m52tu28 Camshaft options

[jwiles]

I'm getting ready to come across a great deal on engine Hopefully it will be free or the max being an added $100. (motor has bad head gasket, and ive given him an auto tranny, drive shaft, and $100 worth of break fluid

originally i planned on getting an s52 but this popped and theirs only a 50 hp difference, im not really going to go on about stroking the horses face with adding performance.

i looking for Camshaft options for the m52tu28.

i wanted to do the Schrick cams originally and stage 3+ tuner package.
Schrick performance camshafts (264/256 degree

but i could be content with the stock s52 cams.

i need to out run a 2000 is 325i

ive even heard that m54 cams will work but i dont know the performance gains that are possible with these cams and if they really do fit.

[10Toes]

ZHP cams, but really the best thing to do would be to just get an M54b30 to start with as you would give you more power gain then cams.

[jwiles]

Why should I go with the m54 cams?

[Thujalvi]

You shouldn't, unless you're talking about the ZHP cams mentioned, as M52TU and M54 use the same cams, on this side of the Atlantic at least.

[Coyote_ar]

you will get more performance by switching your intake manifold to the one from the M54, than from a cam. That intake manifold doesnt flow as well as the M54 does.

Its a similar thing as with the M50vsM52 manifold from the old iron blocks.

Once you have that, and a nice exhaust manifold aswell, yeah maybe you can start talking cams (and valvesprings if you intend to go over 7000rpm).

[DesertBMW]

Why should I go with the m54 cams?

M54b30 intake cam is hotter, just go with this. Or ZHP cams(hard to find now), Don't go schrick on 2.8L they are too aggressive