Anyone see IE's new m20 rockers?

[JGood]

For $25/piece, it sounds promising! Anyone know anyhting about them?

Look how much thicker they are, and they are shot peened. Beat's $85/piece for aluminum if it gets the job done...

[Kilomph]

Definitely seems like a good deal, Febi (OEM redesigned) rockers are going for $21/piece, and apparently they only ever break with really high lift cams. That's a $50 difference, really only worthwhile if you plan on running an extreme cam.

[JGood]

Definitely seems like a good deal, Febi (OEM redesigned) rockers are going for $21/piece, and apparently they only ever break with really high lift cams.

Oh, I didn't know there was a redesign. How do they compare to stock, and these?

[Kilomph]

FEBI

My built m20 with a high duration/lift cam and a 7100rpm limiter did just fine with the revised FEBI rocker arms. There is no one on this board that needs anything more then those in a street car/engine.

Furthermore said FEBI rocker arms are $18 each or so. Billet rockers are upwards of $80.

Most e30 owners can barely swing $216 for 12 new OEM rocker arms, let alone upwards of $960 for billet ones.

The arms are widened, and the crotch is shorter.

What idiot told you that?

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=661620&highlight=febi

Took that from bf.c a while ago, so I guess prices have gone up, but I only checked BMA really quickly. They were re-designed in the early 90s I think, and from what I've read there hasn't been a recorded case of one breaking with stock cams and a sane red-line, even after hundreds of thousands of miles.

[JGood]

wow. interesting.

Thanks for the info!

[moatilliatta]

aluminum rocker arms = m50 swap..

[Kilomph]

m50 = heavier + far more money + unknown maintenance history.

[gazellebeigem3]

m50 = heavier + far more money + unknown maintenance history.

lawl

[Kilomph]

lawl

+ hardly any faster, if at all compared to the money you'd be spending on the swap could be used for new rockers + chip/cam + lightweight flywheel + exhaust.

lawl.

[turboeta]

No matter how you look at it the M50 is far superior to the M20, although I'm selling my M50 and sticking with the M20...I <3 my 12 valves

[Kilomph]

No matter how you look at it the M50 is far superior to the M20, although I'm selling my M50 and sticking with the M20...I <3 my 12 valves

Far superior if you're willing to shell out a good 4-6k, which would refresh an M20 and build a solid turbo kit. But yes, it's definitely the better engine.

[nando]

febi rockers here, 7200rpm and no troubles.

M50 = *yawn*
S50 = :D:D:D

[JGood]

aluminum rocker arms = m50 swap..

This thread isn't about Al rocker arms. I agree, they are way to expensive.

m50 = heavier + far more money + unknown maintenance history.

+ hardly any faster, if at all compared to the money you'd be spending on the swap could be used for new rockers + chip/cam + lightweight flywheel + exhaust.

lawl.

Only by 50ish lbs, and you can find the maintenance history the same way you'd find it for an m20 engine.

I spent under $300 on my m50 swap, and it runs absolutely perfect, and pulls much harder then my m20 powered track car that is 300+lbs lighter. If people are spending $4k+ on an m50 swap, they are doing something seriously wrong, or doing a full rebuild top to bottom with parts form the stealer.

No matter how you look at it the M50 is far superior to the M20, although I'm selling my M50 and sticking with the M20...I <3 my 12 valves

I do love me the sound of an m20 :)

[gazellebeigem3]

+ hardly any faster, if at all compared to the money you'd be spending on the swap could be used for new rockers + chip/cam + lightweight flywheel + exhaust.

lawl.

No timing belt, much newer in general and better in every single way, but whatev floats your boat.

besides, if you wanted to do it on the cheap, i bet you could swap an m50 into a 325 for under a grand.

Sorry to the op, not trying to jack.

[Jean]

Lol 4-5k for M50 swaps? Maybe 5 years ago.