[uucdigest] Monday, June 25 2001 Volume 03 : Number 3926 _________________________________________________________________ | | 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] toe ["Pat Donahue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] re: M5 oil change ["Richard K. Scheer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] E30 Sport Seat Repair ["Rusty & Wende Barton" <r-w.barton@worldnet.] [uuc] BMW Films on Speedvision [Jim Bassett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] [M52TU] 3" Cat-Back ["William Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] Re: Wanted: Info on Fall Driving Schools - West Coast and Southwest [Geoffrey Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [uuc] RE: Oy! Rack confusion... ["Marshall Lytle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Re: [uuc] E30 Sport Seat Repair [Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] More E65 7 series information [Andre Yew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] E30 Sport Seat Repair [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Re: [uuc] More E65 7 series information [Andre Yew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] Rotating & unsprung weight - how significant? ["Rob" <motor@cadvisi] Re: [uuc] E30 Sport Seat Repair [Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] WOB - Speed III ["Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)" <robert.fuerst@sylvan] RE: [uuc] toe ["Karl Zemlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 20:32:42 -0400 From: "Pat Donahue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] toe When this has been discussed in the past a few variables popped up. If your current tires are getting near the end of their lives that can help cause this. New tires can fix it though sometimes you have to also change tire brands to be successful. Wider wheels or wheels with a new spacer or different offset can contribute too. My experience came from replacing nearly dead Dumflop D40M2 tires on my '91 M5 with brand new Pirelli P7000SS tires. Where the car could barely be controlled before, I could release the wheel and track straight with the new rubber. Brand or newness I don't know. Geeeze '88 325is ITS race car for sale http://patdonahue.com/forsale From: "Bob Sutterfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Our E28 is lovely on the track, light on its feet and nicely balanced. But > on real-world streets, it's a real handful to keep pointed straight down the > road. Especially on badly rutted streets, it's always trying to climb up > one side or the other. It really wants to dart into the next lane > > (The suspension setup includes Bilstein Sport shocks, Eibach pro-kit > springs, E28M5 7.5x16 wheels, Dunlop SP8000 225/50-16 tires.) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 18:08:49 -0700 (PDT) From: "Richard K. Scheer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] re: M5 oil change Pre-March 2000 built M5s (approximately) like mine use 10W60 Castrol Racing synthetic. Post-March 2000 built M5s use the regular 5W30 BMW synthetic. The 1200 mile service calls for changing the differential and transmission oils, but not the engine oil. If you go by the service interval indicator lights, it will be a very long time before BMW pays for the "scheduled" oil change. My first "light-scheduled" oil change came up at over 13,000 miles, and the second one was called for past 26,000 miles. But I had the oil changed at my expense, without resetting the lights, at about 2,000 miles and roughly every 3,000 miles since then. Expensive, and probably unnecessary, but cheaper than a new engine. Richard '00 M5 (10/99 build), now with 32,000 miles '88 M3 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 21:05:28 -0400 From: "Rusty & Wende Barton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E30 Sport Seat Repair My '91 318is is showing its age in the driver seat bottom cushion - the material (grey cloth) is starting to fray. I wonder if it's possible to switch the bottom cushion with the passenger one; or perhaps switch the entire bottom of the seat, bolsters and all without disturbing the seat adjustment mechanisms. Anyone do this or know if it's possible? Thanks. Rusty Barton 'CCA 1121 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 18:20:04 -0700 From: Jim Bassett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] BMW Films on Speedvision Well, I was checking out the weekly Speedvision schedule, and noticed this on the schedule for Sat June 30: BMW FILMS - Ambush; Chosen; The Follow 12:30PM PT Just thought I'd pass that on. Cheers, Jim Bassett 1998 M3/4 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 21:22:41 -0400 From: "William Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] [M52TU] 3" Cat-Back I am contemplating Having a 3" Cat-Back piping installed on my E39 I6. Thus eliminating the large resonator and replacing the OEM muffler. What performance gains can I expect with this mod, considering the already efficient BMW OEM exhaust? I understand there may not be many without an OBD-II flash upgrade. I plan to get sharked as soon as it's available for the Dual VaNoS M52TU. I currently have just a CAI. All input appreciated. Thank you. W. Wallace Tarheel Chapter BMWCCA '00 528i '0? M3 W/SMG II ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 19:29:41 -0600 From: Geoffrey Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: Wanted: Info on Fall Driving Schools - West Coast and Southwest The Colorado region info can be found at www.rmcbmwcca.org (original huh)? Cheers Geoff - -------> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 15:56:26 -0500 From: "Gary Vetick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Wanted: Info on Fall Driving Schools - West Coast and Southwest Digest Members: As noted above, I'm seeking info on BMW CCA or other schools in the October to January time frame. I'm planning a trip this fall and would like to tie in some car-related events. If you know of anything, please email the info or direct me to the appropriate web page. Thanks! Gary Vetick Omaha, Nebraska ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 21:43:31 -0400 From: "Marshall Lytle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: Oy! Rack confusion... Joe, save yourself the stress of making the decision and just call Steve D' at ultimategarage.com. he will hook you up with the right part, and will make sure you have all the right brass washers and stuff to connect it up. and while you are in there, you may want to change the tie rod ends too. racks don't come with them normally. Marshall very happy Steve D' customer, no affiliation other than he probably has my credit card number memorized! :-) >Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 15:57:37 -0400 (EDT). >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [uuc] Oy! Rack confusion... > >Ok. Ye old rack is leaking away and I guess I am going to replace it with a >rebuild as opposed to trying to redo the seals. --snipped a bunch of part numbers--- >- -- Joe |__________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 22:02:40 -0400 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E30 Sport Seat Repair Rusty, I have used BMW's covers to replace two complete sets of sport seats. The bottom cover is under $100 and fits either passenger or driver. Once installed they are no longer ambidextrous because holes are punched in the side covers for the mechanism. Ed Rusty & Wende Barton wrote: > > My '91 318is is showing its age in the driver seat bottom cushion - the > material (grey cloth) is starting to fray. I wonder if it's possible to > switch the bottom cushion with the passenger one; or perhaps switch the > entire bottom of the seat, bolsters and all without disturbing the seat > adjustment mechanisms. Anyone do this or know if it's possible? > > Thanks. > > Rusty Barton > 'CCA 1121 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 19:13:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Andre Yew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] More E65 7 series information Check out the BMW website for more info on the new E65 7 series: http://www.bmw.com/bwme/products Click on the top banner with the picture of the new 7 and the words "The BMW 7 Series". It kind of looks like a cross between an Audi (the Dove soap bar look) and the Volvo S80 (the coupe-like rear from the C pillar back). The inside has lots of cool gadgets. My favorite feature: rear seats with side bolsters! Hopefully that indicates the new 7's still true to the BMW driving tradition. - --Andre ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 23:05:21 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [uuc] E30 Sport Seat Repair >From a musty, dusty corner of Ed MacVaugh's mind came... > >Rusty, > >I have used BMW's covers to replace two complete sets of sport seats. >The bottom cover is under $100 and fits either passenger or driver. Once >installed they are no longer ambidextrous because holes are punched in >the side covers for the mechanism. > >Ed > Do they offer these covers in leater? My driverside seat is in good shape except for the bottom. - -- Joe - -- Joseph M. Krzeszewski Network Operations [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jack of All Trades, Master of None... Yet ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 19:28:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Andre Yew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] More E65 7 series information I wrote: > Check out the BMW website for more info on the new E65 7 series: > > http://www.bmw.com/bwme/products Sorry I made a typo. The URL should be: http://www.bmw.com/bmwe/products - --Andre ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 20:42:13 -0600 From: "Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Rotating & unsprung weight - how significant? I understand that the less unsprung rotating weight (wheels/tires) you can have the better, but on something less than an open wheel'd formula car how significant a difference can be felt or measured but reducing this weight? I have heard so many different numbers for rotating vs. static weight but the number that comes up most often is 4 times, as in saving one pound off your wheel is like taking four pounds out of the car. Obviously it would depend if the weight from the wheel was taken from the center area or the outer rim but you get the idea. So has anyone ever done a back to back test of either acceleration (0-60, 1/4 mile) or handling (auto-x, lap times) on the same car but with heavy and light wheels? I can't name a (larger, not Miata or Type R) high performance car that comes from the factory with a wheel under 20lbs, so are we all being overly freakish trying to get sub 20lb wheels for our street/track BMW's? Thanks, Rob ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 22:39:15 -0400 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E30 Sport Seat Repair They offer them in all cover materials, but as I recall, the leather ones were selling out quickly. For instance, the Natur leather ones for E28 sedans (which really means US M5s) sold out over a year and a half ago. A complete set of late E30 Natur cloth were still available a month ago. More comfort seat covers are available than sport seat covers. I use Maximillian Importing Company (Roundel advertiser), and Russel BMW, my local dealer. Now if I can just get those cloth sport seats for the E32 . . . Ed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >From a musty, dusty corner of Ed MacVaugh's mind came... > > > >Rusty, > > > >I have used BMW's covers to replace two complete sets of sport seats. > >The bottom cover is under $100 and fits either passenger or driver. Once > >installed they are no longer ambidextrous because holes are punched in > >the side covers for the mechanism. > > > >Ed > > > > Do they offer these covers in leater? My driverside seat is in good shape > except for the bottom. > > -- Joe > > -- > Joseph M. Krzeszewski Network Operations > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jack of All Trades, Master of None... Yet ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 22:35:15 -0400 From: "Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] WOB - Speed III Boats now? I hit near 12 K surfing in a 28 footer on Ontario from Toronto to Welland.. All had harnesses on, perfect storm, but we made it. 1st > Jeff, we are talkin crappy here . I hit 12 knots in a launch once at the > Charlestown Navy Yard. Anyway after the catapult where was your breakfast? > TR ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 22:08:46 -0500 From: "Karl Zemlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] toe Check the condition of your control arms. My severe tramlining all-but disappeared with new upper and lower control arms installed. The ball joints had a small amount of play, but given their position near the pivot point of the steer wheels, a little slop goes a long way. I think the little bit of tramlining that remains is in the tires. - -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob Sutterfield Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 6:04 PM To: BMW UUC Digest (E-mail) Subject: [uuc] toe Here's a pretty fundamental question that surely someone out there can help with... Our E28 is lovely on the track, light on its feet and nicely balanced. But on real-world streets, it's a real handful to keep pointed straight down the road. Especially on badly rutted streets, it's always trying to climb up one side or the other. It really wants to dart into the next lane. During a lane change, you feel each part of the transition as a change in the steering forces and the balance of the car, not as just a smooth shift from one straight line to another. This extreme tramlining is irritating and distracting, and sometimes almost dangerous because it's surprising if you're not paying attention to the road surface ahead. Our E30 is nice on the track, but it has pleasant road manners as well. We'd like the luxo-barge to behave as nicely as the coupe. Might this be an alignment problem? Specifically, would this behavior be caused by too much front end toe-out? I don't know its current alignment numbers because we haven't had that checked since we got it, but if it's as simple to fix as adding some toe-in, I'd sure like to try! (The suspension setup includes Bilstein Sport shocks, Eibach pro-kit springs, E28M5 7.5x16 wheels, Dunlop SP8000 225/50-16 tires.) - -- Bob Sutterfield '87 E30 325iS http://bmwe30.net #1129 '88 E28 535iS http://m535i.org #154 BMWCCA #169277 Rocky Mountain Chapter ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #3926 *************************** ________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | Camptown Automotive - http://www.camptownauto.com | Circle Tire Co. 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