The BMW UUC Digest Volume 1 : Issue 38 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: more snow tires FS: 225/45/15 Hoosiers - Sold O.E. Xenon headlights for sale slightly OT:) E30 M3 engine swaps was Re: Crooked E36 M3 - What to do? Re: E30 M3 engine swaps was Re: Crooked E36 M3 - What to do? Re: E30 M3 engine swaps was Re: Crooked E36 M3 - What to do? Re: E30 M3 engine swaps was Re: Crooked E36 M3 - What to do? Re: E30 M3 engine swaps was Re: Crooked E36 M3 - What to do? Re: E30 M3 engine swaps BMW is hiring E30 fuel issues. Re: E30 fuel issues.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 11:08:43 -0800 From: "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: more snow tires Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Green Diamond? I thought they sold almonds. Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA >Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 10:11:45 -0700 >From: "Tim Pfister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: more snow tires >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Has anyone looked into "Green Diamond" tires? >www.greendiamondna.com >They certainly look intriguing. >Tim Pfister,50 today in Montana, no need for snow tires ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 15:52:05 -0500 From: "Bob Van Epps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bmw-Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Com \(E-mail\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Club-Race List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Com \(E-mail\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FS: 225/45/15 Hoosiers - Sold Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I had 4 sets of these available with minor use. All sold, Thanks Bob Van Epps Van Epps Motorsports 954-741-0990 954-572-3766 Fax ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 18:01:20 -0800 From: "Chris Marino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: O.E. Xenon headlights for sale Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Group, **This is an update** In my message, below, I stated the M5 had 2,000 miles. The car actually had 3,140 miles. I just wanted to be as accurate as possible in the description. To that end (and as the picture depict) the lights look absolutely brand new. I have a set of (clear-sidemarkers) Xenon headlights for sale. I've created a website if anyone is interested. These came off of a 2000 M5 with 2,000 miles and are in virtually brand-new condition. Here's the website, with pictures: http://www.inlacal.com/xenon If you have any questions, just let me know. Chris 89 M3 http://www.inlacal.com 91 M5 93 850ci 98 M Roadster 00 M5 01 X5 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:21:45 -0800 From: "Ben Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: slightly OT:) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hey I'm looking for a good used roll back tow truck for sale. Yes it will be to haul BMW's:) If you know of someone who has one for sale and wants to sell it please let me know. You can reach me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, ben dixon '95 325i '72 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:21:44 -0800 From: Rex Tener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: BMW UUC List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rex Tener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: E30 M3 engine swaps was Re: Crooked E36 M3 - What to do? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 02:23 PM 11/25/2003 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I would recommend an E36 transplant, but >if you are going to transplant to an E30, please don't pick an E30 M3 >and butcher it. The car is rare and does not need an S52 to make it fun. IMHO, a modern car that had production in the multi-thousands is not a rare car. With the expense of the S14 and relative low cost of E30 M3's, I think these cars are ideal candidates for S50/S52/S54 swaps for those that want something different. -- Rex Tener [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:48:41 -0800 From: Bora Akyol (BMW) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Rex Tener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: BMW UUC List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: E30 M3 engine swaps was Re: Crooked E36 M3 - What to do? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On a year by year basis, most E30 M3 production is lower than 1000. Except 1987 I think. Doing an S52 swap adds nothing to the value of the car, and detracts from it. And what is the high maintenance cost with S14. You do a water pump every two-three years, and do a valve adjustment once a year and replace the spark plugs. At least the water pumps don't have plastic impellers. I have owned a 95 M3 (past 100K miles) and still own an 89 M3 race car. The S14 engine with routine maintenance is bullet-proof. Bora On Sunday, Nov 30, 2003, at 20:21 US/Pacific, Rex Tener wrote: > At 02:23 PM 11/25/2003 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I would recommend an E36 transplant, but >> if you are going to transplant to an E30, please don't pick an E30 M3 >> and butcher it. The car is rare and does not need an S52 to make it >> fun. > > IMHO, a modern car that had production in the multi-thousands is not a > rare car. With the expense of the S14 and relative low cost of E30 > M3's, I think these cars are ideal candidates for S50/S52/S54 swaps > for those that want something different. > > -- > Rex Tener > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:44:25 -0800 (PST) From: Tammer Farid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Bora Akyol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, uucdigest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: E30 M3 engine swaps was Re: Crooked E36 M3 - What to do? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bora, While I agree with your statement in general, I think Rex's comment about "the expense of the S14" is in the cases where maintenance was lacking--a rebuild or replacement is an expensive undertaking, as it is with M88/S38 engines as well. I wouldn't want to see a pristine E30 M3 get a transplant, but there's nothing wrong with dropping the S52 into a roller with a blown S14 (unless every other aspect of the car is concours quality). IMHO, of course, -tammer f. --- Bora Akyol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On a year by year basis, most E30 M3 production is lower > than 1000. > Except 1987 I think. > > Doing an S52 swap adds nothing to the value of the car, > and detracts > from it. > > And what is the high maintenance cost with S14. You do a > water pump > every two-three years, > and do a valve adjustment once a year and replace the > spark plugs. > > At least the water pumps don't have plastic impellers. I > have owned a > 95 M3 (past 100K miles) > and still own an 89 M3 race car. The S14 engine with > routine > maintenance is bullet-proof. > > Bora > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:44:29 -0800 (PST) From: Brad Couvillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: E30 M3 engine swaps was Re: Crooked E36 M3 - What to do? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Awwww come on. If you want a rare car, go buy an M1 or a 60s vintage Jag or something. If you want a fast car in every respect, install an S52 into an E30 M3. Instead of JUST handling and braking well like it does in stock form, it will accelerate well, too! Resale value? Who cares about resale value? It's only a $10,000 car to start with! You could buy a 2-year-old Kia for that price! Brad Couvillon <-- Never ridden in or driven an E30 M3; only seen 2 in the flesh '85 Euro 535i <-- in hibernation '87 528e ex-'87 528e www.fatdaddybmw.com --- Bora Akyol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On a year by year basis, most E30 M3 production is > lower than 1000. > Except 1987 I think. > > Doing an S52 swap adds nothing to the value of the > car, and detracts > from it. > > And what is the high maintenance cost with S14. You > do a water pump > every two-three years, > and do a valve adjustment once a year and replace > the spark plugs. > > At least the water pumps don't have plastic > impellers. I have owned a > 95 M3 (past 100K miles) > and still own an 89 M3 race car. The S14 engine with > routine > maintenance is bullet-proof. > > Bora __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:34:11 -0800 From: Rex Tener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Bora Akyol (BMW) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Rex Tener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, BMW UUC List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: E30 M3 engine swaps was Re: Crooked E36 M3 - What to do? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 08:48 PM 11/30/2003 -0800, BMW wrote: >On a year by year basis, most E30 M3 production is lower than 1000. >Except 1987 I think. Cool, that is about 3 times the number of S54 M Coupes made each year for the US. However, with three thousand or so E30 M3's just in the US and multi-thousands more outside of the US I think calling it rare is a stretch. >And what is the high maintenance cost with S14. You do a water pump every >two-three years, >and do a valve adjustment once a year and replace the spark plugs. Yeah, maintenance doesn't seem to be high, but many of these swaps start with an E30 M3 with a blown motor, that is what I was referring to with respect to the S14 cost. The best prevention for these swaps is for E30 M3 values to rise. -- Rex Tener [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 08:37:36 -0500 From: ben keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: bmwuucdigest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: E30 M3 engine swaps Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> having seen some rough E30 M3's lately, there are a fair number of them which have been neglected & are not that expensive as starting points for an engine swap. starting with a $10k+ M3 and then spending $10k on a through conversion is foolish. starting with a $1.5k roller makes it a much more reasonable project if you figure a similar condition E30 will run you $500-$1000. unless you're strictly doing the conversion for straight line speed you're going to go with bigger brakes, which are easier to do on an M3. plus you have a much wider selection of wheels for a 5-bolt application. then once you get the car sorted out a bit, you end up wanting better aero for the car, which leads to an M3 front bumper, then you want to run bigger tires, which the M3's fenders allow you to do much easier. build the car that makes you happy & provides the performance/ bang for buck/image/etc solution that's important to you, not what someone tells you is the "right" way to go about it. there's a guy with a Mitsubishi turbo 4 in an E30 318, plus the several people who were supposed to be working on V8 Chevy conversion (tho I've never seen those completed), so you build what you want, it's a free country. Ben ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 04:13:02 -0800 (PST) From: John Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: BMW is hiring Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Just in case anyone on this list is living near Northern NJ and works in TV production, my company is hiring for BMW: Instructional Designer, TP-NJ Team Productions | Northern NJ Producer/Writer, TP-NJ Team Productions | Northern NJ Avid Editor, TP-NJ Team Productions | Northern NJ Graphic Designer, TP-NJ Team Productions | Northern NJ Production Manager/Customer Service Rep, TP-NJ Team Productions | Northern NJ http://www.teamgroup.tv/jobs.php click above JKG ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://WWW.geocities.com/JohnKGallagher __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 12:53:02 -0500 (EST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bmw list) Subject: E30 fuel issues. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> So I think my fuel pump has died. I got into the parking lot at work here this morning and the engine died and wouldn't restart. After sitting a while I could restart it and make it around the parking lot and it died again. As my car is an 87 and I have both a transfer and a main pump (which wasn't making any discernable noises before it died) should I replace both, or just the main pump or is there some other trouble shooting that I should do. -- Joe -- Joseph M. Krzeszewski Network Operations [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jack of All Trades, Master of None... Yet ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 12:49:22 -0500 From: "Michael Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "UUC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: E30 fuel issues. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You should troubleshoot the main DME relay, the fuel pump relay and any associated grounds as this may be your problem, as it was with my E36 M3 which would intermittently decide not to start. Using a test light, start from the fuel pump connector and work your way back to the DME relay. You may immediately find that there is good signal and ground at the fuel pump, which would signal that your fuel pump is in fact bad. The bentley manual should have the associated wiring diagram or someone could give you the pdf format from BMW. HTH, Mike 97 M3 IP #121 01 330xi -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 12:53 PM To: bmw list Subject: [UUC] E30 fuel issues. Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] So I think my fuel pump has died. I got into the parking lot at work here this morning and the engine died and wouldn't restart. After sitting a while I could restart it and make it around the parking lot and it died again. As my car is an 87 and I have both a transfer and a main pump (which wasn't making any discernable noises before it died) should I replace both, or just the main pump or is there some other trouble shooting that I should do. -- Joe -- Joseph M. Krzeszewski Network Operations [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jack of All Trades, Master of None... Yet __________________________________________________________________________ In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(13 messages) **********
