[uucdigest] Thursday, March 16 2000 Volume 03 : Number 452 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 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] How do I break into my e36... [uuc] <OT> Heathkit and F1 (no, not together) [uuc] Re: Idle Problems <E30> Please Advise RE: [uuc] Exhaust Options [uuc] not fog lights but windows switch lights [uuc] Thanks for the swaybar endlink parts..... [uuc] <FS> Dinan Chip RE:[uuc] <MISC> BMW Rover latest news [uuc] RE: PSEUDo M5 for sale Re: [uuc] <FS> Dinan Chip Re: [uuc] Z8 goes for 70K over MSRP [uuc] <WOB> Bright Light Stories RE: [uuc] <FS> Dinan Chip Re: [uuc] radar detectors Re: [uuc] <E36M3> Just installed Conforti Intake [uuc] E36 vs. E46 gizmonics Re: [uuc] Compact Axed As BMW Readies New Z2 [uuc] Garage Floor Paint? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 04:26:14 -0500 From: "VITOLO_JONA"@LNMTA.bentley.edu Subject: [uuc] How do I break into my e36... Hey Guys Id like to apologize for that post-My curiosity got the best of me. I remember reading it and I was just wondering... Youre right-we shouldnt even go there. Sorry again guys, my bad Jonathan 99 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 02:11:55 -0800 From: Herman Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <OT> Heathkit and F1 (no, not together) >Don, Please don't say it was that Heathkit type crap. SNIP(I >think they all went out of business by the mid 70's) not all Heathkit was crap. The automotive tune-up meter and exhaust gas analyzer in my garage both did their jobs admirably if not spectacularly. - ---- Renown automotive author Karl Ludvigsen talks about BMWs podium finish in Australia: <http://www.atlasf1.com/2000/aus/ludvigsen.html> Personally, I'm not inclined to join the feel-good bandwagon surrounding BMW-Williams' and Ferrari's finishes. Australia only comprised 1/17th of a season. Nothing to get excited about. (which describes some people's sentiments about F1 in general) Herman ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 08:12:27 +0200 From: "Anesh Rampersad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Idle Problems <E30> Please Advise I have a '90 E30 325i cabriolet ( automatic ). My revs have been erratic especially when at a stop street when the car behaves as if it wants to stop. At first I did think it was the ICV , which is shot anyways, but the main culprit is the Idle Throttle Valve. As a result, I have to now replace both. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 07:19:31 -0500 From: "Money, Jack (J.J.)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Exhaust Options Patrick, you ask: <<I need to replace my exhaust from the cat-back on my '84 733i.....Bosal System....ANSA...."OEM" system...>> First off, ANSA sucks. If you want to replace your exhaust in another year or so buy this one. It won't survive the salt winters here in the Detroit area. Second, Bosal is slightly worse than ANSA. Third, buy the stock exhaust from James Dean at The BMW Store in Cincinnati (800.543.1649, tell him I sent ya...I don't get anything out of it) at a 25% discount instead of at Bav Auto for a 50% mark up. It certainly may vary by model but the OEM exhaust for the 325i's is made by Boysen (sp?). Here's another way to look at it. Is the exhaust on it now the original? My original exhaust lasted for 138k miles. That's pretty good, especially considering a new one was only ~$230 delivered with replacement rubber/hardware. OEM stuff is usuall pretty good. Since I was harsh and I'll probably get flamed anyway I will come right out and say that the opinions of the ANSA and Bosal systems are purely based on my collection of other peoples opinions when I (and many others over the years) have inquired about replacement exhaust systems. I have no direct experience with either of them. As for the Bav Auto comment, never buy stock parts from anyone but a good dealer if you can avoid it as a good dealer will give you 25% off parts. Whenever I've looked at parts in the Bav Auto catalogs their price is always much higher than the prices I get from the dealers...even comparing pre-discount dealer prices. YMMV. Sorry I don't have a big six comparison. Hope this is helpful. Regards, Jack Money Motor City Chapter iX Registry '89 iX ----> Sharked! Brand new stock exhaust, 25% off E30 M3 ----> Evolving SuperSprint exhaust + Euro resonator (no discount) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or reply http://skumwerks.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 14:29:47 -0800 From: richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] not fog lights but windows switch lights windon switch lights can they be replaced...if yes, how???with what blub??? tia, richard, frugal scot euro wrench ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 08:02:07 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Thanks for the swaybar endlink parts..... Many thanks to all who offered assistance on the E36 M3/MZ3 front swaybar endlinks I needed; knew I could count on my brothers-in-arms. No surprise, but UUC's very own Ben Liaw saved the day by sending me a set of the UUC adjustable endlinks out 2nd Day UPS without even discussing reimbursement. I can't wait to try them, they're supposedly maximum-overdrive heavy duty units as is the UUC tradition, especially compared to the BMP kiddy toy parts I bought. I will report back on them next week after the race and let you know what I think. Mark Sipe ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 08:21:51 -0500 From: "Cagann, Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <FS> Dinan Chip For S38 engine (E28 M5, E24 M6) $100 Alex Cagann [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 08:20:53 -0500 From: "George, Zachariah (CICG Development)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE:[uuc] <MISC> BMW Rover latest news Only too true. It's amazing the billions, (that's with a "B") that have been simply poured into this venture with out a single return in 5yrs. Indeed, negative returns... *sigh* > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 22:59:07 GMT > From: "John G.Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [uuc] <MISC> BMW Rover latest news > > Personally I think they're making the best out of a bad job. > Longbridge will cary on with new British owners. > > - -- > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 08:28:16 -0500 From: "George, Zachariah (CICG Development)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: PSEUDo M5 for sale Hey, atleast that guy *owns* the car, you don't own the bridge! Wanna buy the eiffel tower? :) Zach > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 18:41:43 EST > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [uuc] RE: PSEUDo M5 for sale > > Not to be rude (but I will) If you find someone to pay you a > $100,000.00 or > that car let me know, I have a big red bridge in San > Francisco to sell them! > > Brian Jacobs > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 08:54:10 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [uuc] <FS> Dinan Chip hi if it will fit my 1986 635csi with the 3.5 liter engine and you still have it...... i'm interested..........................thank you dave ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 08:56:42 -0500 From: ben keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Z8 goes for 70K over MSRP > Was watching that auction myself, since I also have a signed buyer's order for a > Z8, and was thinking that if the demand was great enough that I might go ahead > and put mine for sale too. > > (I know this is openning up for a potentially long thread, but what the > heck...) > > What are thoughts of the above? sell your spot for $70k, buy a new M3 (or M5) and pick up a Z8 in a few years when the price drops to "only" ~$80k ;-) if you have serious plans to buy one anyway, you've got the $$, so let someone else pay the premium to you & use the money for something else. it's a free market & taking advantage of it is the American way. I believe that a certain Mr. Collie suggested that we all do this for the new Merc SL car if we had the cash laying around. it's a prudent investment if you can find a dealer to make the deal. I think that it's a bit silly the way some peple are willing to pay soo much over sticker for something, but in the case of the Z8 it will be very limited production (unlike M5/M3, which will continue & supply will increase on), so maybe it's "worth" it. recall that someone mentioned that Ferrari 360's were going for $90k over stick from the dealers in the SF area & that there was a 2+ year waiting list... Ben Keyes '99 M coupe '88 M5 waiting list plans of my own (non-BMW related) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 09:01:04 -0500 From: "Osterbrink, Mark (AFS-Warren)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <WOB> Bright Light Stories Not a fog light / aircraft landing light story, but kind of funny. A while back we were driving in a buddy's Beretta GTU. It had really bright lights - - I don't know if they were halogens or what, but they were a lot brighter than anything else on the road at that time. We were on a road trip, and came up behind a cop who was plodding along, doing less than 50 in a 55. We knew he was baiting us, and if we passed we'd get a ticket, so we just plodded right along with him. Eventually he pulls over, lets us pass, then turns on the rollers. He comes up to the window "You know you've had your brights on for the past five miles?" My friend: "No sir, officer, they're the low beams." The cop, thinking he's lying, challenges him. "Well, let's see your brights then." He goes in front of the car, and puts his face about 2 feet from the lights (thinking they're going to get dimmer). "O.K., turn on your brights." My friend hits the brights. They are so bright I can see the cop's brain through his skull, and I'm surprised he doesn't ignite. The lights go back down. The cop straightens up, wobbles a little bit, and staggers towards the car with his arms outstretched. He feels his way down the side of the Beretta, towards the driver's window. He's so blinded, *I* can see the green and purple dots swirling before his eyes. He points his head towards us ( I don't think he could "look" at anything right then), and says "Ahhhh, you guys can go now." He then staggers back towards the cruiser. It was all we could do to not start laughing until we were under way again. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 09:25:25 -0500 From: "Cagann, Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] <FS> Dinan Chip > hi > if it will fit my 1986 635csi with the 3.5 liter engine and > you still have > it...... > i'm interested..........................thank you > dave Nope, only works on S38 engines. Sorry Dave. Alex Cagann 88///M5 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 09:48:44 -0500 From: "Rob Levinson - UUC Motorwerks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] radar detectors It fits in my old Bel case just fine... DOH!!! - - Rob - ----- Original Message ----- From: Steven Schlossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I asked them the same thing. I'd love to have a stealth detector. > I was told it wouldn't be as effective as what the V-1 is now and Mike > won't compromise the effectiveness. But I wish it came with some carrying > case. > ...steven ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 09:38:09 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [uuc] <E36M3> Just installed Conforti Intake Bryan Watts wrote: >We'll be out supporting the bimmers when >the ALMS (with the E46 PTG cars), Speedvision (with the Turner Motorsport >328's), and Trans Am series (word is someone might campaining a Jaguar XKR >against the Vettes, Stangs, and Cameros this year) comes to Charlotte on >March 30-April 1. Bryan, the Jag drivers this year are Paul Gentilozzi and Jeff Altenburg. Paul is actually sponsored by the company I work for and has won the championship the last two years. :-) Also look for PTG driver Boris Said and Brian Simo (Mark's brother), Brian drove for PTG in the Petit Le Mans in '98 I believe. - -Carlos 91 M3 PS The M3 really *IS* eligible this year for Trans Am competition ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 07:05:23 -0800 (PST) From: Arslan Akhtar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E36 vs. E46 gizmonics Its interesting to see how long E30 M3 comparisons will continue for. As soon as the first E36 anything was released it was apparant that any new iteration of M3 would grow both in size and mass. I'm a huge fan of the original, having had an Evo1 when I was in London. But it must be said that government mandates certain saftey devices/criteria anually, resulting in manufacturers making the vehicles heavier as they evolve. I prefer the purist approach whereby I could decide for myself which electronic "extras" I really need (a/c and radio only), but BMW markets their cars to a broader audience than us bimmerheads. They need to attract all those who just don't know (Lex/Accura/you know the rest). I just hope that if the weight continually increases, they give us 4-piston Brembo's and bags of torque. Well that's just the way I see it, Alpina22 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 10:05:10 -0500 From: "Rob Levinson - UUC Motorwerks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Compact Axed As BMW Readies New Z2 This can be seen as nothing but amazingly good news, a step *away* from the "one car for every need" role into which the 3-series has been thrust with the E36 (stickering from $18K to $45K!!!) and which the E46 seemed to be headed toward as well. BMW needs an entry-level car that is "free" enough to discard the parts-bin construction, similarity of looks that would cheapen the image of the upscale versions, and drain the corporate coffers with high construction cost. I just wish BMW would use "adult size" engineers in this project and not make it suitable only for sub-5'5" drivers. Why is it that the 7-series can seat a basketball player but the 3-series seems designed for big jockeys? Car budget has nothing to do with driver height, there must be some psychological sales effort to make potential buyers physically uncomfortable in the thriftier car... I'm surprised the 318ti didn't come with itchy burlap seat covers and a constantly-playing recording of nails being scraped across a blackboard. - - Rob - ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas, Andrew j <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Compact Axed As BMW Readies New Z2 > >From Auto Express in the UK (see www.autoexpress.co.uk for the whole story): > > 15/3/2000 - BMW has been thrown into turmoil after company bosses ordered > that the next generation 3-Series Compact must be ditched and replaced by a > small sports car, labelled the Z2. According to insiders at the German firm, > managers at the highest level are unhappy about the costs and performance of > the new Compact. The car was due to be launched early next year, but the top > brass have called for feasibility studies on making a smaller, sportier car > to rival the forthcoming Mercedes SLA. The death knell sounded for the next > Compact after BMW's management board drove the new model during winter <snip> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 07:07:51 PST From: "Hassan Hassan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Garage Floor Paint? Greetings Bimmerheads- I just purchased a house which is based on a Frank Lloyd Wright design. One of the amazing features of the house is the garage. The previous owner collected cars. What seems like a normal 2 car garage from the outside opens up to a parking area which would easily fit 4 cars easily and 6 cars with some organized parking. I would like to have the garage power washed and painted. The concrete has the usual oil and other stains. Is power washing a good idea and if so, should I mix anything with the water? Second, I would like to have the garage floor painted with some good stuff. The kind of paint that many car dealers use for their showrooms. I think it's a polyurethane based paint? If anyone can share their opinions and experiences relating to powerwashing the garage and what type of paint works best and lasts long, please let me know. Sadly, I had to sell my `99 M3/2 to buy the house but with a garage like that, I can dream of what to fill it up with ;) Respectfully, Hassan Saint Louis Chapter ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #452 ************************** _________________________________________ | 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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