M50 manifold swap onto my M52 328i

Im after fitting the bigger inlet manifold to my 328 can anyone advise what exactly it entails and what i will need apart from the manifold to carry out the job cheers.

I believe Alpina427 (?) on the E36coupe forum is the man to ask. He does big bore throttle body's to compliment the improved flow. You'll need an adaptor to fit the 328 throttle body to the M50 manifold.

Overall, it's best to get all the parts as a kit from the same source. I'm told the complete conversion will cost around £400 + the cost of a remap (£250 from Tim E for BMWClubNE members).

You'll gain around 25bhp or so.

However, you could just go out & buy a 4 door M3 with 286 or 321bhp 

Aye, a decent M3 will cost a few quid more to buy and a shed load more to run.

AndyS wrote: 1995 M3 Saloon £3,600 http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3314567.htm So cheap it's criminal.

Yea Andy thats a bargain but bagged my 328i for £800 and it already has coilovers track wheels and tyres interior stripped out and bucket seats and harnesses in so will have a good track car without spending a great deal more

that is so not true IMHO

If you of course run for every little worn-the-writing-off-the-face switch to the dealer, than yes. sure it's more than the rest of the e36 range, but not that much more.