[uucdigest] Wednesday, March 1 2000 Volume 03 : Number 364 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 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: Insurance rates . [uuc] white light clusters, cd + alarm install Re: [uuc] Nuremberg suspension [uuc] <E28> Lighting [uuc] badge engineering (was Re: Rob's new toy) Re: [uuc] white light clusters, cd + alarm install [uuc] E46 M3 [uuc] E36 Cooling weirdness [uuc] <E36> Track tires and rolling fenders RE: [uuc] white light clusters, cd + alarm install [uuc] Greg's wreck [uuc] <All> Drivers School Insurance Coverage [uuc] RE: E30 Driver's Door Won't Unlock [uuc] <WOB> Daimler Chrysler Communications Memorandum Re: [uuc] Greg's wreck [uuc] FS: Bentley Service Manual for 92- on e36 [uuc] RE: DYNO Results? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 10:08:17 -0500 From: neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: Insurance rates . >Lastly, glass claims in most states are a NO FAULT claim. That means that >your insurance rates CANNOT go up. Methinks that someone misunderstands no-fault (heck, mebbe I do!)... It means that YOUR ins pays for YOUR car, regardless of fault. It doesn't mean that your rates will never go up, and it doesn't mean that you'll never get dropped (that's guaranteed renewal). Most glass-only claims are covered under comprehensive VS collision, and are thusly generally not "chargable". This part is true. However, they are not labelled no-fault, as that appplies only in liability cases (fault = liability). There's one other thing...Your rates are determined by underwriters and actuaries who use our claim codes as part of their desicion-making process, not by claims folk. It _is_ possible for you to get dropped, or surcharged, in a no-fault state (like, if your claim history is exessive, however it's defined). Disclaimer: YMMV (there are companies that will automatically surcharge or drop you after whatever claim meets the appropriate criteria, but I don't work for one of them (whew!), so I don't know their thought(less) processes) - -- Do Svedanya! Neil Hitze http://www.hitze.com/~neil "..the underdog will eventually survive...." --Colin James Hay "This is not a step." --Heywood Banks Star Trek stuff for sale: http://www.hitze.com/~neil/startrek/startrekforsale.htm ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 10:07:24 -0500 From: "Binder, Larry - Paoli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] white light clusters, cd + alarm install Hi everyone, Does anyone know where I can purchase clear lights to replace my rear light clusters. I've seen the ones that have red on bottom and all white on top but I want all of them to be white. (Yes, I plan on putting in the red bulbs in for the brake lights)=) Also, after a few suggestions from the list I purchased my CD changer and alarm from Pacific BMW in CA. They did have the best deal. I don't remember exactly how much the total was but i think it was around $750 for both. The cd install took me about 10 minutes and most of that time was spent picking the cds to put in it =). The alarm ended up taking about 2 1/2 hours. I accidentally put the glove box back in before I ran the led wire to the center console. And when I put the led connector on backwards that didn't help either. All in all I'm pretty happy with the changer and the alarm performance. I remember hearing about someone attaching a shock sensor to their factory alarm. If anyone has any info on this subject I'd really appreciate it. TIA Larry 97 318i Mech Designer/Draftsman Synthes Spine ************************************************************************* The opinions and statements expressed above are mine, and do not reflect that of my employer. ************************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 07:26:04 -0800 (PST) From: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Nuremberg suspension Man that subject title just begs another twist, The "Turdburg suspension". On a good day it could mean an F1 style set up, on a bad day a crooked badge. =) Carlos 91 M3 two badges __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 11:17:53 -0500 From: Patrick Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <E28> Lighting If I fit three relays, wired such that the low beams each have one relay and all four high beams are fed by one relay, will the fault indicator for the low beams light up? I'm not planning on running such a great wattage on low beam that I really _need_ one relay per filament, but I would like to prevent having the fault indicator trip every time I turn the lights on. Wait, let me guess, it depends on the type of relay... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 09:28:28 -0700 From: Bob Sutterfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] badge engineering (was Re: Rob's new toy) Rob Levinson wrote: > I want "538ti" To be accurate and Bubba-compatible, you'd have to append "T" for Touring. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 11:06:10 -0500 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] white light clusters, cd + alarm install Red bulbs? I've never seen those. Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi everyone, > Does anyone know where I can purchase clear lights to replace my rear light > clusters. I've seen the ones that have red on bottom and all white on top > but I want all of them to be white. (Yes, I plan on putting in the red bulbs > in for the brake lights)=) > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 12:04:07 -0500 From: "James Sheridan-Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E46 M3 OK, I'm drooling, but what I REALLY want now is the complete Nordschleife video, not just the 6 segments, and I want it in high res. <g> - -- James Sheridan-Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] '98 323is National Capital Chapter '85 SCCA Spec RX-7 #00 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 10:15:47 -0700 From: "vanderHeide, Alain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E36 Cooling weirdness OK, now what do I do? Last Sunday, I replaced the infamous plastic impeller water pump on my '95 M3 with a new metal impeller one (purchased from Bavarian Autosport). I also figured I'd replace the thermostat, since I was already in there and the Bentley manual claimed the housing had to be removed to access the water pump - one of several lies I found during this job - but I digress. I'm puzzled about some things. The thermostat came with a gasket for the housing (and the Bentley manual shows one), but when I removed the housing there was no gasket there, just this funny trapezoidal rubber seal in the trapezoidal hole. The thermostat housing, BTW, is plastic, and all the pictures in Bentley show a metal one (Bentley also claims that the M3 housing has a bleed screw, but mine sure don't - more digression, sorry). So, I re-used the aforementioned funny little seal and did not install the gasket. Last night, I noticed some coolant seepage around the M6 bolt on top of the housing, so I tightened it just a bit more and it seems to have stopped. I think I'm now seeing some seepage at the right hand (as one faces the car - driver's side for we USAans) end for the housing. I think I'm also seeing some seepage from the pump, but I'm not sure where. The leaflet that came with the pump said there'd be some seepage from the air hole. How long should that go on for and how much should come out? There was an O-ring already installed on the pump, and that seems to be the only seal. It also appears that the pump can only go on one way. Anyone familiar with E36 M3 cooling systems? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 09:29:51 -0800 From: Dietrich Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <E36> Track tires and rolling fenders Too many track schools has left me with tire envy. I'm feeling the itch for bigger & badder track tires on my 95 325is. It's currently wearing 225/50-16's, with Konis & H&R springs. My informal survey of cars at my last track school seemed to show 235/40-17 as the size of choice for E36 325's (at least in stock config). However, all the cars with those tires had rolled fenders. Anyone have experience in this area or can point me to a site? Are 235/40-17's the practical limit for the 325? Is rolling the lip on the rear fenders enough or do you need to flare the whole fender a bit? Is it necessary to scrape the sound-deadening/rust-proofing gunk out of the fender lip before rolling or is that best left in place? How likely is it that the paint will crack in the process? (I'm probably going to have a body shop do this work, but I'd like to know more about it first.) Thanks Dietrich Schultz '95 325is ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 12:05:06 -0500 From: "Binder, Larry - Paoli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] white light clusters, cd + alarm install Check out any import (Japanese) car mag. There on just about every other page in most of them. Larry 97 318i Mech Designer/Draftsman Synthes Spine ************************************************************************* The opinions and statements expressed above are mine, and do not reflect that of my employer. ************************************************************************* > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Derian [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 11:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [uuc] white light clusters, cd + alarm install > > Red bulbs? I've never seen those. > > Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Hi everyone, > > Does anyone know where I can purchase clear lights to replace my rear > light > > clusters. I've seen the ones that have red on bottom and all white on > top > > but I want all of them to be white. (Yes, I plan on putting in the red > bulbs > > in for the brake lights)=) > > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 11:44:18 -0600 From: "Mendez, Andrew D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Greg's wreck Greg, sorry about your wreck, but, with all due respect, this: [snip] 2) If you are going to drive fast, do it at night. It is reasons like this that I limit my "recreational" style driving to a late night, when the chances of getting a passerby involved are virtually non existent. On a road like Kings Mountain, visibility at night isn't a factor, given that your headlights light up the maximum area you can see around the corners anyhow. Also, what little oncoming traffic there is announces itself long before it gets near you with their headlights.... is stupid advice. On most cars (e.g., E36s) the headlights are insufficient to illuminate large holes, puddles, tires in middle of road, etc. until you are top of them if you're going more than 45 or so. Check out the Car & Driver article a few years back -- they concluded with low beams there is no time to brake by the time even a huge object (tire) is illuminated by the headlights. Visibility is definitely a factor because it doesn't matter if you couldn't see around the corner even if it was daylight; you may not make it to the turn in point if you don't see an obstacle at the beginning of the corner. Not to mention pedestrians, bikers, joggers, etc. which are often impossible to see at night, and who seem to pop out where you least expect them (like the poor bastard I scared the daylights out of when I missed him by 6 inches at 90mph on a freeway on ramp at 2AM -- what the hell was he doing there?). Andy '95 M3 driven fast only during daylight in good conditions - ------------------------------ This communication is from a law firm and may be privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of this communication. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 11:53:11 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Fluharty) Subject: [uuc] <All> Drivers School Insurance Coverage I'm signing up for my first driving school (Putnam Park, April 15-16) and thought I'd better check with my insurance agent (State Farm) to confirm coverage. The woman was incredulous. "You want to do WHAT? On a RACETRACK? No, that wouldn't be covered." I stressed the instructional, non-competitive nature of the event. I pointed out that I could find nothing in the policy excluding such events, and I mentioned that I had heard (from this digest) that State Farm does in fact cover them. She finally agreed to check with her superiors at the company and get back to me. In case of a negative response, I need ammunition. Many of you have surely fought this battle. What can I bring to the table to turn them around? Isn't there a State Farm guy on the list? Can you offer me anything? Help appreciated. Bob '87 325is Cincinnati ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 13:02:44 -0500 From: "Lin, Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: E30 Driver's Door Won't Unlock A note in addition to Chris P's usually great lock faq, if the driver's door latches onto the first click only and you push it closed, make sure it fully double clicks. If it pushes in to appear to be flush but doesn't second click, you cannot turn the key, or pull up the button. You can also pull the door back out a click first. I scared myself into finding this out. Gary Lin National Capital Ch. '88 325is street '85 325eis track ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 13:05:00 -0500 From: "Heckendorf, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <WOB> Daimler Chrysler Communications Memorandum Directors at Daimler Benz and Chrysler have announced an agreement to adopt English as the preferred language for communications, rather than German, which was the other obvious possibility. As part of the negotiations, Directors at Chrysler conceded that English spelling has some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase in plan. In the first year, "s" will be used instead of the soft "c". Also the hard "c" will be replased with "k". Not only will this klear up konfusion, but komputers kan have 1 less letter. There will be grown kompany enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replased by "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20 persent shorter. In the third year, Daimler-Khrysler akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated shanges are possible. Daimler-Khrysler will enkourage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of silent "e"'s in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go. By the forth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" by "v". During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be droped from vords kontaining "ou", and similiar shanges vud of kors be aplid to al ozer kombinations of leters. After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or difikultis and employes vil find it ezi to komunikat viz ech ozer. Ov korse al supliers vil be expekted to svitsh to zis for all busines kominikation via Daimler-Khrysler. Ze drem vil finali kum tru. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 13:06:07 -0500 (EST) From: Joe Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Greg's wreck > From: "Mendez, Andrew D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > is stupid advice. On most cars (e.g., E36s) the headlights are insufficient > to illuminate large holes, puddles, tires in middle of road, etc. until you > are top of them if you're going more than 45 or so. I agree, or a deer, which was my case last fall. http://www.nauticom.net/www/walshjl/images/crash.htm Joe '89 535i (done-in by incorrectly executed bambi avoidance technique) '92 325is CCA166726 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 13:21:02 EST From: "jason young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] FS: Bentley Service Manual for 92- on e36 I bought it about 2 months ago and just finished selling the car. $30 OBO great shape ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 13:22:47 -0500 From: "Lin, Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: DYNO Results? Are your three runs counter to the others' runs? Just a guess, but is hotter air on later runs getting more heat into the intake (first run cold engine, then warms up so parts fit nice and snug making more torque later)? Did you run hood closed w/ a fan in front? Roller drive dyno right? Don't they have a bit of acceleration overrun, the rollers still accelerating a bit on letoff, pushing the rpm up? A stationary car, accelerating lower? mass wheels/rollers is not the same as a stationary road, accelerating car/wheels, right physics experts? I could be wrong here. Also tachs are noted for being inaccurate. Gary Lin National Capital Ch. '88 325is street '85 325eis track > My car is a '95 M3 with an Active Autowerke chip installed 03/97 and a K&N > cone filter with the ECIS heatshield. > My first run shows "Max" Power @ 222.5 and "Max" Torque @ 207.1 > The second run was "Max" Power @ 217.8 and "Max" Torque @ 209.3 > The third run was "Max" Power @ 217.3 and "Max" Torque @ 210.1 > > One other weird thing that occured was my tach seems to be off by > 500rpm's. According to my DYNO's, I let off the gas at 6500 but yet I was > taking the tach to 7000 inside my vehicle. The DYNO was calibrated to my > tach @ idle speed. ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #364 ************************** _________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | Bonneville Motorwerks . http://www.bonnevillemotorwerks.com | Circle Tire Co. (used & classic BMW parts) e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Curry's Auto Service . http://www.currysauto.com | Eurosport . http://www.eurosport-hp.com | Koala MotorSport . http://www.koalamotorsport.com | Taylor BMW - http://www.taylorbmw.com - Doc Bimmer! | The Ultimate Garage . http://www.ultimategarage.com | UUC Motorwerks . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com | Zionsville Autosport . http://www.zionsvilleautosport.com ����������������������������������������
