The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 515 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: <E36> RTAB recomendation please Re: Lift time rental? Re: Lift time rental? Varta Battery Re: [bmwuucdigest] digest(15 messages) Re: Performance Rod bolts for BMW??? Free dyno testing for your SF Bay Area //M3 (E36) BMW Farm Vehicle ....sacriledge?? Re: [BMWCSRegistry] BMW Farm Vehicle ....sacriledge?? <E30> Carfax please
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:42:25 -0600 From: Jamie Howton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: Re: <E36> RTAB recomendation please Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If your RTABs are original at 91K, they have been shot for a long time. Your options are Stock, Urethane or Solid Steel. I have Urethane on my 330i and Ground Control Spherical on my M3. Bimmerworld carries all of the above, have great customer service. They also rent the tool which makes removal and replacement very easy. Regards -- Jamie Howton 2002 330i 2000 M5 1995 M3 Hampshire, IL ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:38:53 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Lift time rental? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Click and Clack (Tom & Ray Magliozzi on the Car Talk radio show) have a great story about a customer's car that fell off a lift. Tom (or is it Ray? - the one with the deeper voice) said he called the customer to report that the work was completed successfully, but then the car car fell off the lift. Apparently the customer did not appreciate that Tom (Ray?) was laughing when he mentioned that part. I hate when people have no sense of humor. Point here is, just because the car is on a lift is no guarantee that it will not fall off. Be sure to place the lifting arms in the correct locations before raising it up. Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA >Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:03:02 -0800 >From: Avi Heroor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com >Subject: Re: Lift time rental? >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Anyway... Why are you apprehensive about using a jack and jackstands? The >> main reason folks use lifts is convience and speed, not safety... >> > >I'm just worried about banging away at some hard to remove part and >having the truck slide off a jackstand. The convenience part does appeal >to me as well. > >--Avi. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:09:42 -0800 From: "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: Re: Lift time rental? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> yep. I've heard of cars falling off lifts too. Matter of fact one managed to completely flip and land on its roof. Marco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:39 AM To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [UUC] Lift time rental? Click and Clack (Tom & Ray Magliozzi on the Car Talk radio show) have a great story about a customer's car that fell off a lift. Tom (or is it Ray? - the one with the deeper voice) said he called the customer to report that the work was completed successfully, but then the car car fell off the lift. Apparently the customer did not appreciate that Tom (Ray?) was laughing when he mentioned that part. I hate when people have no sense of humor. Point here is, just because the car is on a lift is no guarantee that it will not fall off. Be sure to place the lifting arms in the correct locations before raising it up. Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA >Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:03:02 -0800 >From: Avi Heroor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com >Subject: Re: Lift time rental? >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Anyway... Why are you apprehensive about using a jack and jackstands? The >> main reason folks use lifts is convience and speed, not safety... >> > >I'm just worried about banging away at some hard to remove part and >having the truck slide off a jackstand. The convenience part does appeal >to me as well. > >--Avi. 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: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:44:14 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: Varta Battery Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Can the plate covers on the Varta be removed to allow topping off with water? -Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:00:10 -0500 From: "Steve Hazard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: Re: [bmwuucdigest] digest(15 messages) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'd also check your swaybar mounting points for metal fatigue, and of course your RSM's http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html/subcategory_detail.asp?modelcode=E3 6&subcat_id=96 Cheers, Steve 98M3/4 Boston Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:32:17 -0600 (CST) From: "Kevin Jay (Mr.Fabulous)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: <E36> RTAB recomendation please Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The rear tires on my E36 have cupped ever since I lowered the car (usual H&R/Bilstein setup). It's time for new tires, and with that probably a good time for a four-wheel alignment (somebody with better gear than I have in my garage). I'm wondering if while we're down there this might make for a good time to R&R the RTABs (car has 91K on the clock)? Anybody got an opinion as to whether it makes sense to just blindly do this? And does anybody have a recomendation for a good source/manufacturer (street use)? - Kevin Jay '96 328is ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:08:20 -0800 From: "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: Re: Performance Rod bolts for BMW??? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wellllllll I just bought a set of Pauter rods and bolts. Are you planning on using the stock rods? Not sure if the pauter bolts (I'm not even sure if they made the bolts) will fit a stock rod. Marco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bruno Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 8:29 AM To: bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com Subject: [UUC] Performance Rod bolts for BMW??? I am looking for performance rod bolts for my race car M52 2.8l engine and for an E34 M5. I don't seem to find any companie making them. ARP has only the Euro rod bolts and they don't fit either application. Raceware Engineering in MI told me that they don't do any rod bolts for BMW, only main and head studs. Should I just get the OEM rod bolts and finish my engine??? Thanks. Bruno Webmaster of the BMW E34 Website: www.bmwe34.net 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: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:04:24 -0800 From: JKerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[uucdigest]" <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com>, bmw digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Free dyno testing for your SF Bay Area //M3 (E36) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Seeking more test cars to verify the dyno results I've been obtaining with my OBDII //M3. The increase on my car, on top of pre-existing mods, is 13 hp and 19 pounds of torque, at the rear wheels. If you have a 96 to 99 //M3, we offer to dyno test your car for free, including air/fuel ratios, at a well known dyno shop in the SF Bay Area. We prefer cars that are mostly stock, with stage 1 kind of mods or a CAI, remap, and exhaust at most. Besides free dyno testing, we'll offer a 2/3 discount (you pay 1/3) if you want to buy the finished kit. Please reply privately, Barry ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:51:01 -0600 From: "BMWBits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "E9coupes BMW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Senior Six Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Uucdigest" <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: BMW Farm Vehicle ....sacriledge?? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well, today I bought a 1988 325IX cheaper than a new 4-wheeler and now I am sitting contemplating my navel relative to making it into my daily farm vehicle rather than the 84 Chebby 3/4 ton 'heavy' with the 454 and automatic . So...question for the day ...Has anyone ever put LONGER springs under this type of E30 ?? I'd plan to put DAGO tires on it (dago in mud , dago in snow and when dago flat dago wop-wop-wop )on steel wheels so that I can sell the 4 stock IX alloys it currently has -anyone got some IX winter-steelies for to sell-or know which other makes of 4-bolt 15" (or 16" )steelies will fit ?? .I'd need the longer springs to keep some clearance to tall skinny mudders .Wonder how much 'un-negative' caster and camber there'd be with say a 3"lift all round ?? Doubt the Bilstein sports will s t r e t c h that long tho ... Car currently has a fairly decent diamond-schwarz metallic paint-job with a teensy bit of rust-thru in a wheelwell front corner ..was thinking I could daub some white paint onto it to make it match a Holstein milking-cow, then my moo-ers might not be so reactive as I drive around (Wonder if my amorous young bull might get ideas tho' ).Could maybe have a rally-cross with the cows as moving pylons ?? Where's the best place to buy decals to spell out "Team Manure" for my race-team ?? I already have my eye out for a set of those plastic 'bovine male appendages' seen hanging under lifted pickup twux ..I think purple would be nice ?? Or maybe yellow? ..they can hang from the trunklid or its spoiler . Anyone got a set of unused Texas Longhorns for the hood ?? The neighbor who raises them sez his cows are all intending to keep theirs ..boo!!. Catalytic converter, restrictive rear muffler , lighted interior mirror , heated exterior mirrors will all need to go -maybe even the M-style steering wheel if the white vinyl MOMO I have stored in Seattle can be made to fit ....the ultimate pimp-mobile ?? Hmmnn..need a pair of hanging dice too I suppose eh or a garter?? ..but if the interior mirror gets sold-where to hang them ?? The possibilities are seemingly endless ..... Retirement is SUCH fun ..I get to do all the repressed-urge things now !! Yeeha !! Bill Proud , retiree, Tennessee . Maybe I'll just part it out and buy a 4-wheeler ??(trade anyone ??) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 23:50:34 -0800 From: allister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BMWBits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "E9coupes BMW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Senior Six Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Uucdigest" <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: Re: [BMWCSRegistry] BMW Farm Vehicle ....sacriledge?? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> now that sound good bill >a wheelwell front corner ..was >thinking I could daub some white paint onto it to make it match a >Holstein milking-cow, then my moo-ers might not be so reactive as I >drive around (Wonder if my amo Manure"... ace-team ?? >I already have my eye out ... for the hood ?? The neighbor >who raises them sez his cows .. can be >made to fit ....the ultimate pimp-mobile ?? Hmmnn..need a pair .. >possibilities are seemingly endless ...fun .. repressed- 4-wheeler >??(trade anyone ??) -- (Oo=0=oO)' (_) (_) ========= ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:19:02 -0600 From: "Paul Craven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <bmwuucdigest@uucdigest.com> Subject: <E30> Carfax please Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Any one have a minute to run this VIN? WBAAA1309H2322393 I am considering it as a track car and general beater. Thanks, Paul Craven 93 325ic looking for a roommate ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(10 messages) **********
