[uucdigest] Monday, February 7 2000 Volume 03 : Number 214 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 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] 3 Chip Comparison (528e) RE: [uuc] Re: California DMV Reg Fee's [uuc] <E-28 > Question [uuc] Re: E30 Power Antenna Wire [uuc] <MISC> car washes [uuc] FS:Car Guys [uuc] Alarm system Re: [uuc] Re: California DMV Reg Fee's [uuc] <E36> FS: 17X8 TSW Hock R's with BFG R1's [uuc] Bimwad Body Shop in Indianapolis? [uuc] Re: 3 chip comparison [uuc] forever black, etc [uuc] E30M3 Close-ratio tranny ...maybe F S [uuc] removing wax (was forever black vs.) [uuc] E30: sunroof installation question [uuc] <All> Fluke Meters. [uuc] <WOB> 'lil Chester stories (Part 3) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 17:20:35 -0800 From: Carol & Steve Willoughby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] 3 Chip Comparison (528e) After a few upgrades to my '87 528e ( rebuilt head, "i" cam/springs, 3.25 LSD, larger throttle body from '88 325i) I replace the stock chip with Dinan's latest. No dyno figures, etc., but there seemed to be an increase in upper rpm performance. No noticeable change until around 3k, and then the power increase is apparent. After a few months, I replaced the stock chip for comparison, and there wasn't a lot of difference. Either stock or Dinan, I attributed the better performance to the other upgrades. Until I went to the Conforti chip, that is! This chip unlocks this motor, and the power comes on smoothly, all the way to the limiter (5300 rpm). Torque is great at lower rpm, and gas mileage is fine at 22-25 in town. Better than 30 on the road, and the car will run all day at 75-80mph while turning around 3k rpm, even in the mountains of western Washington. So, if you want some great bang for $, and I mean cheap, get a Conforti chip and 3.25 LSD.I experimented with a 3.46 LSD, and it made the motor too busy at most speeds. Went back to the 3.25. If you're inclined, an "i" cam makes a huge difference over stock, and they are cheap, too. Don't do this one until you're ready to pull the head for some other reason, i.e. leaking gasket, etc. If you have an eta motor built prior to '88, don't bother with a larger throttle body. You won't get much, if any, improvement, using this on a stock head/valve configuration. BUT, if you want to buy a T/B, I'll sell mine for $100, and throw in the intake bellows! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 20:24:24 -0500 From: "Kathy Lyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Re: California DMV Reg Fee's The high motor vehicle registration rates in many states are in fact a personal property tax on vehicles. I live in Ohio, which doesn't tax cars as personal property, and therefore pay just $40 or so to register any given vehicle for a year. But you've got to figure, you pay your state taxes one way or another.... Kathy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 20:29:43 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] <E-28 > Question I recently purchased a 1985 535i.Does anyone know what the top speed is and what it cost when it was new?All options except power seats. Thanks Keith Metro ATL ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 20:47:17 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Re: E30 Power Antenna Wire Coel, In a message dated 2/7/00 7:09:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I own an 89 325iX and I recently had a new CD player installed. The dealer failed to hook up the power antenna because they said they couldn't find the power wire for it. Does anyone have an idea which wire supplies power to the antenna from a stock deck? >> Look for a white wire (if memory serves)...that's the one that feeds the power antenna...if your car had a fader control on the dash, that can complicate matters...the dealer that installed the cd player probably didn't want to fool with tracking all the wires...tell him to look at the ETM for the E30..shows all wiring...I'd make him fix it right..you paid for it. Good luck, John Weese BMW CCA #76646 Nittany Bimmers Chapter ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 20:51:59 -0500 From: Chris Pawlowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <MISC> car washes I keep seeing people say that automatic car washes are scary and terrible and the kiss of death.. and was just wondering why.. ? Yes, the ones with rotating brushes or felt strips are truly scary, but around here there are lots of 'touchless' car washes that use robot arms that move around the car spraying water at a million psi which tend to remove most of the winter crap just fine.. what's wrong with using them ? no, they don't get the car 'so clean you can eat off it', but they do remove most of the salt/slush/grit/goo so that you can at least *touch* the outside of the car without having to use industrial solvents to wash your hands.. The only problem with car washes around here are that a) if the weather is cold you might find every lock, door and window on the car freezes shut and traps you inside or out b) if the weather is up close to the freezing point, the lines at the car wash are *real* long chris pawlowicz '89 325i - caked with so much salt and crap that even if it wasn't white, it would be '74 2002 - clean and sleeping ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 17:53:42 PST From: "bob thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] FS:Car Guys I have a Car Guys Gift Certificate for any 2000 Car Guys On-Track Driver Education event for sale. Value $395.00. First $350 gets it.May let it go for best reasonable offer. Bob Thomas ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 20:53:57 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Alarm system I am trying to find out (again) if the BMW alarm I have can be adapted to my recent aquisition. The alarm is #82 11 1 467 028 for a prewired car (94?) Does anyone have the diagram to figure out which pins control the functions of the system, and if so can I get the harness out of a parts car and use it in my "new" 89 325is. Thanks, Daniel BMW CCA 12660 93 525it, 89 325is, 84 Jag XJ6/ChevV8, now running! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 18:15:06 -0800 From: Mark Dadgar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: California DMV Reg Fee's [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Jonathan Reiser Wrote: > > << The luxury tax concept is right on par with the California DMV who charges > registration fees directly based on the value of your car.... to renew my > 1997 328ic in 1998 it cost me $920.00....... To renew it for 1999 it was > $650.00... >> > > Are you kidding me?? $920 just to REGISTER your car? > > That's insane! In NJ we pay $43.90 for registration.. (somewhere around > there) I thought that was steep! > In CA we don't pay to register our cars. We pay a use tax ON our cars. They just call it registration. Nice racket, huh? - - Mark - -- Mark Dadgar [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:36:39 -0500 From: "The Hall Family" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <E36> FS: 17X8 TSW Hock R's with BFG R1's I'm selling my M3 track wheels to help offset my club racing expenses. They are 17X8 with a 40 mm offset and will fit any E36. The tires are P235/40ZR17 BFG G-Force R1's. They have only been on the car at two driving schools and have more than 2/3 tread remaining. My asking price is $1200 plus shipping. Here is a photo of the wheels, if you can look past my "pit crew" (sorry, it's the only picture I had.) http://david_hall.home.mindspring.com/Web_Page_01.html Please call me at 864-228-2529 or drop an e-mail note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have questions. - -Dave Hall ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:47:52 -0500 From: "Karl Zemlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Bimwad Body Shop in Indianapolis? If you don't want to read the story, skip the question in the last paragraph. I was absorbed into an accident today. I was first in line for a left turn. My light was red and I was waiting for it to change. The signal for cross traffic is changing to red and Fred Sanford (uninsured in his Ford former-pickup-now-stake-side-flat-bed-with-big-mud-tires) was waiting to turn left from the cross street into my leg of the intersection. (the fred sanford thing is not a racial remark - this was a 40 year old white guy - but the truck and it's cargo come close) So the light is very yellow/red - his oncoming traffic is slowing down (or so he thinks). He turns left and get his back side smacked by a loaded cement truck that didn't want to stop at the light. The back end of the truck spins around and into my right front corner. All kinds of tools and debris comes flying out of the truck all over me and the surrounding road. Wrenches, GOOP hand cleaner (my car was splattered with GOOP), a tire (mounted), a gas can, assorted hardware ... it was a mess. Anyhow, I am hopeful that the old girl isn't totaled - it wasn't a bad hit. I think the left fender is OK, but all the rest of the front-end sheetmetal will have to be replaced. Since I got hit by the side of the truck, I think the bumper is OK, but the right-side lights are broken (Hellas ... sigh). Most importantly, there were no injuries - not even minor. Considering one of the vehicles was a 72,000 LB GW cement mixer, things could have been MUCH MUCH worse. - ---===> Here's the question <===--- My car was no showpiece. The front end had been long damaged before I got it and the repair job was no prize. The paint on the front-end sheetmetal was badly checked and stone-chipped, and poorly repaired. Assuming the car is NOT totaled, is there a reasonable, reliable, competent body shop in Indianapolis that I should have handle the job? Karl Zemlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] BMWCCA 82366 Indianapolis '84 528e, 210,000 miles - RIP 1/8/97 '85 735i, 225,000 miles - the replacement - now bent (hmmm ... street rods and race cars are big business in Indy, maybe I should get it repainted SCREAMING YELLOW with a nice flame job ...) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:56:31 -0500 From: Ken W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: 3 chip comparison This might help: <http://www.unofficialbmw.com/e36/performance/e36_chip_comparo.html>. - -Ken '91 M3 '86 GTI - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: ScopusFest ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 20:57:42 -0500 From: "tdotzler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] forever black, etc I use a cloth slightly dampened with mineral spirits stretched tightly over my finger tip to remove wax from the black trim. It comes right off. Then I apply forever black or back to black or whatever other conditioner you prefer. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 19:56:36 -0000 From: "BMW Bits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E30M3 Close-ratio tranny ...maybe F S I am working with a guy in Yurrup who thinks he has a line on a ZF CLOSE RATIO 5speed from an E30M3 . Does anyone know WHICH C/R those cars used? The US spec cars had the Getrag 265 Overdrive ..exactly the same as the 635/535/735 did . I THINK the Euro E30 M3 used a ZF Close-ratio and a different rear-end ratio . True?? Anyone with a parts-CD able to confirm for me? ..How about a ZF model number? Reason for my confusion is that the 5/6/735 series Close ratio box was also a Getrag -a 262 -of which I have a couple needing sustenance (anybody got a good mainshaft and input shaft?-needle brg froze on mine ). Presumably a ZF would bolt to the same bellhousing?. If it turns out to be the ZF C/R I may have it for sale soon...what're they worth to club racers?. Bill Proud ,entering new territory with this one.......after 29 yrs messing with BMWs in Seattle rain ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 19:02:35 PST From: "Gilbert Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] removing wax (was forever black vs.) Eric asks: >>On my 740i, the PO got wax on the black trim. I had heard that forever black was the way to go. Anyone else have some suggestions???<< Someone recently recommended to me that a white eraser would do the trick. I went to Office Depot and purchased a four-pack of Staedtler mars plastic erasers. It removed the wax, and didn't seem to have any negative effects on the plastic. However, I don't know about long term. Gilbert Hoffman ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 19:10:26 PST From: "Chuck MacWilliam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E30: sunroof installation question Hi folks, I'm reinstalling my sunroof after having the car painted and I'm having a hard time understanding the directions in my Bentley. It says to adjust the sunroof so that it's tilted up in the rear 1mm above the roof and tilted down in the front 1mm below the roof line. My question is: is this done with the controls in the fully-closed position? Or do I use the controls to get the 1mm differential with the allen wrenches in the slots? Any help is greatly appreciated. TIA. Chuck MacWilliam '92 525i; '85 325e; '90 Chevy Silverado http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/9057 Sacramento Valley Chapter - BMWCCA# 150982 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 22:09:15 -0500 From: "Neil Deshpande" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <All> Fluke Meters. Fluke meters are indeed the Snap-On of meters. HP even sells them out of its catalog and that is saying a lot for any company. The automotive meters, some of which I use every week, have two features that I like: 1. RPM readout with a pickup that you clip over a spark plug wire. Don't know what you would do with a coil on plug setup. 2. Oxygen sensor tester that allows you go get both the voltage readout and the crossings. The crossings refers to the number of times a second the voltage crosses zero and is as important as the voltage. This is indicated by means of an analog bar graph, which is a nice thing in a digital meter. Neil Deshpande 1988 325 iS 1989 325 iC ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 19:15:11 -0800 (PST) From: Chester Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <WOB> 'lil Chester stories (Part 3) Ok, sinec Ellie MacDougall egged me on...I'll continue... - - pubescent Chester trying to impress a girl by tubing down a hill with a friend....that was painful and bloody.. Ah...senior year of high school (not too long ago). I was chasing this girl for about a 7 months. She happened to be a sister of a girl that my best friend was chasing as well...go figure. A group of us were headed to PA for a little winter retreat. Finally, some time to spend with her without the parents, school, or anything to get in the way. But wait, the game of "playing hard to get" was still in effect and she didn't spend any time with me. DOH! So one afternoon, after it snowed for a bit, my bud and I decide to do what everyone else was doing to pass the time and to have some fun. They had the inner tubes of 18 wheelers along a nice long slope. We hauled the tubes to the top of the hill and slid down...woo hoo! Now, there were many more adventurous teenagers there who went down two at a time, three at a time, even five at a time on the same tube! How hard could it be? But oh wait...along comes girlie and her sister. My friend was already off to the top of the hill with his inner tube. I decided to just follow him up....I'll just catch a ride with him down the slope. We get to the top and my friend asks, "Do you want to be on top or bottom." Of course, being the little perverts that we were...we chuckled. In the end, I decided to be on the bottom and we would go lying down on the tube like superman. We placed the tube down and I climbed aboard. My friend takes a running start from 15 feet back, jumps, and lands on me...away we go. SWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!!!!!!! Man....we accelerated so fast it seemed like we were flying down the slope....maybe since my face was 4 inches away from the ice/snow it seemed faster...yeah...maybe. Here comes a slight curve in the path with a nice banked radius....swooooooosshhhh.... Ok...here comes the bottom of the hill.... Little did we realize that everyone's feet/butt/stomach/etc had carved out the bottom of a hill and made it an instant sky ramp! SWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSHHHHHH.....I don't remember if I screamed like a girl, but we were airborne. "HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!," we screamed in unison. Well, my friend had separated from me slightly...but he was still holding on to my shoulders. While we returned to Earth, he placed his weight on my shoulders causing me to pitch forward like 'o helicopter. In slo-mo (it always happens this way, doesn't it?) I see the ice closing in on my face...."f*ck...this can't be good." "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" *WHAM* My chin becomes the pivot causing me to go into an abrupt flip--ejecting my buddy into the air further ahead of me. *WHAM* *BAM* *BIP* *SPLAT* *UMPH* *DOH* *FRIGGIN* *FRUGGIN*...ker splat....we finally come to a rest. Thank gawd I'm still alive! I slowly stumble to get on my feet and look for where my friend landed. Well, aparently we were screaming like two little girls and our mouths became instant icecream scoopers. An iceball 3 - 4 inches in diameter had formed inside my mouth and my friend's mouth. Stupified, we both struggled to dislodge the snowballs....our faces were so numb from the impact and the cold that as we pulled out the ice, we drooled all over the place. Guess what? The two girlies were standing right in front of us. Of course, I had to turn around and fetch the pair of cool Raybans I was wearing that was lodged into the floor about 15 feet behind us. I touch my chin (the point of impact) and see blood. The girlie walks over and sez, "Do you know you're bleeding?" ....but no such comforting happened and she just walked away... "No kidding, BITCH!," I mumbled as I headed to the room to take a rest and lick my wounds. I ended up with ice burns the back of my hands hands, behind my ear, on my chin.....eck.... ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #214 ************************** _________________________________________ | 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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