What M30 headers are people using?

[G-Man the Visionary]

Found what I needed here! Thanks jb325is, I should have mine in soon as well... Hope to have updates and pics within a week or two...

[Jb325is]

Another note, make sure you get THR control arm mounts. Gives you a lot more clearance for the headers

[G-Man the Visionary]

Awesome, thanks!

[G-Man the Visionary]

What do you think about these for $75 less?

http://pages.ebay.com/motors/link/?nav=item.view&id=231058192070

[Bearmw]

Cheap and good for clearance but not so good for street driving due to NVH

[G-Man the Visionary]

dang... same for both THR and that cheaper one i assume... i guess i'll give em a try just so i can get those headers in... if it's too harsh, the stock exhaust mani's will have to go on, or put that dent on the stahl...
Thanks you guys!

[G-Man the Visionary]

got the knockoffs... let's see what happens... still have to get the motor mounts worked to get header clearance...

[SkiFree]

What do you think about these for $75 less?

http://pages.ebay.com/motors/link/?n...d=231058192070

Bimmerworld calls up treehouse, says "Hey can I resell some of your eyeball arms?" Treehouse says, "Sure", and sends them out a couple of pairs at a price. Bimmerworld gets them and thinks, "Our profit isn't much for these arms, I can probably send these off to china through a source and have them made for quite a bit cheaper." China says "Sure, here's the minimum order for XX a set." They show up and bimmerworld lists them on their site. Their China contact finds out what the parts are for and goes around their back listing them up on ebay for cheaper.

Happens pretty often.

Quoted myself from a couple years ago.

[G-Man the Visionary]

Thanks, SkiFree... makes complete sense... the plus side is that this company is in TX, and I'm sure they have them on hand already from China... lol... other than that, same thing right??? Hoping the quality holds up.....

[G-Man the Visionary]

I hate to say this... The Stahl headers do not fit in my car, they hit the auto transmission and will not bolt up... I also have brand new knockoff treehouse control arm bushing/ mounts... Anyone interested in taking them off my hands please PM me...

[e30m3s54turbo]

I will being using Hartge m30 headers on my e30 swap. Motor mounts are going to be Hartge copies. They should be in position 3. The black header are IE headers. Ie very close to Hartge dimensions. The rusty one headers are Hartge. The Hartge header will need to be modified.

[dishwab]

I bought a modified set of Racing Dynamics E34 headers for my M30B35. The PO modified them a bit to work in a swapped E30 with E30.de mounts.

That said, I couldn't get them to fit in my swap without further modification so I had to go back to the stock manifolds. I'm thinking the problem has to be the mounts I'm using - not sure where they originated (came with the engine)

Anyway, if anyone wants to buy them I can provide pictures and more info, just PM me

[Bearmw]

For those not on a tight budget its nice to see the Bavauto style being offered again. They fit without much drama on my car.

[iamsam]

resurrecting this thread from the dead. There seems to be a real drought of M30 headers it seems. Ireland Engineering offers headers for $425, but that's it in the states/ Bav auto is out of business, Stahl is no more, and the only ones on Ebay are from Germany.

Anyone else still making headers for the M30?

Another question: Can a handy guy with a welder modify M20 headers to fit an M30? The flanges look the same, what could be different? Tube size, and tube spacing, and that's it?