Degreeing cams on BMW M50

[@mkillian492]

Thanks for sharing, over the past 3 years in prep for my full build I've gained a ton knowledge from your forum posts and so on, seriously. Good stuff!

[@Dirtfloorfab]

Really appreciate all these videos trying to soak in as much info on the platform as I can

[@brightmodern]

Really enjoyed this thanks. Unfortunately i dont have the toothed pulley/balancer on my m52, it has the rear mounted crank position sensor and no marks at all at the front. The flywheel locking pin is a bit unreliable for tdc for degreeing so my first job is to create some tdc marks to work from!

[@someguy325es]

Just put an M50 or early M52 balancer on it

[@tylerdamato8514]

Super helpful video, thanks!

[@JuanjoseHerrera-sf7on]

Greetings, can the stock camshafts of a m50 vanos be varied and have some improvement? thank you

[@someguy325es]

They can definitely be retimed, but what settings will work best is for you to figure out

[@Bad_handle]

What did you do to get educated on this stuff? Great vids!

[@Jakedelus]

when you are timing cams with dialgauge top off cam like you do and using solid lifters, how to simulate lifter clearance ? examble: you want to set 1.5mm lift @TDC. Then you need to measure from top off the cam 1.75mm (1.5mm lift+0.25mm valve clearance). Is that right way ?

[@someguy325es]

Yes that is correct

[@jikjakz9144]

Thank you for this!

[@Machomanrandysanchez]

I was thinking about doing 276/276 cams on an na aluminum block m52b28 for a drift engine. How much of a choppy idle do you get with those at that cam timing? I’m looking for 300 wheel with a choppy idle but I’m running a 50 shot too.

[@someguy325es]

That will depend on how you time them. You could time them to a really wide LCA on both cams like 120 degrees and it would idle really smooth, or if you timed them to a tight LCA like 106 and it would idle extremely aggressively. I recently helped a guy time some 276/270 cams on a built S52 with a ported head that made 318 whp NA. On that motor he set them to 112 deg intake, 108 degrees exhaust. Something similar to that should work good for what you are doing. I am getting some Enem 276/276 solid lifter cams is a couple weeks if you need some.

[@Machomanrandysanchez]

@@someguy325es that sounds like something that would work for me. I’m going to do valve springs and retainers too. I will likely only rev it to 7k. Do you think his identical timing would work on my engine? If so, do you have blocks made for it that I could buy from you as well? I’ll buy some solid lifters off of you as well.

[@someguy325es]

@@Machomanrandysanchez yeah the same timing should work good for what you are doing and I can provide the timing blocks either for the enem cams or any others if you either degree them yourself to figure out what the lobe center angles are, or just send me the cams and I will profile them if you are in the US

[@someguy325es]

@@Machomanrandysanchez on the enem cams I profile all of them to figure out the lobe center angles

[@Machomanrandysanchez]

@@someguy325es excellent. Put me down for the enem 276/276. Would I need to limit vanos?

[@mohamedmostafa-zc5ju]

Very informative why did you change from vac cam 280/264 to enem 280/280, is more exhaust duration more important than intake with big turbine housing? .... thank you

[@someguy325es]

I wanted cams with a solid lifter ramp profile and the vac cams had very low lift. These are not Enem 280/280, they are Enem 276/276 Z13 profile. Vac 280/264 = 10.4mm lift intake, 9.5mm lift exhaust Enem 280/280 = 10.4mm lift on both Enem 276/276 = 11.5mm lift on both

[@mohamedmostafa-zc5ju]

@@someguy325es thank you very much

[@lanciadeltas416]

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[@someguy325es]

I make them and sell them. Email me at [e-mail]

[@JuanjoseHerrera-sf7on]

Greetings, can the stock camshafts of a m50 vanos be varied and have some improvement? thank you

[@JuanjoseHerrera-sf7on]

Greetings, can the stock camshafts of a m50 vanos be varied and have some improvement? thank you

[@JuanjoseHerrera-sf7on]

Greetings, can the stock camshafts of a m50 vanos be varied and have some improvement? thank you

[@JuanjoseHerrera-sf7on]

Greetings, can the stock camshafts of a m50 vanos be varied and have some improvement? thank you

[@JuanjoseHerrera-sf7on]

Greetings, can the stock camshafts of a m50 vanos be varied and have some improvement? thank yo

[@JuanjoseHerrera-sf7on]

Greetings, can the stock camshafts of a m50 vanos be varied and have some improvement? thank you