The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 463 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: OT: Audi lists] Free BMW Stuff debadging a car Re: debadging a car Re: debadging a car Re: debadging a car Re: Horrible cold-start consumption [E30] Airbag steering wheels Re: [E30] Airbag steering wheels
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 17:28:21 -0500 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT: Audi lists] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If he's a snail we can say "Look at that S car go". Gary Derian > Carey, > > If he is an S Car guy, this is a good place to start: > > http://www.s-cars.org/ > > It will also help him track down an S Car to buy if he not looking to > buy new. > > -norm > > > Carey Probst wrote: >> Sorry for the OT post but a friend is moving to the states from Austria >> and interested in finding an Audi list like these. >> >> He's selling his Audi there and will be buying another when he get here. >> >> Anybody know any good Audi dealers in the Albany, NY area? >> >> TIA >> >> Carey >> >> >> >> Carey Probst, '99 M3/2, '86 325e w/i cam ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 15:29:39 -0800 From: Mark Dadgar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUC Digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Free BMW Stuff Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm cleaning out the garage and put some free used BMW stuff up in the classifieds here: http://www.justracing.com/classifieds/view_classifieds.php Let me know if interested in any of it. - Mark ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out my JustRacing Home Page at: http://www.justracing.com/homepage/mdadgar ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 08:03:20 -0500 From: "Darren Beilstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: debadging a car Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi all, I think I am going to de-badge my 95 540 M-Sport. Does anyone have any tricks, so as not to scratch the paint or cause any other blemishes with the removal process? Thanks, Darren ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 09:09:48 -0500 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: debadging a car Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have used industrial strength dental floss and fishline both with great success; saw through the foam adhesive strip behind the emblems. The adhesive rubs off wtih your fingers from the paint, buff and wax. Ed Darren Beilstein wrote: > Hi all, > > I think I am going to de-badge my 95 540 M-Sport. Does anyone have > any tricks, so as not to scratch the paint or cause any other > blemishes with the removal process? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 12:13:02 -0500 From: Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Darren Beilstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: debadging a car Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> As Neil says dental floss and a tar-bug remover will work as well. I have found warming the area with a heatgun helps considerably. -Matt On Sun, 2004-12-19 at 08:03 -0500, Darren Beilstein wrote: > Hi all, > > I think I am going to de-badge my 95 540 M-Sport. Does anyone have any > tricks, so as not to scratch the paint or cause any other blemishes with the > removal process? > > Thanks, > Darren > > > Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 08:07:13 -0500 From: "Marc Plante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: debadging a car Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dental floss to saw off the badges, then something like Meguiars cleaner/wax or bug and tar remover to get off the glue. Marc Plante E36 M3/4, 60k Vienna, VA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Beilstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [UUC] debadging a car Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 08:03:20 -0500 > > Hi all, > > I think I am going to de-badge my 95 540 M-Sport. Does anyone have > any tricks, so as not to scratch the paint or cause any other > blemishes with the removal process? > > Thanks, > Darren > > > Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 10:14:29 -0500 From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Horrible cold-start consumption Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 12/18/04 5:20 PM, JKerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The limits of the adaptive system for the stock MAF can be exceeded > by, for instance, a larger HFM tube with higher fuel pressure. > The system adapts to the greater airflow and higher fuel pressure > to be rich enough at wot, however the CE comes on due to not being able > to run _lean enough on part throttle cruising. > A side effect of installing the larger HFM tube was that the ICV > went hyperactive, shooting the idle way too high immediately on cold > start. Problem was the system was now mis-reading as way too lean and > shooting extra gas to try to compensate, while it was actually the > metering at low airflow that was incorrect for the actual airflow > through the tube. > To deal with hyperactive ICV sutuations where the problem is the > metering (due to larger air tubes or bored out throttles), not the ICV, > here's stupid little trick that some of you will laugh at, but is > effective in some cases nevertheless: > Put a washer with a small inner hole (1/4"?) into the inlet hose just > before the Idle Control Valve. That will restrict the air flow to the > ICV, so that the adaptive system will not pump as much fuel. After a > few starts and stalls the adaptive system will lean itself again at idle > and the system will now use less fuel while the engine is cold. > ymmv, > Barry Of course this may also be an illustration of how dicking around with isolated components of an integrated system isn't necessarily a good idea. While it may lack the DIY problem-solving satisfaction that Barry enjoys, I suspect that most people would be much better served by using the appropriate software from Conforti, Dinan or whoever that would fully and properly adjust for the larger HFM and/or throttle body. Neil 96 M3 - Bastard child MB 300E - 235K miles and on its way out 525iT - Looking for a nice example with low miles and all options 77 MGB - Original owner, need to sell Mini - Cooper S on order ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 15:33:03 -0500 From: Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [E30] Airbag steering wheels Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> What's the verdict on non-airbag BMW M-Technic and the like being fitted to AirBag E30s? I understand that I lose the AB, which is not an issue. I also understand how to disconnect the AB without blowing myself through the back window or throwing a code. There are numerous BMW factory steering wheels on Ebay at any given time and my own stocker is driving me nuts... TIA -Matt 1991 325iX ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 15:54:13 -0500 From: "Rich Dorffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [E30] Airbag steering wheels Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have a non-airbag steering wheel in my originally airbag equipped E30. What it takes is an additional spacer on the column on top of the steering wheel before the nut in order to tighten it. You can use multiple washers if you wanted or an additional spacer. Others will also tell you that steering column in a non-airbag car is designed to collapse a little differently in the event of a crash compared to an airbag equipped car. Regards, Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt > Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 3:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [UUC] [E30] Airbag steering wheels > > > What's the verdict on non-airbag BMW M-Technic and the like being fitted > to AirBag E30s? > I understand that I lose the AB, which is not an issue. > I also understand how to disconnect the AB without blowing myself > through the back window or throwing a code. > > There are numerous BMW factory steering wheels on Ebay at any given time > and my own stocker is driving me nuts... > > TIA > -Matt > 1991 325iX ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(9 messages) **********
