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Is there room for a tubular style turbo manifold on the 535i's? i'm building a custom turbo kit and would like to go this route... just wondering if there would be sufficiant space? has anyone used a tubular style that you know of?

TIA,
Bryan

if your building it, just build it away from everything. easy enuf

[QUOTE="bmwfan2304"]Is there room for a tubular style turbo manifold on the 535i's? i'm building a custom turbo kit and would like to go this route... just wondering if there would be sufficiant space? has anyone used a tubular style that you know of?

TIA,
Bryan[/QUOTE]

i've seen a few tubular manifold's for the m30 platform. problem is they are all in sweden and mostly all in e30's

there's room for a tubular style....
since it's going to be a custom job, it's going to be a custom fit -- which will work if you design it correctly.

Make sure you read up on designing manifolds though -- you can't just weld a bunch of tubes together and expect it to work correctly -- you need to worry about the length of each exhaust tube, the material thickness (so it won't crack/split), etc.

[QUOTE="gol10dr1"]i've seen a few tubular manifold's for the m30 platform. problem is they are all in sweden and mostly all in e30's[/QUOTE]

You have any links or ya been to sweden before?

[QUOTE="Tjn182"]there's room for a tubular style....
since it's going to be a custom job, it's going to be a custom fit -- which will work if you design it correctly.

Make sure you read up on designing manifolds though -- you can't just weld a bunch of tubes together and expect it to work correctly -- you need to worry about the length of each exhaust tube, the material thickness (so it won't crack/split), etc.[/QUOTE]

I've definately read up on designing them... Maximum Boost of course... and i plan on using a TO4E turbo with a TCD intercooler... (that is if they sell those seperately, (How much would that be TCD???)) so i'm trying to determine the best spot for the headers to end up... would the spot behind the Right wheel well be adequate room for the turbo and all the piping? exhaust, intake, manifold, bov???

pat p has a nice page on car domain showing how he mounted his turbo..many ppl when they go custom they
bring the turbo top side

would you happen to have a link to that??? i would love to as many pics of custom setups as i can...

[QUOTE="rundatrack"]You have any links or ya been to sweden before?[/QUOTE]

well i have been to sweden for hockey and unfortunately i was not into the whole FI or modding scene back then, huge regrets now though!!!! :@ but i dont have any links here, the best thing you can do is go to www.pure-pf .com as they have some insane projects over there or you can run a search for all threads started by gtv6 over on bfc. he is always posting vids and pics and updates on all the swedish monster cars.

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perhaps when they get thier act together i'll try to find u the link

haha... okay thanks. i was lookin for it but i'm not that familiar with the site... but yeah i'd greatly appreciate it if you do find it. does anyone know of anyone else with an e28 with a topside custom turbo??? i can't wait to do this project... IT"S ALL I EVER THINK ABOUT!!! lol... drive my friends crazy with car talk..

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/184332

there u are

be sure to scroll through all the pages

http://www.boostjunky.com/topten.html

http://www.kilander-racing.se

On the left, click on the 3,5l M30 500hp link. You'll see some pics of its tubular turbo manifold.

sweet... it looks like i have a pretty good idea where i'm gonna go with the manifold then... thanks for all the help guys!