[uucdigest] Wednesday, June 20 2001 Volume 03 : Number 3899 _________________________________________________________________ | | Search the ARCHIVES: | http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] | | Visit Richard Nott's Ultimate BMW Database: | http://www.gis.nsw.gov.au/staff/rnott/bmw/bmw.html | | 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. | Technical Problems? Send 'em to [EMAIL PROTECTED] |__________________________________________________________________ In this BMW UUC Digest: Re: [uuc] Inner workings of an S54.... [Mark Dadgar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] Re: Ebay - 1989 BMW 325is (E30) 5 Speed Coupe, MINT [Ed MacVaug] Re: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers [Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks <rob@shor] Re: [uuc] Alpine CD magazine needed (several) [Ed MacVaugh <macvaugh@home] Re: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers [Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] speed.... ["Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] RE: [uuc] Inner workings of an S54.... ["Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)" <robe] Re: [uuc] <E36> Intermittent wheel shimmy? ["Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers ["Michael Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] RE: [uuc] <E36> Intermittent wheel shimmy? ["Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)" <] Re: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers ["Michael Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] RE: [uuc] Re: www.car-accident.com ... ["Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)" <robe] Re: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers [Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks <rob@shor] Re: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers [Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks <rob@shor] Re: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers ["Michael Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] RE: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers ["Ulf Bertilsson" <ulf.bertilsson@adcomd] RE: [uuc] speed.... ["Ulf Bertilsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] RE: [uuc] Inner workings of an S54.... ["Ulf Bertilsson" <ulf.bertilsson@] Re: [uuc] A bunch of "newbie" questions ["Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 21:55:49 -0700 From: Mark Dadgar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Inner workings of an S54.... Brett Anderson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > http://www.koalamotorsport.com/s54.htm > So, are you impressed, or not? Enquiring minds want to know! - - Mark '97 Carrera S '97 528i 5-spd '88 M3, track car, soon to be a JS racer - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (office) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 01:01:58 -0400 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: Ebay - 1989 BMW 325is (E30) 5 Speed Coupe, MINT I have one as well, but although Carfax knows it as an "is", the BMW web site has a register your car section and they know that my '87 is an "is" and the '89 is an "i". This is despite folks telling me that there was no VIN number coding of "is" models in '87. Ed Randy Walters wrote: > > Despite the VIN indicating that it's a 325is, going by the pictures it appears > to be a regular 325i. Bottlecap wheels, small rubber lip under the ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 01:16:03 -0400 From: Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers I disagree. I could never get a stock E28 to go over 127mph. 130? Couldn't happen. Aerodynamics of a sheet of plywood. Must've been the "longtail" effect of the spoilers on the modified E28s that let me push them to... well, let's not talk about that, okay? ;-) - - Rob > From: "Kevin Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I am not sure about every BMW, but I know that the E24, E28, > E31, E32 and E34 all have no problem going well over 130 mph > without a rear spoiler. > Kevin Kelly > BMW CCA 50039 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 01:12:02 -0400 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Alpine CD magazine needed (several) Careful here, Stephen, I don't think you have the same ones as other folks are talking about. The Pioneers folks say are available locally were the six circle logo ones that were an industry standard from Sharp. The ones Don is probably talking about are the ones for the later Alpine I-bus model (that he sold me one of) and not the earlier Alpine one in your wife's car. I'm checking into this issue just now and will post what I find out. Ed Don Eilenberger wrote: > > Stephen, giving his wife tunes asks: > > >anyone know where I can buy three or four magazines for my wife's Alpine > >6-CD system? EBAY has them sporadically, around the $15 each range, but I > >was wondering if there was a better/faster/cheaper supplier out there. > > > >Stephen Jones > > Check any big audio-video chain. Standard Alpines work fine.. seem > to remember buying three in pretty colors for $15 or less last time. > > Don Eilenberger, Spring Lk Hts, NJ JMP#1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > NJ Shore BMW Riders web page: http://www.njsbmwr.org/ > ==================================================================== > "Parking lots are not an appropriate place.." > ==================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 01:23:23 -0400 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers I disagree. I have seen in excess of 138 indicated, probably well over 130 in my stock E28 and it still had RPM, pedal and oomph left. I was deficient in the spheres category (and the car had been sitting in Tennessee for most its life) Ed Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks wrote: > > I disagree. > > I could never get a stock E28 to go over 127mph. 130? Couldn't happen. > Aerodynamics of a sheet of plywood. > > Must've been the "longtail" effect of the spoilers on the modified E28s that > let me push them to... well, let's not talk about that, okay? ;-) > > - Rob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 01:19:44 -0400 From: "Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] speed.... Rob started it, Who has gone the fastest here on wheels? I have gone 128 or so. I know I am on the low end. 1st - 3/4" T&G E30 > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 1:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers > > I disagree. > > I could never get a stock E28 to go over 127mph. 130? Couldn't happen. > Aerodynamics of a sheet of plywood. > > Must've been the "longtail" effect of the spoilers on the modified E28s > that > let me push them to... well, let's not talk about that, okay? ;-) > > - Rob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 01:37:10 -0400 From: "Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Inner workings of an S54.... A few (Kevin James voice) questionies, Is that an O-ring pan seal? What's with the tubes? Multiple oil pickups? If so - why only a screen (and a small one at that) on the RF? And the woodruff key in the cam is a mystery. Thanks, 1st > -----Original Message----- > From: Brett Anderson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 12:35 AM > To: UUC Digest > Cc: bubbas > Subject: [uuc] Inner workings of an S54.... > > http://www.koalamotorsport.com/s54.htm > > --------------------------- > Now offering BMW special tool rental > and pay per incident tech help. > --------------------------- > Brett Anderson > www.koalamotorsport.com > Home of the E30 M3 CD-ROM repair manual > > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 23:46:29 -0600 From: "Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] <E36> Intermittent wheel shimmy? Gary wrote: "Check the dynamic balance of the front wheels. Does the problem get worse or improve after making a turn? The front wheels are going in and out of phase. A dynamic imbalance creates a side to side vibration that is felt in the steering as left-right-left in the wheel. When the fronts add together, you can feel it. When they c@ncel, you can't feel it." Yes Gary I'd say this is exactly what my car is doing. Why does this happen and how can I fix it?. FWIW, the car has 17x8.5" Fikse's with 235/40/17 T1S's. Thanks, Rob ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 01:54:50 -0400 From: "Michael Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I am not sure about every BMW, but I know that the E24, E28, > E31, E32 and E34 all have no problem going well over 130 mph > without a rear spoiler. an E-36 M3 has no problem at 160mph with no spoiler, hehe or so I have heard. A LTW will not get over about 145-150mph with the spoiler due to the drag. Or atleast after 10 miles and that was it. Mike ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 01:54:13 -0400 From: "Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] <E36> Intermittent wheel shimmy? FYI - my bushings made my E30 do the side to side shimmy. Balance was fine. I have another vibration but now that's the wheels. Check the hardware then get the wheels balanced, or rotate them and look for a change. If none of the above work, check the rotors and/or the calipers. 1st ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 02:00:20 -0400 From: "Michael Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers I agree, I have seen an indicated 142mph with an actual distance/time measured speed of 137 in a mile. And it still had some more in it, but the other 3 people in the car had shut up about the impala SS we had passed a 1/4mile back that was stuck at its speed limiter. And this car had 229,000 miles on it at the time. Damn I miss my old E-28. Mike - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed MacVaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 1:23 AM Subject: Re: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers > I disagree. I have seen in excess of 138 indicated, probably well over > 130 in my stock E28 and it still had RPM, pedal and oomph left. I was > deficient in the spheres category (and the car had been sitting in > Tennessee for most its life) > > Ed > > Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks wrote: > > > > I disagree. > > > > I could never get a stock E28 to go over 127mph. 130? Couldn't happen. > > Aerodynamics of a sheet of plywood. > > > > Must've been the "longtail" effect of the spoilers on the modified E28s that > > let me push them to... well, let's not talk about that, okay? ;-) > > > > - Rob > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 01:59:05 -0400 From: "Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Re: www.car-accident.com ... I have seen "The Wall" countless times but WTF? Also, why don't they yet make light poles (unless it was wood of course) follow the same regs as breakaway signs? I bet some lives could be saved my making these immobile objects mobile. 1st > An impromptu memorial of burned incense sticks, fried chicken wings, > shrimp > crackers, cigarettes and flowers were lain at the scene of the accident, > also marked by distinctive orange police paint marking the tire marks and > the final resting place of the vehicle and the man's body. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 02:30:16 -0400 From: Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers I'd hate to break the news to you about "BMW miles". Rather optimistic in the speedometers, and oftentimes in the odometers. 8% is a mild guess on older models. - - Rob > From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers > > I disagree. I have seen in excess of 138 indicated, probably well over 130 in > my stock E28 and it still had RPM, pedal and oomph left. I was deficient in > the spheres category (and the car had been sitting in Tennessee for most its > life) > > Ed ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 02:32:54 -0400 From: Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers Okay, it's official. My stock E28 was a slow-ass sorry pig. I think I had the cams for torque, not hp... that thing would smoke the TRXs like they were going out of style (how appropriate!). The 535i Turbo and M5 Turbo on the other hand... - - Rob > From: "Michael Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > Subject: Re: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers > > I agree, I have seen an indicated 142mph with an actual distance/time measured > speed of 137 in a mile. And it still had some more in it, but the other 3 > people in the car had shut up about the impala SS we had passed a 1/4mile back > that was stuck at its speed limiter. And this car had 229,000 miles on it at > the time. Damn I miss my old E-28. > > Mike ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 02:38:26 -0400 From: "Michael Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The 535i Turbo and M5 Turbo on the other hand... Silly, just plain silly, Silly I tell ya. Did ya ever see a top speed? mike ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 08:41:43 +0200 From: "Ulf Bertilsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Re:Spoilers Schmoilers > I'd hate to break the news to you about "BMW miles". Rather > optimistic in > the speedometers, and oftentimes in the odometers. > > 8% is a mild guess on older models. How about an E36 with stock wheels/rims ? 3-5% ? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 10:57:00 +0200 From: "Ulf Bertilsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] speed.... > Rob started it, Who has gone the fastest here on wheels? > I have gone 128 or so. I know I am on the low end. I've flored my E36 320I to 217 km/t (135mph). The rpm limither pulled in :) Cheers Happy Speeding Ulf ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 11:10:41 +0200 From: "Ulf Bertilsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Inner workings of an S54.... > http://www.koalamotorsport.com/s54.htm Looks very clean, is it new ? I remeber from my early 50cc days, there was always parts left when the engine was put together ;) But it worked, and milkboxes makes good gaskets =D ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 07:47:35 -0400 From: "Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] A bunch of "newbie" questions Doug: My 1995 540 used a pair of double-ended plastic widgets to hold down the floor mats. One end poked into the floor and the other locked through a plastic grommet in the mats. If your car takes the same things, I may be able to help you as my car was missing these things too when I got it. I don't remember any of the details (and have since sold the car), but I found the name of the mat manufacturer (imprinted on the grommet or the back of the mat, I believe, and looked them up on the web. With a bit of digging I found their phone number and gave them a call. The receptionist was very nice and sent me a set three days later at no charge. Great company! They were flimsy little things, but did the job. Give it a try, I'll bet she'll do it again. Kevin 1995 M3 (now) 1995 540 M-Sport (then) ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #3899 *************************** ________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | Camptown Automotive - http://www.camptownauto.com | Circle Tire Co. (used & classic BMW parts) e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Detailwerks Chicago Inc. "Chicago's Premier Automotive Appearance | Center" . http://www.detailwerkschicago.com |==================================================== | Koala MotorSport . BMW technical information, special tool sales/rental | http://www.koalamotorsport.com |==================================================== | Taylor BMW - http://www.taylorbmw.com - Doc Bimmer! | UUC Motorwerks . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com |__________________________________________
