[uucdigest] Sunday, July 15 2001 Volume 03 : Number 4020 _________________________________________________________________ | | 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] heated Recaro-style E30 sport seats ["Daniels, Jason S" <JDANIE] RE: [uuc] I knew Jim's chips were good, but ...... ["Wil Birkmaier" <wil@] [uuc] FS: E30 Toolkit, Cannonball Lap One Jacket, etc ["John Coffin" <cof] RE: [uuc] I knew Jim's chips were good, but ...... ["Wil Birkmaier" <wil@] [uuc] Re: <E34> Wiring New Phones to Use Analog Phone Mic [Neil Maller <n] [uuc] <e30>First Auto-X/Phyrric Victory [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [uuc] '95 E36 M3 FS [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [uuc] Re: double nutting - of park brake cables [Neil Deshpande <neildesh] [uuc] <e36> rusted upper shock mount ["Ken Koch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] 1995 e36 M3 tuning (Anyone here with a AA turbo'd 1995 M3?) ["jedin] [uuc] Re: <E31> 8-Series Ruminations ["RussC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] <FS> 1997 2.8 Z3 [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 16:44:52 -0500 From: "Daniels, Jason S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] heated Recaro-style E30 sport seats Quite common actualy, 80% of all spot seats that I have seen including my old 87 325is and my wifes current 325ica have the heated sport seats. Jason Daniels - ----- Original Message ----- From: "ben keyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 12:56 PM Subject: Re: [uuc] heated Recaro-style E30 sport seats > "Stan Jackson Jr." wrote: > > > Personally, I have never seen a heated version of the Recaro-style sport seat > > in any BMW. The optional heated iX seats I have seen were not the sport > > seats. > > I have them in my E30 332iS (tho I didn't know it until I was fixing the seat > belt & wondered what the wires in the seat were for (no switches on the center > console to give them away). ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 18:23:22 -0400 From: "Wil Birkmaier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] I knew Jim's chips were good, but ...... Awe, gee, guess I have to defend myself, I was tired, ebay #$%@% the form up so I have to re-do all my entries. Should have read... " which adds, engine now has over 200HP and 200ftlbs of torque." Good thing I am and engineer, not an English major... Happy? ;) Wil - -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of SEAWOLF 97 Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 11:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] I knew Jim's chips were good, but ...... from EBAY; A nice clean well running 325is with Limited Slip Differential, ABS, all power. Has new alternator, shocks, springs, struts, radiator, hoses, water pump, ignition coils. Only modifications are the DME Jim Conforti Chip which adds over 200HP and 200ftlbs of torque. Let see.... 200 hp for $249 ... $1.25 per Hp gained ?? My money is on the way. TOM _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 12:31:59 -0700 From: "John Coffin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] FS: E30 Toolkit, Cannonball Lap One Jacket, etc Some of the items. More at the link below. - - E30 Toolkit - - Offical Lap One Cannonball Race Jacket http://server.netconnecters.com/forsale.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 18:25:01 -0400 From: "Wil Birkmaier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] I knew Jim's chips were good, but ...... And yes, I am aware of all the previous new mistakes... :) - -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of SEAWOLF 97 Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 11:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] I knew Jim's chips were good, but ...... from EBAY; A nice clean well running 325is with Limited Slip Differential, ABS, all power. Has new alternator, shocks, springs, struts, radiator, hoses, water pump, ignition coils. Only modifications are the DME Jim Conforti Chip which adds over 200HP and 200ftlbs of torque. Let see.... 200 hp for $249 ... $1.25 per Hp gained ?? My money is on the way. TOM _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 18:07:04 -0500 From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: <E34> Wiring New Phones to Use Analog Phone Mic on 7/15/01 1:25 PM, Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The existing BMW analog only antenna is not appropriate for a digital > phone. The effective length of a digital antenna is different, because > the frequency is different that the signal is transmitted on. Not exactly. There are two different frequency bands used for cellular phones in the US, the 800 Mhz band and the 1900 MHz band. The latter is caller the Personal Communications Service (PCS) band. (And despite Sprint's use of "PCS" to describe their wireless service, use of the PCS band certainly isn't unique to that company's wireless offering.) Analog service is provided only at the lower 800 MHz frequencies. CDMA and TDMA digital phone service - these are different and incompatible encoding systems - may be in either band, depending on the provider. As far as I know GSM in this country is used only in the 1900 MHz PCS band, with VoiceStream the main provider. So the question of antenna matching doesn't correlate analog vs. digital, except that all analog is 800 MHz. To answer the digital question you'd need to find out from your provider which frequency band they use. Neil 96 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 19:49:26 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] <e30>First Auto-X/Phyrric Victory Gruppe, Ran my first AutoX today in the Dirty E30. Apparently the judges had one look at the awesome might of the M10 B18 4cyl (the most powerful 4cyl when it came out, thank you very much) and stated "you have won your class before you even ran" Of course, thought I, of course. They feel the power of the EVO II, they tremble at the 30+ Hp that an M3 steering wheel provides. - Now mind you that no one else was in my group (A) but that's immaterial. For the record I was running SLOW, real slow behind the other E30s. The course was a 40 sec course, and my best time was 44. Although this is considerably better than the 52ish that I ran the 1st time, I only beat a big ole Mercedes deisel in X class for the slowest time. My rear felt downright mushy and loose in turns, so much so that I didn't accelerate as much as I could have, or take the turns as hard as I thought I could. My question is this: Knowing all my stock suspension components are quite tired and worn (aside from the M3 control arm bushes) What should I replace next for the best bang for buck? A friend says he has both front and rear swaybars from an "is". Would this be worth putting on, or does it have a negligible effect compared to new tires? (AVSi's) My next run is in two weeks so I have limited funds but great aspirations. I also have new sway bar links for the front that I have yet to install, how much more response can I expect out of these? I also worry that getting to many after market goodies will put me in a group where I can't be competitive. And if anyone has an s-14 engine and drivetrain cluttering up their garage give me a holler and I'll take that pesky thing off your hands : ) And for those who have yet to Auto X and are considering it, I have one thing to say "YYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Even a slow BMW is great fun at an Auto X! But if you are Irish like me, remember the sunblock! I am hellarot right now, and it's hurts! Maybe the beer will take the sting away! Cheers, Jim Laing 84 318i EVO II 85 325e Dirty E30(s) www.DirtyE30.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 20:06:25 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] '95 E36 M3 FS '95 E36 M3 For sale, 75K, 6 Disc Changer, Red/black, spoiler, Sunroof, Southern car, immaculate, flawless paint, no dings or hood chips, mint, garaged, N/S, Inspection ll just performed including new, plugs, filters, BMW synthetic oil, Redline MTL and Diff. $21,500. Pix available. Call 865-694-3088 or email. Car is located in Knoxville, TN 37919. Evan ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 17:56:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Neil Deshpande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: double nutting - of park brake cables Brett: Now that you mention it, the cable on my 88 was damaged in my previous attempts to adjust it. I will double nut all four cables. Neil Deshpande http://www.neilwerke.com *** "Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Most 91 and later BMW's use double nuts on the park brake cables. It prevents damage to the cables, that nylock nuts cause during tightening. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 21:13:09 -0500 From: "Ken Koch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <e36> rusted upper shock mount Tomorrow I'm on my way to Brainerd International Raceway for two days of fun, so as part of track prep I was going to remove my rebound ajustable Koni's and firm them up a bit. Much to my dismay the rear shock mounts are rusted tight to the piston rod! Despite liberal use of WD40 it won't budge and it is difficult to really put any torque on the mount as the bushing flexes. I also tried reinstalling them with the piston nut loose and driving for twenty miles on the roughest roads I could find--I was hoping the rebound force would be enough to loosen the grip. Short of destroying the mount does anyone have any ideas on how I might liberate my shock? Ken Koch 318i with all the suspension mods ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 21:30:16 -0500 From: "jedinite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] 1995 e36 M3 tuning (Anyone here with a AA turbo'd 1995 M3?) I am investigating performance improvements for the 1995 e36 M3. Anyone with any advice to pitch in on tuning a 1995 e36 M3? Specifically in regards to the engine: I know the '95 intake is very restrictive. Anyone have any thoughts if it's better to start with a Euro Intake system (UUC Euro HFM Complete Kit or TMS E36 M3 Euro Intake System, +28hp, ~$1100) or TMS Performance Cam & Intake Kit (300 peak hp, ~$2400), or better to save the money for forced induction (which includes completely redoing the intake) down the road? It really seems that the AA turbo system (http://www.activeautowerke.com) is the way to go for forced induction. However, the RMS or ERT superchargers do appear very impressive, just not quite at the level of the AA turbo. Anyone with any thoughts or comments? Anyone here with a AA turbo'd 1995 M3 that can spare some time for general impressions and a few questions from a soon-to-be fellow owner interested in following your lead a little ways in the future? Anyone with a heavily tuned 1995 e36 M3 that would be interested in the same general impressions and a few questions? Thanks in advance! Eric Foster aka jedinite http://bmw.jedinite.com/M3/ '01 e46 M3 for sale, 3500 miles, priced less than MSRP ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 19:44:31 -0700 From: "RussC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: <E31> 8-Series Ruminations You hit the nail right on the head, thats why BMW stopped making them and are bringing back the the 6 series. RussC > Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 14:01:52 -0400 > From: "Joseph Volpe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [uuc] <E31> 8-Series Ruminations > > Neil, > > Other than the 850CSi (which should be called an M8), 8 series cars are > slow, expensive, and didn't handle very well. > > The best to own are the last two years...1996 and 1997 840Ci. It has the > updated 4.4 liter V8, and came very well equiped. It was very reliable. It > also came with a somewhat soft suspension and fat tires that wanderered > alot. > > I owned a 97 840Ci because I did love it's looks, but I had to upgrade the > suspension with a Dinan set up. > The car I replaced it with and the car that blew it outof the market place > was Lexus's SC400. I had a 93 SC400 that for the money and a 250HP 4.0 V8 > was hard to beat. (The SC is built on a Supra chasis) I just sold my 840Ci > and picked up a 2000 SC400 with 290 HP and a fantastic 5 Speed auto. > > It's my only NON BMW in my stable! > > Joe > 00 SC400 > 92 535i Sharked > 87 535is Sharked > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 23:09:17 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] <FS> 1997 2.8 Z3 My wife's 1997 2.8 Z3 is for sale. I wanted to post this to the digest before putting it up for sale to the unwashed masses. Here are the details: 1) We are the original owners 2) Hell-red over Tan leather, Tan top 3) 5-speed 4) heated seats 5) 33,226 miles as of tonight 6) Redline synthetic lubricants throughout (including engine oil) 7) wind deflector 8) CD changer 9) keyless entry/alarm 10) on board computer 11) traction control All books and records including every fill of gasoline (I prefer *thorough* to *anal retentive*, thank you very much). Fluids changed early and often. all original body panels and paint (although it does have some rock chips) Performance Mods (optional -- I have all the original stuff) Koni single adjustable struts/shocks H&R sport springs Toyo RA-1 tires (stock Michelins have lots of tread left) Has never seen snow, salt, earthquakes, tornados, hail, fire, brimstone, or other evil things (well, there was that one encounter with the motorcycle cop...). Believe it or not, we've only been able to get in one autocross with the car... a pity, really. Selling to make room for future M3 acquisition. Priced at $25,500 w/Koni's and H&R's $24,900 in stock configuration (your choice). Please email me directly at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Regards, Kirk Lachman Sin City Chapter (that's Las Vegas) '87 325iS #185 K-stock club racer '92 525i (manual) '97 Z3 (for sale) ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #4020 *************************** ________________________________________ | 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 . 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