The BMW UUC Digest Volume 4 : Issue 61 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: <e34>Brake pads for daily driver Re: <e34><mini>Brake pads for daily driver Re: <e34><mini>Brake pads for daily driver Re: <e34><mini>Brake pads for daily driver Re: <e34><mini>Brake pads for daily driver Pads for the street Re: Pads for the street Re: Pads for the street <e36> 318is Fuel Filter mount
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:50:49 -0500 From: "Chet Dawes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Dave Thomas'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: Re: <e34>Brake pads for daily driver Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have these on both of our e46's and the next set of street pads for the e36 will be these too. I'm sold. Indeed, they have a squeak on the first application, but the lack of brake dust to clean easily offsets that and the pedal feel is great. I'm a convert! Cheers, Chet Dawes -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Thomas Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 7:39 PM To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: Re: [UUC] <e34>Brake pads for daily driver On Friday 21 March 2008 4:43:09 pm KMS - Brett Anderson wrote: > We stock the Akebono EURO Ceramics exclusively for street customers. > > The only complaint I've had of any form is from my bloody wife! Small > amount of noise on initial application, in her X5. > > No dust, all the feel of stock pads. Those are great street pads, I have a set on my e36 M3. Easy on rotors, very quiet, and NO dust. Seriously...those things hardly dust at all. Darn near the perfect street pads IMO. Dave ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:00:58 -0400 From: KMS - Brett Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Donna Seeley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: Re: <e34><mini>Brake pads for daily driver Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> EUR939 for Cooper S front EUR1060 for Cooper S rear Nothing for John Cooper Works brakes. Brett Anderson KMS Donna Seeley wrote: > Do they make a pad for Mini? > > Donna > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:04:33 -0700 From: Donna Seeley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUCDigest Digest <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: Re: <e34><mini>Brake pads for daily driver Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks! Does that include the '07? Donna too lazy to JFGI :) On Mar 21, 2008, at 7:00 PM, KMS - Brett Anderson wrote: > EUR939 for Cooper S front > EUR1060 for Cooper S rear > > Nothing for John Cooper Works brakes. > > Brett Anderson > KMS > > > Donna Seeley wrote: >> Do they make a pad for Mini? >> Donna > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:30:59 -0400 From: KMS - Brett Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Donna Seeley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: UUCDigest Digest <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: Re: <e34><mini>Brake pads for daily driver Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nope, sorry. Akebono hasn't rushed new models to the shelf because of the maintenance plans. We'll likely see them in a year or so. Brett Donna Seeley wrote: > Thanks! Does that include the '07? > > Donna > too lazy to JFGI :) > > On Mar 21, 2008, at 7:00 PM, KMS - Brett Anderson wrote: > >> EUR939 for Cooper S front >> EUR1060 for Cooper S rear >> >> Nothing for John Cooper Works brakes. >> >> Brett Anderson >> KMS >> >> >> Donna Seeley wrote: >>> Do they make a pad for Mini? >>> Donna >> > > 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 > -- Help me support the fight against breast cancer http://08.the3day.org/goto/kathylyle Brett Anderson KMS - Koala Motorsport LLC (440) 564 7574 www.koalamotorsport.com www.bmwdiffs.com 9988 Kinsman Rd Novelty OH 44072 (Cleveland Area) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:12:54 -0700 From: Donna Seeley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: UUCDigest Digest <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: Re: <e34><mini>Brake pads for daily driver Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> D'oh! Yes, of course. Thanks! On Mar 21, 2008, at 8:30 PM, KMS - Brett Anderson wrote: > Nope, sorry. Akebono hasn't rushed new models to the shelf because > of the maintenance plans. We'll likely see them in a year or so. > > Brett > > > > Donna Seeley wrote: >> Thanks! Does that include the '07? >> Donna >> too lazy to JFGI :) >> On Mar 21, 2008, at 7:00 PM, KMS - Brett Anderson wrote: >>> EUR939 for Cooper S front >>> EUR1060 for Cooper S rear >>> >>> Nothing for John Cooper Works brakes. >>> >>> Brett Anderson >>> KMS >>> >>> >>> Donna Seeley wrote: >>>> Do they make a pad for Mini? >>>> Donna >>> >> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:55:20 -0700 From: Steve Albrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: Pads for the street Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> First off, I should mention that NO street pad is going to be worthwhile on the track, none, nada, not gonna happen. The track pad I like the best is the Porterfield R4 - NOT the R4s. The R4s is a STREET PAD and will crumble to dust under track conditions. The R4 sucks on the street. It squeals like a city bus and barely stops the car when cold. And by cold, I mean less than a few hundred degrees or so. Street pads never get that hot under normal city driving. On the track, they take about a lap to warm up, and after that it feels like you have hit a brick wall when you brake. They also become quiet when they get hot. For the street, I have taken a liking to Centric pads. Centric is the parent company to Stoptech. These pads are very smooth, progressive, and ~95% dustless. I tried Axxis on my wife's 540 for a while and neither she or I liked them. They are pretty clean, but they have far too much initial bite making smooth braking impossible. My recommendation is Centric for the street, and Porterfield R4 for the track. Obviously, when you change from street to track pads for a track school, you need to clean the street pad deposits off the rotors. If you don't do that, you will get all kinds of 'pad poop' deposited on the rotors which will lead to extreme steering wheel shudder under heavy braking. I have had great results using a Flex-Hone to clean the rotors. Google it. Flex-Hone the rotors when you change back to your street pads also. Cheers Steve Albrecht '98 540iA '00 540i/6 '02 R1150RT - The Real BMW ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:59:52 -0700 From: Mark Dadgar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: Re: Pads for the street Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Mar 21, 2008, at 8:55 PM, Steve Albrecht wrote: > First off, I should mention that NO street pad is going to be > worthwhile on the track, none, nada, not gonna happen. Steve's comments are dead-on with one caveat: driver skill level. If you're a beginning track driver, the stock pads are fine. Once you're a high-C/low-B (in BMW CCA-speak), you're in need of something a bit more aggressive. Learning to brake correctly helps, but it just forestalls the day a bit ... I have not tried the R4's (like I said, more of a Hawk man myself), but Steve is not alone in being a fan. - Mark ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out my JustRacing homepage at: http://www.justracing.com/homepage/mdadgar ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:06:13 -0700 From: Bob Sutterfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: Re: Pads for the street Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Steve Albrecht wrote: > My recommendation is Centric for the street, and Porterfield R4 for the > track. Obviously, when you change from street to track pads for a track > school, you need to clean the street pad deposits off the rotors... > Flex-Hone the rotors when you change back to your street pads also. For a season or two I used R4 on the track and R4S for street and autox. They seem to leave compatible (or at least interoperable) pad deposits, reducing chores on Sunday evening in the paddock. Then I bought a crate of Scott Blazey's leftover E36M3 racing pads, which fit in the E34 540i calipers I put on our E28 535iS. PF90 in front and R4 in back seemed to be a nicely balanced setup. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:26:52 -0400 From: "Cledus Snow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: <e36> 318is Fuel Filter mount Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gruppe, Changed the fuel filter on my e36 318iS (08/92) today and ran into an issue. PO had removed the mounting bracket and installed a universal filter tie wrapping it all together. I get irritated when things are rigged but in the land of the $1000 BMW these things are common. ETK is not too clear on which parts are needs (there is nothing there at all now, just the bracket which is welded to the car, patiently awaiting it's mate). See hier on the ETK: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=BE53&mospid=47480&btnr=13_0362&hg=13&fg=10 Looks like I need parts 2,3, &4 or parts 12,13, & 14 or both? Anyone know? TIA, Jim Laing 92 318iS 86 325eS 84 318i EVO II sigs are silly<g> -- Less brakes, more accelerator - J.M. Fangio ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(9 messages) **********
