M52 aluminium blocks

[Hooffenstein HD]

Good information. Thanks for taking the time to make the video and put English subs on it.

[Loupoz]

This is awesome information! I was under the impression all M52's were with nikasil lining.

[pazi88]

Great vid. All the US M52 alloy blocks I've worked with were sleeved. They are also a pain in the butt to find due to what Tippey764 said.

Ok that's good to know. I will add the information to video description. I already know that most of the M52 blocks in US are cast iron, which is basically the the same as in M50.

[megatron]

Great vid. All the US M52 alloy blocks I've worked with were sleeved. They are also a pain in the butt to find due to what Tippey764 said.

[2mAn]

I approve of this thread

[Tippey764]

In the US the only m52 aluminum blocks came in 97-98 Z3 2.8's.

[Wishno87]

That is pretty neat. Turns out mine has iron sleeves.

[328ijunkie]

Great video. I was under the impression all the US ones were sleeved.

[pazi88]

Hi! I made short video about two types of m52 aluminium blocks. I don't know if this useful information in US, but other countries should have also these alu blocks. It's in finnish, but I added english subtitles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkHLgCjKUY8

There is also lot of rumors that these alu blocks cant handle boost. I must disagree because I have ran m turbo with alu block for a while now and I have had zero problems caused by that. I have been running up to 20 psi of boost and no problems even with stock head bolts. Only change I have made is Athena cooperring headgasket.