[uucdigest] Tuesday, April 11 2000 Volume 03 : Number 586 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 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: Attn. Engineers: Garage Exhaust Fan Re: [uuc] Excellent shop in Nothern NJ! (Autosport Perf.) [uuc] re: 12 Hour Summit Point Q?'s Re: [uuc] RE: Attn. Engineers: Garage Exhaust Fan Re: [uuc] [e28] brake kills radio [uuc] <WTB>'95 M3 in Seattle [uuc] Silicone as a Bushing [uuc] <E30> differential swap, more comments Re: [uuc] Brake pads [uuc] Driving Skill [uuc] Carfax..PLEASE Re: [uuc] Brake pads Re: [uuc] Brake pads [uuc] Stellar Alarm Re: [uuc] Brake pads [uuc] Totally agree - Autosport Performance rules! Re: [uuc] Brake pads ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 08:44:03 -0700 (PDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Curtis A. Ingraham) Subject: [uuc] RE: Attn. Engineers: Garage Exhaust Fan In BMW UUC Digeset v03.n583 I wrote: > I'm looking at page 3634 of [Grainger] Catalog No. 389, and it > suggests 5-10 air changes per minute for garages and similar ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > workspaces. Using that guideline, you would need to move > 24 x 26 x 8 x (5 to 10) = 25 to 50 thousand cubic feet of air > per minute. And in BMW UUC Digest v03.n584 Rodney Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> thankfully offered this reality check: > I think your numbers are over by a factor of 60. > With your numbers you will be able to do wind tunnel tests in a > garage. ... I think your 4992 cubic foot room would be nicely > vented with 500-1000 CFM blower. 500 will give you an air > exchange every 10 minutes and the 1000 blower will do it every > 5 minutes. Doh! What the Grainger catalog really says is 5-10 MINUTES PER AIR CHANGE, which is exactly in line with what Rodney suggests and makes my number high by a factor of 25 to 100. Now, where are my reading glasses ... Curt Ingraham 72 2002tii Oakland, California ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 08:46:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Jay Guillermo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Excellent shop in Nothern NJ! (Autosport Perf.) Thanks for the response, specifically to Mike, Carlos and Michael. I'll forward this info to my friend. Hey Mike, aren't you the one who works at a company off exit 33 of I78? Regars, ===== Jay '93 325i BMW CCA NJ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 12:13:30 -0400 From: Rich Beebe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] re: 12 Hour Summit Point Q?'s Ed Tisdale wrote: > I have registered to run the 12 Hour Race at Summit Point and hope > someone on this list can help me with some track and set up questions > for my E30 325i ITS. (Geeze?) What differential and tire sizes (14") > are best? What tire brands do you use? How rough is the track on tires > and cars? Has anyone on this list run this race? Any volunteers for > pit crew? ed, best diff ratio for summit would be a 4.27 or a 4.45. i ran a 4.27 last year and the shift points were fine. you'll turn about 6000+ rpm at the end of the front straight. i've had 2 more diffs built over the winter, but i haven't run them yet. a 4.45 will work, but there's a question whether you would run out of revs before T1 (that's if you get through T10 real well). as for tires, most E30 guys run 225/50-14 hoosiers. pat (geeze), ed york and myself all run that tire. the track was resurfaced at the end of last season, so the grip is quite a bit better right now. tire wear will probably increase though. my guess is that you could get through the event on 3 sets of hoosiers, with the possibility that it may take 4. you could also run toyos in 225/50-14. they'll definitely last longer, but your laps times will be slightly off. i crewed for the overall 3rd place car last year at this race and was scheduled to drive that same car this year. but, based on the full marrs schedule (10 races), we decided to 'can' the idea and focus on the ITS championship. good luck. rich beebe its 325is, wdc marrs #7 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 12:41:56 -0400 From: Patrick Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] RE: Attn. Engineers: Garage Exhaust Fan I wrote: > FWIW, I was recently at a motorcycle manufacturer's R&D facility, > checking out their dyno rooms. One room required the operator to > be in the cell with the vehicle (chassis dyno), and I recall one > of the engineers saying they had the ventilation set up to provide > ten air changes per minute. Curtis A. Ingraham wrote: > > I think your numbers are over by a factor of 60. > > With your numbers you will be able to do wind tunnel tests in a > > garage. > > Doh! What the Grainger catalog really says is 5-10 MINUTES PER > AIR CHANGE, :) It _was_ awfully breezy in that dyno cell during testing... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 11:35:59 -0500 From: "Daniels, Jason S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] [e28] brake kills radio I had the same problem and it was solved by many hours of testing all wires for shorts and we discovered that it was the rear tail lights (specifically the right rear, end of the circuit). E 28's have often got bad trunk seals and moisture builds up in there and corrodes the contacts where the light bulbs contact the light housing. I removed and cleaned mine, and had no problems for a few months. The only long term fix that worked was to replace the lights with new ones. Not to cheap, $189.00 a piece, but worth it to not have the tail lights out all the time (which will happen next). Both E28's that I had,had this prob. Damn salty northern roads! - ---------- > From: tdotzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [uuc] [e28] brake kills radio > Date: Monday, April 10, 2000 8:27 PM > > My wife says that when she applies the brakes in her e28 535i the radio > momentarily goes off and the antenna momentarily retracts. It come back on > whether she stops braking or not. Any ideas? brake lite switch maybe? Also > once she has braked and the phenomenon occurs, she can repeat several times > in a row without it happening.. TIA > Tom > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 11:06:42 -0600 From: "Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <WTB>'95 M3 in Seattle Anyone know of a decent '95 M3 for sale in the Seattle area? Stock or modified okay. I'm looking for something in the low $20's..... Thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 10:10:17 -0700 From: "KKiely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Silicone as a Bushing OK Jim but what about a layered bushing with a more abrasion resistant material on the inner diameter and covering the outer cylinder? What is the "measured" abrasion resistance compared to polyurethane? - -Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 10:51:11 -0700 (PDT) From: "K.C. Boyce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <E30> differential swap, more comments A few more things I've noticed/remembered... - - Installing new output flange seals was a barrel full of clowns. I eventually used a big hex bit and a hammer to drive those suckers in. I've noticed no leakage yet. :-) - - The new diff is a bit quieter than the old one. I think the old bearings were in need of some attention. Also, I've yet to notice any chatter from the LS clutch pack... - - Flinging my car around some corners yesterday, I realized where the new diff made the greatest difference. It feels like I can apply more power in the corner sooner (maybe a byproduct of both wheels now being driven?), and my exit speeds are substantially increased (by 10 mph or so!). Woo-hoo! Okay. I'll shut up now about my new diff. :-) KC Boyce '85 325e E30 Eta Page: http://rikki.coloradocollege.edu/~k_boyce/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 14:02:54 -0400 From: "James Clay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Brake pads Hawk has just come out with new street compounds - HPS and HP Plus. They are both high performance, but the HPS compound is supposed to retain most of the road manners - minimal dust and quiet. The HP Plus is suitable for autocross and track use, probably a good rain pad also. I have not used either yet, but I have used Hawk race pads faithfully for the last two years. I am waiting to put a new set of the HP Plus on my street car and I will be able to report on actual characteristics then. After talking to Hawk about them, we were willing to order 100 sets, so I am expecting them to be awesome! James Clay http://www.bimmerworld.com Quality Used BMW Parts Engineered BMW Performance (540) 639-9648 Please copy original message text in all correspondences. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 11:06:05 PDT From: "William States" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Driving Skill I had a wonderful weekend at the Precision Autosports driving school at Texas World Speedway at College Station, TX. I watched many instructors go out in the students cars to show the correct line. My question is what is in the instructors bag of tricks that allows them to take an unknown car onto the track and squeeze so much performance out of it? It is because the know the line already and just make minor corrections to their normal line to compensate for the particular car? Do they simply feel for the feedback of the car and not rely of muscle memory for throttle/brake/other inputs? I know that when I get out of my daily driver into the M3, it takes a few miles to get the braking smooth and get used to the rhythm of the clutch and shifter. When going from a rental car to my other cars, I usually apply way too much brakes the first couple time I use them. Thanks, William States Now, more fascinated by pure driving skill than cars. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 14:23:43 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Carfax..PLEASE Would someone with a carfax number please run a report on a car for me. My girlfriend found a car and we would like a few details. The VIN is WBABF3319NEF37960 Thanks again. Brian Leib t.c.kline racing ProParts ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:25:11 -0500 (CDT) From: Jefrem Iwaniw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Brake pads On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, James Clay wrote: > Hawk has just come out with new street compounds - HPS and HP Plus. Hmm -- are they new formulations? Hawk HP Plus's have been available for at least 2 years, when I last bought them (the car that ran them has since morphed into a race-only car). Decent autox/street pad, nice pedal feel (easy to modulate), lotsa dust. Comparable to a Pagid street pad IMO. - -jefrem ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 15:09:04 -0400 From: "James Clay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Brake pads Apparently they have changed the formula to some degree. At least that is the info I received from the salesman at Hawk. Also interesting for the race guys, they have tweaked the formula for the Gold compound to reduce the chunking that some people have experienced. James http://www.bimmerworld.com Quality Used BMW Parts Engineered BMW Performance (540) 639-9648 Please copy original message text in all correspondences. - ----- Original Message ----- From: Jefrem Iwaniw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: James Clay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: UUC Digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 2:25 PM Subject: Re: [uuc] Brake pads > On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, James Clay wrote: > > Hawk has just come out with new street compounds - HPS and HP Plus. > > Hmm -- are they new formulations? Hawk HP Plus's have been available > for at least 2 years, when I last bought them (the car that ran them > has since morphed into a race-only car). Decent autox/street pad, > nice pedal feel (easy to modulate), lotsa dust. Comparable to a Pagid > street pad IMO. > > -jefrem ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 15:28:14 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Stellar Alarm I would stay away from stellar. I bought a complete system for my 98M3 and had nothing but problems with it. The sunroof and windows would not close all the way with the auto close feature and the windows themselves would open a 1/4 inch every time the hood pin switch was activated. I later found out that the diodes were reversed at the factory. The actual transmitters also look like radio shack electronic project peices. Customer service stinks as well. When I called with the problems, I was told that the unit was not installed properly and/or that I probably altered the harness. They refused to send me a refund and eventually I got a new one shipped out (after approximately 10 calls made to customer service at my expense - you would call customer service at the 800 number and were then told to call back on a toll number for technical support because they didn't have the capability to switch you over YEA RIGHT). The new unit had the diodes fixed but the windows/sunroof still didn't close all the way. After another call, I was told that this was a safety feature set by BMW and nothing could be done. At that point, I hung up, took the loss and had a Clifford installed which completely closes the windows and roof and performs as expected. Dave 98m3 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 12:20:24 -0400 From: Thomas Philip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Brake pads I've been extremely happy with Repco Deluxe. Got 'em on my '94 325is and also on my parents' recently-departed '91 525ia. I bought 'em from Steve D' at the Ultimate Garage <http://www.ultimategarage.com/brakeprc>. Right around $75 for all four corners. They're perfect for street driving but tend to evaporate at the track. Tom Philip '94 325is At 9:27 AM -0500 4/11/00, you wrote: > Most likely this has been gone over before, but what are the best > 'dustless' brake pads out there for a 95 325i? > Thanks. > > John ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:28:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Arslan Akhtar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Totally agree - Autosport Performance rules! I've been a loyal customer of Autosport Performance since 1995 when Will Turner of Turner Motorsport referred me to them. Don Fields bends over backwards to make sure I was happy. Highly recommended. ===== _____________ Arslan Akhtar OO=oo=OO __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:11:36 -0500 From: "Daniels, Jason S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Brake pads The deluxe is the hot ticket is you want the dustless pads, I've used them for about 5 years so have many people that I know. jason D - ---------- > From: Thomas Philip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: John Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [uuc] Brake pads > Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 11:20 AM > > I've been extremely happy with Repco Deluxe. Got 'em on my '94 325is > and also on my parents' recently-departed '91 525ia. I bought 'em > from Steve D' at the Ultimate Garage > <http://www.ultimategarage.com/brakeprc>. Right around $75 for all > four corners. They're perfect for street driving but tend to > evaporate at the track. > > Tom Philip > '94 325is > > At 9:27 AM -0500 4/11/00, you wrote: > > > Most likely this has been gone over before, but what are the best > > 'dustless' brake pads out there for a 95 325i? > > Thanks. > > > > John ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #586 ************************** _________________________________________ | 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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