systems that have an open trumpet to the air.........and no air box........prevent from anything flying into the engine.

I saw an engine yesterday where there was 3 inches between the throttle valve and open air. It looked nice with 8 polished trumpets...........but I cant see how this doesnt give problems.

jdench

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Sussex, UK
1979 E21 323i, 1998 E36 323i touring

reynolds number, that brings back A level Physics flashbacks!

MayanArch

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Florida, USA
Baur E21 2.7 1982, Baur E30 318i 1985, 323i 1978

jdench wrote:

reynolds number, that brings back A level Physics flashbacks!

Yes, please refrain from throwing around the engineering terms. Us architects go into featal position when made to think in numbers.

Rickysbmw320i

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83' 320i --> 83' e21

I am also intrested in that set up! im rebuilding a m20 and was hopeing i could find something like this. where in the world can i find the e36 m3 throttle botties at a cheap price?

Phasma

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Latvia, EU
E21 323i "Phantom"

yeah! Where can we buy it?

JJG323

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Post nr. 1264

Reading MA USA
1979 BMW 323i

You cant really get this,-its a prototype unless you are ready to spend about 1k more.

Plus you need a standalone system like meagsquirt or autronic for it to run correctly. But I like it a lot better than the DIBLAS system or BMP's clone.

Jason please put these into production, we need them

redmist

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NY USA
357i , 325i e30 turbo

Megasquirt II can fire off 3 pairs of injectors seperately and handle the ignition events with seperate coil packs, also has an onboard MAP sensor. Combine that with a T04E Turbo (rear mounted of course

)36lb injectors and for about $1500 all in you have almost 300hp on a stock M20i motor.

JJG323

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Reading MA USA
1979 BMW 323i

redmist wrote:

)36lb injectors and for about $1500 all in you have almost 300hp on a stock M20i motor.

OT: Yes Pete we could almost sticky another thread about the merits of a M20 turbo. I am finishing off the current build of my 2.8 m20 stroker with 10.5:1 CR, and other goodies, but I am convinced that turboing the m20 is the way to go.

I have the s50 crank already, s50 rods needed and build a 2.9 liter m20 turbo with a low compression ratio of *8.5:1. Then boost it. It should produce way over 300 HP.

Question Pete how hard is it to get Megasquirt II running? I have looked at the website and its all greek to me.

redmist

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NY USA
357i , 325i e30 turbo

Man you have some cool engines. The 2.9 blown will absolutely have over 300. Pretty good torque too!
I've been doing lots of research into MS.
I don't intend to build it just buy it ready made.
Basically you hook your existing sensors to it (TPS, temp, afm etc), fuel injectors and coil. Add any additional sensors you want (intake air temp) hook up the MAP and away you go.Makes sense at this point to convert to a six cylinder mustang MAF. Everything is programmable from a laptop. This is a gross oversimplification but it doesn't seem too bad.
I have yet another e30 coming on Sunday ($600) that I am going to try the MS on. Once I feel I can avoid something fatal I'm going to move it over to the black 325i turbo. Then the plan is to do something stupid with the $600 e30. (drag car - sequential turbos and nitrous)

e21 turbo

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bmw e21

i think they would work just fine,my friend had an s14 throtle bodies to the m20b25 engine with alot of mods to:
shrick camshaft 304
mega squirt
hartege headers
and alot more,the car is just insane...

Jason_323i

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Post nr. 410

UK, Scotland
323i 2.7 tripple webber track car. Maserati Biturbo

Hi

If you want more m20 megasquirt info check

www.e30zone.co.uk

or

www.e30tech.com

Jason

JJG323

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Post nr. 1276

Reading MA USA
1979 BMW 323i

Jason

Will S50 throttle bodies work with your manifold?
I have been looking for them over here.

Jason_323i

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Post nr. 411

UK, Scotland
323i 2.7 tripple webber track car. Maserati Biturbo

Hi

The manifold is designed to work with s52 throttle bodies, but if i was to do it again I would go with a modifed webber downdraft (of the shelf) or fabricated manifold to take motor bike throttle bodies, cheaper and easier to make.

Jason

Phasma

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Post nr. 72

Latvia, EU
E21 323i "Phantom"

Dont want to spoil somebodys business, but I made my own interpretation of S52-to-M20 throttle body adapter! And it was came out much cheaper but not worse!

costs:
aluminium bar 1m - 16 bucks
machine ports - 30 bucks
leveling orig. mani. surface - 10 bucks
weld everything together - 120 bucks
level both contact surfaces - 20 bucks
make bolt threads - ? (not done yet)

all other jobs (like saw off original manifold, make port/hole patern on paper and later on aluminium bar, grind and polish ports after welding) could be done by YOURSELF!

Here are the picture right after welding. I could post pictures after port grinding if anybody interested

And as You can see, I left original fuelrail holders for another set of injectors just to experiment with injector location (original place or distant)

JJG323

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Post nr. 1298

Reading MA USA
1979 BMW 323i

Ok,
So did you modify the s50 manifold and basically just cut it down to fit??

Phasma

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Post nr. 73

Latvia, EU
E21 323i "Phantom"

S52 throttle bodies stays unchanged.
I cuted off only the M20 intake manifold attachment plate with 5cm of tube and left fuelrail holders in slight different angle.

No idea about clearances in E21 motorbay, cos I pulled my engine and tranny out for upgrades!

rs4pro3

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Great work, just wondering what length runners are you using?

I'm working on my own DIY ITB setup, but using bike throttles, I have the throttles all spaced out and linked together and have just started to figure out the plenum

Phasma

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Post nr. 98

Latvia, EU
E21 323i "Phantom"

Damn! Just dropped rebuilt engine in and at first, tried on the throttle assembly!

Damn brake vacuum booster spoils all!

Any ideas??? Alternatives?

Boost_me

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Post nr. 183

Victoria, Australia
1981 BMW 323i

Do you have a pic of the engine bay?? I mean with the engine their so we can see wht sort of clearance you need??? Is your car LHD or RHD??

Phasma

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Post nr. 99

Latvia, EU
E21 323i "Phantom"

I will post pictures as soon as I get home from work!

I've got 80' LHD Euro 323i with 2.9 DIY stroker (88mm stroke), 288 schrick, adj. fuel press. regulator, Alpina C2 2.7 chip, dogleg box and 3.91 LSD! No idea, how it runs

As it seems to me, the stock brake vacuum booster should go at all, and meybe master cylinder too, if I decide to run it with stock M3 intake manifold!

Phasma

Posted Saturday, Apr 14th 7:20pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Latvia, EU
E21 323i "Phantom"

Phasma wrote:

No idea, how it runs

Took my precious for a testdrive - few laps around the block!

Guys, this thing kicks hard!

JJG323

Posted Saturday, Apr 14th 8:48pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Reading MA USA
1979 BMW 323i

Phasma wrote:

No idea, how it runs

Took my precious for a testdrive - few laps around the block!

Guys, this thing kicks hard!

I would like to see pics of the engine and manifold.
Did you use an s50 one? Also what year BMW is the crank and rods from...and do you have big enough injectors for the engine?

Phasma

Posted Wednesday, Apr 25th 4:10pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Latvia, EU
E21 323i "Phantom"

JJG323 wrote:

I would like to see pics of the engine and manifold.
Did you use an s50 one? Also what year BMW is the crank and rods from...and do you have big enough injectors for the engine?

I use M57D30 2001' crank, 130mm rods, machined M20B25 pistons, schrick 288 cam and M52B25 injectors.

The throttle I'm trying to use is from S52B32.
Sorry for delay, I will post the pictures as soon as I get home (you know, work==>garage==>work mode).

Phasma

Posted Saturday, Jun 16th 11:22pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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E21 323i "Phantom"

Finaly, here are some pics. I tried to show fitting and clearance issues:

JJG323

Posted Sunday, Jun 17th 8:03am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Post nr. 1325

Reading MA USA
1979 BMW 323i

interesting..how did you get it to work near the brake bolster at the closest part of the head..by the windsheild.

Phasma

Posted Sunday, Jun 17th 11:40pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Post nr. 107

Latvia, EU
E21 323i "Phantom"

as a matter of fact, i didn't

Just showing the need of brake booster removal or even remote master brake cylinder.

You can see in first picture, that throttle cable lever diches right into brake booster and I even was unable to slip assembly completely on studs. I couldn't lower it in correct angle because of brake booster.

Other problem is thermostat housing. Obviously it needs to be grinded or elsehow modified.

Rickysbmw320i

Posted Wednesday, Oct 24th 10:25am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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83' 320i --> 83' e21

any progress on this?

Phasma

Posted Monday, Nov 12th 9:23pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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E21 323i "Phantom"

patience!

MayanArch

Posted Tuesday, Nov 13th 3:46am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Florida, USA
Baur E21 2.7 1982, Baur E30 318i 1985, 323i 1978

What kind of filters are at the end of those intakes?

Phasma

Posted Wednesday, Nov 14th 2:31pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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E21 323i "Phantom"

I consider using six motorcycle filters in appropriate diameter.

Phasma

Posted Friday, Nov 5th 11:55am [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car]

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Post nr. 117

Latvia, EU
E21 323i "Phantom"

Sorry guys, been a long time since last post!

My car have been totally rebuilt since then and is dedicated exceptionaly for drag strip. So engine now is still M20 3.2l turbo with the same ITBs. I have removed brake booster and replaced with Wilwood pedal box.

You can watch rebuild process @ http://www.bmwpower.lv/member_gallery.php?gal_id=6034