true that. that was one of the things that really suprized me when we yanked out my friends m42 from his e36 318. the intake manifold looks like a cluster f**k of retardation with runners and pipes twisting around and looking all weird and gay, the m50 intake is a much better design, its hard to go wrong with a box with 6 pipes sticking out of it.PureLife wrote:In it's defense though, the m42 is a pretty nice little engine for what it is. Factory header, dual resonance intake manifold, two stage throttle body, hollow cams ... it was built with performance in mind -- it's only downfall really is the lack of displacement.
its weird how the economy engine gets a twin scroll header and the m50 gets fake cast iron headers that weigh probably 200lb
