[uucdigest] Friday, January 28 2000 Volume 03 : Number 135 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 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: Re: [uuc] Roll Cage for E36 coupe Re: [uuc] New To List Re: [uuc] New To List Re: [uuc] Re: Center console/arm rest - E30 [uuc] re: <E30> Control Arms: My Answer to the Big Question Re: [uuc] Re: [E36M3] Legend Five - Caliper Paint [uuc] Schroth Rally 4s? [uuc] Re: traffic maggots Re: [uuc] Atlantians to Roebling Re: [uuc] E30 pinging Re: [uuc] bad accident - maggots unlimited [uuc] Re: Bad accident / reckless ticket [uuc] Looking for tire opinions. Re: [uuc] Schroth Rally 4s? [uuc] GT2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 22:25:31 -0500 From: "Duane Collie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Roll Cage for E36 coupe > We'll it's freekin' cold in Chicago so there's nothing better to do than to > gear-up for another season of driving schools. After Grattan last year, I'm > determined to put in harnesses. The problem is deciding between a 1/2 cage > or a harness bar. Harness bars stink. O.K. for autocross, they are dangerous at the track. You roll the car when belted nicely in, your head gets cracked. Competition Harnesses = Cage or Rollbar > My car (M3) is my daily driver, so I like the flexibility of having a > harness bar that can be taken out. Harnesses are cool - but do I want them > all year round? No. They are truly miserable to wear on the street. You'll do it once, just to try it, and then bag 'em for daily driving thereafter. Why? You can't move to even adjust the radio...close the door, or turn around slightly in your seat to back up! > The flip side is that the cage is much safer in the case of > a roll-over. My concern with a 1/2 cage is street safety. If you got into an > accident without a helmet on - could you hit your head on the cage? A roll CAGE, yes......a roll BAR, no. Once you put a cage in, you no longer have a daily driver so to speak. Bar's are a PITA too, but more manageable. Best bet? Buy a dedicated track car ..... already set up. They're safer, and cheaper than modifying your '95 M3 for casual track duty. - - Duane Collie The Seven Sled ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:28:19 -0600 From: "Celisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] New To List Duane, Thanks so much for your response. I've always taken my car in for regular oil changes, and they have always turned off the lights..well that inspection warning. Thats the first time that they haven't. I called them, and stated this. They said, they would cut it off it I bought it in on Saturday. It doesn't stay on, but its a warning to let you know you need an oil change. Im going to do this,and check around, and have that Inspection II done I guess after I call BBB for the Auto World Foreign place. Thanks again. Celisa 94 318i ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:32:02 -0600 From: "Celisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] New To List Yes, thanks so much Gary, but I had that inspection II done last summer. I was only in for an oil change, so I thought..nothing extra lol..but I got fooled. But I will be checking other places..or at least I've found one. Celisa 94 318i ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:38:56 -0600 From: "Celisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Center console/arm rest - E30 I had one of these put in my 94 318i, its really nice, and I can enjoy it and my favorite beverage. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:04:59 -0500 From: "Jason E. Markel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] re: <E30> Control Arms: My Answer to the Big Question I don't remember who originally posted the question, so I apologize for not sending you a copy of this directly. In any event, I'm sure others on the digest have the same question. I replaced the control arms on my E30 last summer and experienced incredible problems removing the old ones. As you have already observed, the nuts which mount to the cross member underneath the engine are quite difficult to access. I actually managed to remove the drivers side one with an adjustable wrench at about 1/8 to 1/4 turns at a time and a hell of a lot of patience and sweat. The exhaust system prevented me from doing the same thing on the other side. After performing some mental exercises, I eventually figured out a good trick for removing it, and had the passenger side one off and the new one installed in 20 minutes. Best of all, you won't need to be under the car for much of anything. Preparation: You need to start a few days before you actually want to remove the control arms. Get a little wire brush and brush off the threads as best you can. Then soak up those nuts with penetrating oil. I sprayed once a day for 5 days straight. Set-up: Place the front of the car securely on jack stands. I like to use the unibody frame rails, but be careful not to pinch the brake lines that run nearby. I also set a second set of jack stands right behind those, just in case. Remove tires, etc. The trick: You will likely need two jacks to complete this manuever. (I used a floor jack and a bottle jack.) Loosen the engine mounts, top and bottom. Find a suitable point to raise the engine slightly with a jack. You don't need to lift much, and you shouldn't lift beyond what is necessary to complete your next task. As you raise the engine, you will notice that you have more clearance to access the nuts. (My car had a little shield around each engine mount that can be pushed away just enough when the mounts are relieved of weight). Raise it enough to put a socket on there (22mm if memory serves) attached to a universal joint. Then piece together a few extensions until you are up to a point in the engine bay where you can slap on a breaker bar or large ratchet. The locknuts are only *SUPPOSED* to be torqued at something like 60-70 ft. lbs. (check Bentleys on that), so you should be able to turn them off with relative ease. Once the nuts are off, you can use a ball joint tool/separator to knock it loose from the subframe after you lower the engine back down. Installation works in reverse order (except, of course, for the ball joint separator). Now, sometimes you will loosen the nut partially and the tapered ball joint shaft will drop. Then when you turn the locknut, you are just turning the ball joint in its socket. To remedy this, take your bottle jack and lift the control arm enough so it will bear a little weight. Don't jack too much. Remember, you may still be suspending the engine and the car is also on jack stands. When reinstalling the new one, you will likely experience the spinning ball joint problem on both sides. The bottle jack will again do the trick on installation. As a final word, I also noticed that removal of the outer ball joint from the strut/axle assembly may also prove difficult and is hard to access with a hammer. There's a relatively quick fix for this too, as long as you've loosened the upper ball joint and the control arm mount first. With these 2 items loose, you can also loosen the tie rod and the strut assembly will freely turn half way around, provided you watch the brake lines, etc. Support the assembly slightly with a few blocks of wood and you can whack away at the stuck ball joint with a hammer until it comes free. For those of you planning on changing your control arms in the near future, good luck!! Jason Markel '87 325 (133K, Jim C., K&N, and the Hakka's are still waiting for a good Buffalo, NY snow this season) Now, has anyone come up with a good solution to access the upper torx nut on the bell housing so I can change my clutch this summer? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 20:19:10 -0800 From: Jim Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: [E36M3] Legend Five - Caliper Paint Doesn't always happen. I wonder if its a problem with mixing the 2 part epoxy or not letting it set properly before painting. They don't all turn dark brown. Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > And after your first track event, you're nicely colored calipers will become a > nice burnt brown look b/c of the heat, at least with the Folia tech kit. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:21:33 -0400 From: Steven Schlossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Schroth Rally 4s? Does anyone have the installation instructions for Schroth Rallye-4s? Or any of the Schroth systems that use ASM. I'm wondering if there is mention requiring the use of stock seat belts while using Rallye-4s? What is the difference between the Rallye-4 and the Profi-2? ..steven ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:39:03 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Re: traffic maggots It amazes me to see the difference between cities and cops. Downtown Detroit, as long as you are not shooting at the Police they couldn't care less what you are doing. Passed a Detroit Cop once going the other way on the Davidson Freeway at 120mph in a ZR-1 Corvette and he did nothing.. Compared to Bloomfield Hills, where you will find no greater ratio of BMW/Mercedes/Jaguar to residents anywhere on this side of the country. Where its all about money, nothing about law enforcement just money. The cops goal is to get your dollars when he/she pulls you over, never a warning always a ticket. "failure to signal for a lane change", was an offense that I got pulled over for and written up. Turned out the switch on my Honda was bad, but it took an hour in court to prove it. If I had the time I would follow cops around with my own radar gun and a video camera, send that stuff into the local news and the Fox network. Get the "mad dash" to the donut shop. I have seen a cop hit 60 mph in a 25 to catch a guy who was doing 5 over the limit. Draw the power of the press on these Police departments. Derek Atkin 85 535i 181k FORSALE ! 90 535i 89k ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:51:20 -0500 (EST) From: Moe Drippins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Atlantians to Roebling tim ng writes: > There will be a small caravan going from ATlanta to Roebling. I know of at > least 6 cars going. There will be 3 of us caravaning on thursday afternoon > around 3-4 leaving the top end. mm. I'll be leaving a bit later (5-6), but who all is going? - -- Just Moe '95 540 6 speed, BL/SS ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:10:32 -0800 From: Jim Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E30 pinging Could be a tear in your throttle body boot, a leak around the throttle body or intake. All kinds of things. Leaks in the intake section that can't be found visually are easily found spraying carb cleaner carefully and listening for the engine to rev. Jim "Crawford, Scott (Cahners)" wrote: > > Hi all, > > My '89 325is pings very briefly, under heavy load only. By brief, I mean > right at 3750 rpm in 5th, 4500 in 4th, only for a moment as the engine speed > passes through. As the rpm's go even slightly higher or lower, it stops. > > What I've tried so far: > > It was suggested to me that carbon build up can cause this so I tried... > Techron, lots. 2 bottles per tank for 2 tanks > BG44K. 1 can in 1 tank. > It has improved a little. > > Yes, it's 93 octane. I received a suggestion earlier to try 87. It was > worse, as I expected. > > Some research I've done suggests a few things may be amiss. I'd like to see > what you guys think. > > One option is vacuum leaks. What's the sure fire way to track one of these > down? > > Faulty plug wires and/or distributor cap/rotor. > > Does any of this make sense? Thanks for any input. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:17:52 -0800 From: Jim Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] bad accident - maggots unlimited I'm glad Brett takes the moderate line thereby leaving room on the far right for me :) Jim Brett Anderson wrote: > > I've said it before, I'll say it again. If all drivers carried hand guns, > we wouldn't have to suffer at the hands of these dickless pricks. > > How long do you think it would take even these dumbass nazi's to work out > that the revenue isn't worth it when they start copping bullets in the head. > It would only take a dozen or so dead maggots to make the rest of them think > twice about that revenue. > > Brett Anderson > www.koalamotorsport.com > Home of the E30 M3 CD-ROM repair manual > > > From: "Rob Levinson - UUC Motorwerks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [uuc] bad accident > > > > <soapbox> > > > > The "law" when applied to automobiles isn't about lessons or corrections. > > It's about revenue. > > > > I find the whole idea of "State Troopers" hiding behind billboards and > being > > judge, jury, and executioner for activities we all do, or legitimate > > accidents, to be so repugnant that it's sickening. > > > > I believe in strong speed limit enforcement - AFTER they've rounded up all > the > > murderers, rapists, kidnappers, crooked politicians, drunk drivers, > thieves, > > and people who spit in public, then they will have plenty of time for > that. > > Call me silly, but all of those things seem a little more important than > 99% > > of the traffic stops I see. > > > > </soapbox> > > > > - - Rob ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 00:32:12 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Re: Bad accident / reckless ticket First off, why is everyone givin this guy so much slack?? Some facts about a Reckless Driving ticket here in NJ: - - First of all, a reckless ticket can be written based an officer's judgement and discretion at the scene of an accident. Police officers usually use their judgement, and they don't just write it for the hell of it. They are, after all, trained for this. - - A reckless driving ticket is often confused with a careless driving ticket. I still don't think either have to be witnessed by an officer. Case in point - if you steal a car, and you're caught driving a stolen car, your held accountable for stealing that car. Even though the officer didn't see you, does that mean he can't arrest you for grand theft auto? Nope. - - Reckless Driving here in the State of NJ carries a severe penalty, 5 points. Ouch. Careless is only 2 points. - - My opinion is that he should seek the ADVICE of legal counsel, in any severe accident, regardless of circumstances (ESPECIALLY since he's got the 5 point Reckless ticket) - -Ted '99 323i/4 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:38:09 -0800 From: "Jam Master J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Looking for tire opinions. I am about to buy new tires for my E30. Currently I have Dunlop SP9000 and am happy with them, but am looking at all options. I have heard that these are not the best tires for traction. Opinions? Was looking at Pirelli's. P Zero's or maybe P7000's. Someone also mentioned Nitto's? I will be running 205/55 16's. Any input, advice, or experience is much appreciated. Email response preferred. Thanks, Josh Murray LA Chapter, CCA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:31:05 -0800 From: Jim Ochi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Schroth Rally 4s? At 11:21 PM 1/27/00 -0400, Steven Schlossman wrote: >Does anyone have the installation instructions for Schroth Rallye-4s? >Or any of the Schroth systems that use ASM. > I'm assuming that you have an E36, since you didn't identify your car in your email... Here are some URLs: http://grove.ufl.edu/~stickney/schroth.html http://www.unofficialbmw.com/e36/interior/e36_harness_install_2.html http://www.unofficialbmw.com/e36/interior/e36_schroth_harness_install_3.html >I'm wondering if there is mention requiring the use of stock seat belts >while using Rallye-4s? You use either the Rallyes or the stock belts. You don't use both at once... >What is the difference between the Rallye-4 and the Profi-2? The Profi-2 is not DOT approved - it's not street legal, and not intended to be used on the street. It's a real live FIA-approved competition harness. It's designed to be used in either a 5 or 6 point configuration. I think it's a cam-lock harness, with all 5 belts plugging into the cam-lock separately. The 2 means that it uses 2 inch shoulder belts, while the Profi-3 uses 3 inch shoulder harnesses. If I remember correctly, the lap belts for all the Profis are made of 3 inch webbing. The Rallye-4 is a 4-point street harness - it's DOT approved, with a single push-button buckle. Instead of each belt attaching directly to the buckle, the shoulder strap is attached to the lap belt on each side, then the two ends of the lap belt hook together using the buckle. Much easier to put on/take off. 2 inch webbing all around. Less heavy duty than the Profi-2, using thinner webbing and a less sturdy buckle. More comfortable, since it's lighter and thinner. It's not intended to be used for real racing - if you're looking for harnesses for a dedicated track car, these aren't the ones to use. Hope this helps, Jim Ochi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:14:20 +0800 From: "Chapman Lam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] GT2 Similar to some of you, I am quite addicted to Grand Turismo 2 these days. One quick Question for anyone who might know: Since I purchase the professional suspension kit which is adjustable, what is the correct setting for a 328ci and Nissan GTR V Spec R34. It just have so much settings to mess around. Ride height? Sway Bar? Spring Rate? Toe? Camber? ....Too much for a gamer...... Chapman ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #135 ************************** _________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | Bonneville Motorwerks . http://www.bonnevillemotorwerks.com | Circle Tire Co. 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