[uucdigest] Monday, January 24 2000 Volume 03 : Number 110 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | For all available Digest commands including unsubscribe/subscribe, | visit the BMW UUC Digest page: http://www.uucdigest.com | Send SUBMISSIONS to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Complaints? Send 'em to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you must. | Visit http://www.bubbaclub.com | www.bimmers.com - "serving enthusiasts on the 'net" | Visit http://www.bimmer.org - ultimate BMW bulletin boards! | Subscribe to the Zionsville Autosport Parts Digest: | http://www.zionsvilleautosport.com/majordomo.htm ����������������������������������������� In this BMW UUC Digest: [uuc] Re: Making a newer BMW handle/feel like a 'classic' BMW [uuc] Clunk, clunk noise heard from engine under full power [uuc] (E30) Need some help will an Alpina B6!!!! Re: [uuc] Ren's featured ride! (was: Bimmer Mag. contact) [uuc] M5 clip on Speedvision's "Motor Trend TV" Re: [uuc] Re: <m30> motor randomly cuts out [uuc] Bimmer Mag Ph. # [uuc] Re: Making a newer BMW handle/feel like a 'classic' BMW [uuc] Khumos or Yokos [uuc] Re: MT COTY [uuc] FW: (E30) ALpina B6 Help needed!! Re: [uuc] Re: MT COTY [uuc] Roundels for sale ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 18:44:19 -0500 From: "Curt Kiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Making a newer BMW handle/feel like a 'classic' BMW Well we have a winner folks! Jay has, IMHO, asked the most interesting question this year. Since most are looking for a way to make their 02' or 320i handle better, like a newer/tighter car, there may be very little experience for tuning the retro feel. Now Don has the right idea about 'tossability' with the M coupe. BTW, I drove over a nickel and could tell it was heads-up! Jay, most anything you do will tighten the suspension and feel of your car. What you want to try is to loosen it to get that E28 feeling. ;-) So, IN A GESTING MANNER, I suggest this for your great handling E36. Drain most of the power steering fluid out of the well. Don't run it dry but get it just right so the steering is sluggish. Then drop the tire pressures to about 25psi. Run some Crown regular gas in it. You'll drive it for a few minutes and put it all back. LOL Consider it as driving an E28! All you senior five drivers can just relax since I'm just kidding and love the E28 cars. I don't really have an answer for you Jay. But if you come to O'Fest I'll give you a guest drive in my 88' M5 so you can get that 'retro' feeling. Curt Kiser feeling ornery today 88' M5 Sharked and tweaked ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 15:50:41 -0800 (PST) From: Chester Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Clunk, clunk noise heard from engine under full power Well, there was some info in my post about Sunday's dyno session that seemed to go unnoticed. BTW, the list seems pretty quiet....I hope it's not because of the storms and power outages. Anyway, to add to Steve D's comment about the dyno session and how the Dynopacks were really quiet and all that you really heard was the car, my car made this weird sound during the session. It was a click, clack, clack diesel-type sound when the operator "floored" it and the rpms slowly climbed from 3k -> 7k rpms. Several other people also noticed some engine shake at the beginning of the run. The noise was about 2 per sec....so something like 2-3Hz. This noise was hear while the engine was screaming and I was standing right next to the engine. (too bad I didn't get to see the speedo.....btw, where does the speedo obtain its speed reading? Front wheels? Tranny? Rear wheels?) Wayne Miller's car didn't make the diesel sound, but it did make this weird swoosh sound. Anyway, both cars were warmed up prior to the run. I have an oil temp gauge at it was showing ~180 degrees farenheit (and more by the time the two runs were over). Engine oil is Mobile 1 synthetic and hits the top level indicator on the dipstick. My car has 17k miles on the odo. Any ideas of where I should look for the noise? Man, too bad I hadn't run Techron prior to this dyno session! =) TIA, Chester ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 16:23:35 -0800 From: "Herrin, Bradley T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] (E30) Need some help will an Alpina B6!!!! Hi guys- I need some help please. I am posting this for a net impaired friend. Is there a wiring diagram for an Alpina B6 available (it's an E30 with a big SIX). I think the timing continually advances until it stumbles and then starts over. Also, how does the brain pick up the crankshaft position reference signal? There isn't a normal reference pickup that is usually present. HELP!!!!!!!. Cheers- Brad - ------------------------------------------------------ Brad Herrin <<...>> , CISD 2802 Kelvin Ave. Irvine, CA 92614-5826 Phone: 949.567.4582 Fax: 949.567.4510 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Wk) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Hm) - ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 19:31:51 EST From: "Steven Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Ren's featured ride! (was: Bimmer Mag. contact) Ren, Is the article online somewhere for us to read about it? I'm ASSuming that it's the SuperCharged 540i you were talking about. If not, that's one powerful J Stock Club Racer... Steve '87 325iS need $1200 for a new engine >From: Eric Fournier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [uuc] Bimmer Magazine contact phone number >Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 15:12:28 -0800 > >Hey Ren, I rode in it last week. Must of been the last time before you >bought it. Holy SH*T! I was getting ill from the acceleration! It's >intoxicating having over 400 Hp on tap. BTW, any Barnes & Noble or >Borders, etc... will have "Bimmer". > >Eric >GGC >87 E30 M3 > > >Ren Finley wrote: > > > > Does anyone have a contact phone number for Bimmer magazine? My car was > > featured in a recent issue and I want to get additional copies... > > > > Ren Finley > > 00 328ci > > 95 540i Sport (Dinan S/C) > > 89 M3 (J Stock Club Racer) > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 16:41:42 -0800 (PST) From: henry butt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] M5 clip on Speedvision's "Motor Trend TV" FYI Motor Trend TV will have a clip on the new M5 on Speedvision to-nite at 8:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. EST. Henry BMWCCA BMWCC __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 18:49:48 -0800 From: richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: <m30> motor randomly cuts out one of my customers cars[e-30]85 325is, did the same thing... was the grounds*, [3 each, crimped/soldered into an eye connection] under the intake manifold... * are responsible for fi and ingnition trigger/firing* would run , die, start back...instantly... just cut out, also the clock would stop displaying... i thought it was the combi-relay...at first...after the replacement everything fine...then poof...it stopped dead,,, i charged her for one hour, and replaced the oem relay...put the new one back instock... since it was a learning experience, i did not charge the full amount of time... richard, euro wrench, and owner of 72 3.0cs 80 & 83 633csi 85 635 csi other brit and euro cars and bikes ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 21:26:55 -0500 From: "Henry Caldwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Bimmer Mag Ph. # <<Does anyone have a contact phone number for Bimmer magazine? My car was featured in a recent issue and I want to get additional copies>> Ren, The phone number is shown as 415-382-0580. Fax is 415-382- 0587 Henry ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 20:32:52 -0600 From: Bill Weismann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Making a newer BMW handle/feel like a 'classic' BMW Umm.. I remember seeing a 1997 528i that ran through Manheim Auto Auction with something like 120K on it. Read about it on a Market report... Would that do it? >:) Bill ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 21:54:11 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Khumos or Yokos Robbie writes.. <<Carter, Few things and then some real advice. First off the Yok will last the longest, be best in the rain, and if you can handle the noise (sorta like a monster truck going down the street) treat you well as a daily tire.>> Remember Robbie, this is not my daily driver. <<However--- It won't stick near as well as the Kumho. That's all ya need to know.>> Yes, that is a factor. <<Now the REAL advice part: There are many reasons people come Club Racing. One of which is a chance to be in a glorified driver school where you can pass wherever you want. If that's the plan than that's cool too, enjoy the Yoks and watch your mirrors.>> It's a 325E. I'll do A LOT of mirror watching regardless of tire choice. :-) Ha ha. << However, it is called Club "RACING" so things like maximum adhesion and grip mean a lot. At first you may be fine with the Yoks, but in time lap times become a very real concern and one of the easiest places to trim the fat is in tires.>> I am planning to do some "RACING" for sure. And yes, the tire performance is most important. <<More advice: driving home from driver schools should be a no brainer. Personally I drive the race car to driver schools all the time. That is because it's just that- a driver school. Things may get a little fast in the instructor group sometimes, but no 10/10ths business. That's for the races. You should never really fear how to get home because you can control most of the variables. Races are another world. YOU NEVER KNOW what can happen to you in a race.>> I was co-driving with Holland Hale at Mid Ohio last October in his J Stock E30 M3. I saw your driver door and left front fender. You're not kidding! ;-) <grin> Also, (still grinning and kidding you a little, all in good fun) you finished 25th overall and first in I stock. We finished 18th overall and first in J-stock, the next SLOWER class. In all fairness though you did a 1:46:7 and Holland did a 1:47:0. I did a 1:47:3 in Holland's car (not having been in a rear drive car on-track in 7 years). You also did a 2:20:2 on lap 29.....oops! Is this an example of "you never know what can happen to you in a race?" LOL ! <<It's racin'-shit happens. You'd be really better off getting your hands on a truck and trailer for going to races.>> If I have a major incident, I'll leave the car at the track, drive 90 minutes home, rent a Uhaul trailer, hook it to my Mazda MPV (4500 lbs. towing capacity) and will bring it home. This combination (I owned a new dual axle open trailer at the time) worked well for 7 years racing in SCCA's Improved Touring category. Not to boast but we won the Southeast Endurance Championship in '96. Seven years of very serious IT racing, at or near the front, with only one incident where I couldn't have "driven the car home." In all seriousness, our second child arrived a few months ago and I like the 13/13 rule. I'm turning the wick down a little for now. I know how to have fun but keep it clean. Plus, there probably won't be another L-Stock car there. I'll race hard but cleanly with those who are around me. If two same-class cars are going at it, I'll move over, will let them pass, and will enjoy the best seat at the track for watching a good dice. <<Final recommendation: Buy a set of Yoks for all of your schools and commuting. Buy a set of Kumhos just for use at the races. Good luck- Robbie Kollar # 22 I-Stock 95 M3 >> Actually, I think I'll buy a set of 15 x 7's for the Khumos and will keep the Mich MXV4's for rain, and the few street miles this car will see this year. It looks like I can get two wrapped tires in the passenger seat and two in the trunk. Good luck in 2000 and I hope we see you at VIR this May. www.virclub.com Come over after the day's racing is over and have a cold one. Best, Carter Hunt ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 18:56:30 -0800 (PST) From: henry butt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: MT COTY Was that MT that picked the Chevy Vega COTY too ? I've always wondered how any car company could have made such a pile of sh*t ( and also the self-destruct Firenza) and gotten to be crowned Car of the Year ! (OBMWC) Just to be fair, why do I have to push a tiny button first in order to get to to tone control buttons on the radio on my '95 E36 ? Why do I have tilt but not telecoping steering wheel on my '95 E36 and telecoping but no tilt on my E24 M6 @#$%^ !!! Henry BMWCC BMW CCA BMWCC BMW CCA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 19:08:23 -0800 From: "Herrin, Bradley T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] FW: (E30) ALpina B6 Help needed!! Hi guys- I need some help please. I am posting this for a net impaired friend. Is there a wiring diagram for an Alpina B6 available (it's an E30 with a big SIX). I think the timing continually advances until it stumbles and then starts over. Also how does the brain pick up the crankshaft position reference signal? There isn't a normal reference pickup that is usually present. HELP. Cheers- Brad - ------------------------------------------------------ Brad Herrin <<...>> , CISD 2802 Kelvin Ave. Irvine, CA 92614-5826 Phone: 949.567.4582 Fax: 949.567.4510 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Wk) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Hm) - ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 21:01:48 -0600 From: "Anthony Tam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: MT COTY > Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 12:54:26 -0500 (EST) > From: Moe Drippins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: MT COTY > > Bill Weismann writes: > >> But since its' MT.. who cares anyways? :) > > Ok, maybe I'm stepping on a minefield here, but what is it about MT > that so incenses so many of you? > > (I'm not asking this as someone who reads it, I want to know why to > avoid it.) > > - -- > Just Moe > '95 540 6 speed, BL/SS IMHO, Any "enthusiast" automotive magazine that gets that excited about those Bridgestone(?) tires with multi-color treads and goes out of the way to see if the burnout marks left on pavement will also be similarly colored does not belong on my nightstand or cofee table... For the past several years, MT has become like a Sport Compact Car, only without the helpful (sometimes) DIY articles... Cheers, - -A. `87 325is ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 19:44:39 -0800 (PST) From: "K.C. Boyce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Roundels for sale All, Just wanted to let y'all know that I'm doing some cleaning and I have some recent back issues of Roundel for sale on eBay. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=245526131 KC Boyce '85 325e E30 Eta Page: http://rikki.coloradocollege.edu/~k_boyce/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! 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