its actually for my tintop i have a 3 series bmw with the 3l 24v straight 6 in and i have a nitrous kit fitted but upgrading to direct port so need the manifold off to drill the holes

i know the bmw engines are becoming sort of common doner engines so was hoping someone may have pics or some help before i start the job

thanks

It's pretty easy, I've done this on E36 328. There's an amount of plumbing to disconnect but nothing massively difficult. Have a look here for some hints:

http://crazydavesdeathtrap.blogspot.com/2011/05/progress.html

Were there any bolts under the manifold that you remember mate

Yes, it's held down with a few m6 bolts either side of the TB (but more underneath)

Thanks for the replys I attempted it this weekend and there are so many things attached to the manifold lol

Looks like this now though

Nice... nitrous? That is a very clean engine bay.

For future reference, BMW TIS can be found online nowadays:
http://tis.spaghetticoder.org/

Here's the part on the M52 manifold
http://tis.spaghetticoder.org/s/view.pl?1/00/32/78

(also, for parts check: http://www.bmwfans.info )

[Edited on 27/2/12 by rost]

yes mate wizards of nos kit when its done it will be jetted to around 125hp and there is methanol injection drilled right into the throttle body

i was quite supprised nothing was hard to remove or hard to work out there was just lots of it to remove before anything happened

i found that tis manual once but couldnt find it again after that for some reason must have been typing the wrong thing into google