I have been looking for a header for an m10 engine, in an 85 318i. I have not been able to find any, but I did find some 2002 headers, and saw that they might be able to be modified to work on the head I have.
I am looking for a polished / stainless header, but might think about a custom fabbed one. Why do I need one you say? no HP gains? True. I don't care about HP. this is my work car, if I wanted HP I would have gone with a 325.
SO... I have an ACS muffler that I intend to use, and it has a 2" in. my current exhaust has a plugged cat (or very restrictive) which resulted in the welds on my downpipe breaking. my muffler is shot. so I need everything from the manifold back. and while I am at it, I figgured I would just get a header, and not have to deal with frankensteining a 2port downpipe into my 2" muffler.
all that, and since I am a custom painter, this needs to be show quality. and nothing like a stainless header peeking out from the head to add to that.
Sorry about the novel, I just wanted to head off some of the obvious posts in an attempt to get an answer to the following questions.
Will a 2002 header bolt onto the head I have? if not, what modifications will I need to do?
Does anyone know where I could find a header made specifically for my head?
Does anyone know a good fabricator that might be able to make one for me at a reasonable price? (stainless / TIG welded preferred)
Thanks for your time guys!
-Thames
I am looking for a polished / stainless header, but might think about a custom fabbed one. Why do I need one you say? no HP gains? True. I don't care about HP. this is my work car, if I wanted HP I would have gone with a 325.
SO... I have an ACS muffler that I intend to use, and it has a 2" in. my current exhaust has a plugged cat (or very restrictive) which resulted in the welds on my downpipe breaking. my muffler is shot. so I need everything from the manifold back. and while I am at it, I figgured I would just get a header, and not have to deal with frankensteining a 2port downpipe into my 2" muffler.
all that, and since I am a custom painter, this needs to be show quality. and nothing like a stainless header peeking out from the head to add to that.
Sorry about the novel, I just wanted to head off some of the obvious posts in an attempt to get an answer to the following questions.
Will a 2002 header bolt onto the head I have? if not, what modifications will I need to do?
Does anyone know where I could find a header made specifically for my head?
Does anyone know a good fabricator that might be able to make one for me at a reasonable price? (stainless / TIG welded preferred)
Thanks for your time guys!
-Thames