Under the Hood
 

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space is limited as you can see in the pics the turbo looks dirty but is rebuilt last year just siting in my garage

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looks like it was sitting outside for a year

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im going to get it cleaned up and pc before i do the install i just need to figure out the manifold issue

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You can use a sink trap, but it gets very long due to the angle the M50 motor is canted over at. Easiest if you wanna play that game is to flip the stock cast manifolds over (symetrical bolt patterns FTMFW!) and make a Y pipe to feed the turbo.

That mani is also an SSAC sack-o-----(tm), and it will crack, depending on when you bought it (the later ones are actually pretty good - I've got one right here). It also sits the turbo hard up against the inner wing if you top mount it, you'll probably have to make a wedge piece to tip it over slightly or bottom mount it. Got no experience of that though sadly, as bottom mounts don't work over here due to the steering shaft going right through there :1

Oh, and it's easiest to chop a pipe into the collector; the whole manifold will need to be rewelded anyway and the flange planed flat because the come pre-warped to ----. If you don't, I will come find you and ---- fist your sister for being stupi enough to trust anything remotely crackie chan.

<<<<-- E36 M52B28 turbo builder :)

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ahhhhhhhhh what the ---- are the FAQs for?????

read assmunch. wastegate on downpipe tells me u down pipe. big black shiny pipe. in your esophagus

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using the stock manifolds is a good idea im going to have to try that

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its what me/yuriy did for his m5, worked beautifully

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yuriys ssauto hasnt cracked yet. h1c + internal gate + sinktrap too

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Damn, you sinktrapped a turbo manifold? And an SSAC that didn't crack at that? I want that mans lottery numbers. I got one here which I think bimmerman wants to buy that's been rewelded because it cracked within a week of being on the car. Not funny when to get at the bottom row of bolts you have to go underneath the car...

Either that or I'm gonna bandsaw the last two runners off and ruin my 318is dd :6