[uucdigest] Monday, August 6 2001 Volume 03 : Number 4109 _________________________________________________________________ | | 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: [uuc] Re: front splash shield heading south ["Giovanni Jaramillo" <gjar] [uuc] RE: Project X ["KKiely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] RE: E38 Bent Valves...How? ["KKiely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] Project X [Jim Ochi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] Any Experience with Looong Oil Light?? [Christian Bernhardt <cabdiv] RE: [uuc] Any Experience with Looong Oil Light?? ["Karl Zemlin" <zemlin@h] [uuc] Tire wear or....?/ [[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hart)] [uuc] Borla Titanium; hype factor #9, Sulu? [[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Har] Re: RE: [uuc] Re: Ofest routes [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [uuc] Another Emergency Brake question ["Dave Swingle" <dswingle@enteract] Re: [uuc] <E28> fan clutch question [Don Eilenberger <deilenberger@monmou] Re: [uuc] Tire wear or....?/ ["Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Re: [uuc] Project X ["Kevin Rowley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] [uuc] Anyone have a 1985-1987 M motor for sale? ["Steve" <segood@mindspri] Re: [uuc] <E34> S38 Bent Valves. How? ["Pat Donahue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Re: [uuc] e36 exhaust [Dave Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 17:00:38 -0700 From: "Giovanni Jaramillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: front splash shield heading south I highly recommend the JTD piece (get it from ECIS since they are an authorized reseller). And I've heard only positive things about it and it looks great and clean under my car. Here's a post about it: http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7449 Gio _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 17:06:02 -0700 From: "KKiely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: Project X I vote for a 7 series. Remember on Rob's/Robs/Robs'/Robs's wish list a while back he had a 750. Now unless he can configure a way to put a supercharger with special intakes on top of the V12 , I think a more logical choice is a SC'd 740. Dinan already has a bolt on solution. - -Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 17:19:41 -0700 From: "KKiely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: E38 Bent Valves...How? Neil, Chain so loose that timing was way off or maybe chain jumped the sprocket? - -Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 17:31:39 -0700 From: Jim Ochi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Project X At 12:54 PM 8/6/2001 -0700, Tammer Farid wrote: >Now taking wagers. Here's the scoop. After reading that Roundel article about Boris Said driving an Isetta, Rob bought one and restored it. After putting around a while, he felt it wasn't powerful enough, and did the first of many motor replacements, each time using larger and larger BMW motorcycle engines. After working his way up to the 1200cc engine, then adding forced induction and NOS, he still didn't have enough power in his Isetta, so he decided to go all the way and install a car engine. So, he picked up a lightly used 12 cylinder engine from a wrecked 850, added 4 turbos (two sequential turbos per bank), and is busy shoehorning it into the Isetta body.... Jim Ochi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 20:33:48 -0400 From: Christian Bernhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Any Experience with Looong Oil Light?? During the past month, I have just noticed that my oil light is now taking about 5-6 sec. to go out after starting my car. Does anyone have any experience re: possible causes/cures? My car is a 95 325is with ~117k. After the oil light goes out, the oil pressure comes up to normal (~60 psi). If I start the car within 10-15, the oil light goes out in less than a sec (just like it used to). If I wait 1-2 hours, it takes the long 5 sec before it goes out. Net, the oil pressure is acting as like it does after I have just changed the oil and it's taking a few seconds to pump the oil throughout the engine. Only it's now doing it all the time whenever the car sits for 1+ hr. No need to waste bandwidth for the entire group -- private replys more than OK. Thanks for your help! Chris Bernhardt '95 325is ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 19:53:30 -0500 From: "Karl Zemlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Any Experience with Looong Oil Light?? .... >>> No need to waste bandwidth for the entire group -- private replys more >>> than OK. .... Except you're not the only guy out there with this symptom. Don't keep any secrets, ok? Thanks. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 21:13:04 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hart) Subject: [uuc] Tire wear or....?/ Terribly intelligent and busy post respondents.. sorry, I didn't renew my post to dis previous replies. I replied off list to several distinguished respondents re. the alignment specs b4 and after rotation/alignment, and found them not all that bad to cause almost complete wear down in 6,000 miles. The unanswered question I have is as to WHY BMWNA/AG would, on the door sticker, recommend at least 3-4 less psi in front than rear on a 328is cabrio..I still assume, wear down factor or not, that convertibles' increased rear end weight must have been a factor. Do E35 coupes/sedans/M3's of both persuasions have the same recommended f/r pressure recommendations? Thanks, and sorry for further bandwidth traffic on this one! John-Michelin Pilots (traitors for wear down, AFAICT)! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 21:12:20 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hart) Subject: [uuc] Borla Titanium; hype factor #9, Sulu? Anyone? Just saw an ad for Borla "Titanium" exhausts, mostly for Corvette, but BMW only a time issue, I guess. Turner's sells their wears as a cheaper alternative to others. Now that Borla is pushing presumably 1 grand plus on these units, does anyone have any comment on their weight savings on a E36/ or E46 for that matter? I suspect a great disturbance in the automotive ear candy/jewelry department, but is there much substance for use of such stuff in a daily driver? Sincerely John-96 328is c-nowhere near autoMotive Nirvana. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 21:21:37 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RE: [uuc] Re: Ofest routes In a message dated 8/6/01 5:41:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, <[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: < I495 route came up 8 miles shorter than the I90 -> I95/128 -> I93 route. Mapquest had said it was 9 miles shorter. They are probably more accurate than I was. >> OK, you win. I quit. I know when I am overwhelmed by a superior intellect. You've got the last F***en word. Happy now? You're right and I'm obviously wrong. What do I know? Silly of me to think that 30+ years of driving up and down the East coast towing trailers, driving cars, trucks, etc., would give me any insight on driving from (gasp) Delaware ALL the way to Cow Hampshire. Usually I don't even need fuel by then, obviously I'm brain dead, huh? But thanks for reminding me of one of the reasons for escaping New England, the people like you. Go to www.forestry-suppliers.com. They've got a lot of really neato stuff, including distance measuring wheels, vehicle distance measurers (1 foot per mile accuracy from a moving vehicle), opisometers (aka map measurers). three pound hammers and penetrometers. These are all far superior than your bent paper clip or wire for measuring mileage. Choose your weapon. Enjoy. Michel Life's a breeze in the Florida Keys PS- and, hey, Michael K. guess you haven't figured out yet, Ofest is this week. Hopefully by now the guys towing there have arrived, huh? Information is most useful when current. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 20:49:10 -0500 From: "Dave Swingle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Another Emergency Brake question This seems to be the list's week for emergency brakes. We spent Saturday doing a relatively complete brake job on my son's '90 E30 325i - rotors, pads, emergency brake kit, and fluid flush. This was instigated by one of the emergency brake retaining pins pulling thru the backplate (bad design - every other drum brake car I've ever worked on had the heads of the retainer pins facing the differential, with the quarter-turn fastener on the inside of the drum). This of course made some really interesting noises and chewed up one of the emergency brake shoes. My guess at why is that some PO had over tightened the adjuster ;^) . I noticed that the adjustment on the offending side was screwed about 1/2 inch further out than the other side, and when I was done they were about even. Thanks to some advice from Neil D - we made up a screw/spacer/washer/nut affair instead of replacing the backing plate (which seems to entail destroying the wheel bearing, among other aggravations). Now for the question. To put it all back together, I had to back off the emergency brake adjustments at the handle all the way, as well as the little adjuster inside the brake drum. Even at that setting, the rotor was a slightly tight fit over the shoes. This was identical on both sides of the car. I'm assuming that it will shortly wear in, but this seemed like a pretty tight fit. Is this normal? I used Balo rotors and Bilstein e-brake parts from Steve D. The emergency brake (in fact all the brakes) seems to work fine, much better than it ever did before. Dave Swingle ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 21:49:16 -0400 From: Don Eilenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] <E28> fan clutch question Jeff continues puzzled with: >So is the fan clutch dependent on engine temp AND >engine speed, or is it purely engine speed? > >- --Jeff BOTH temps and engine speed. There is a thermostatic valve in the clutch (the bi-metallic spring faces the radiator) that changes the coupling factor in response to temperature. The speed of the engine obviously also effects the speed of the fan. Don Eilenberger, Spring Lk Hts, NJ JMP#1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] NJ Shore BMW Riders web page: http://www.njsbmwr.org/ Moderator BMW E39 Enthusiast Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bmwe39 ==================================================================== "Parking lots are not an appropriate place.." ==================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 21:51:44 -0400 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Tire wear or....?/ 1) Tire inflation is set for maximum load. In that condition the rear tires take more load than the fronts. 2) Rear tire failure is more critical than front tire failure. Therefore added inflation in the rear is a good safety feature. 3) A bit of understeer is safer than none. Higher rear inflation helps promote this. Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Terribly intelligent and busy post respondents.. > sorry, I didn't renew my post to dis previous replies. I replied > off list to several distinguished respondents re. the alignment specs b4 > and after rotation/alignment, and found them not all that bad to cause > almost complete wear down in 6,000 miles. > The unanswered question I have is as to WHY BMWNA/AG would, on the > door sticker, recommend at least 3-4 less psi in front than rear on a > 328is cabrio..I still assume, wear down factor or not, that > convertibles' increased rear end weight must have been a factor. Do > E35 coupes/sedans/M3's of both persuasions have the same recommended f/r > pressure recommendations? Thanks, and sorry for further bandwidth > traffic on this one! > John-Michelin Pilots (traitors for wear down, AFAICT)! > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 22:19:48 -0400 From: "Kevin Rowley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Project X "Ron Katona" wrote: > > So, a 98 5-er with a similar power to weight ratio as his old turbo M5. > I say it's not the V8 540, but a turbo project 528. I'd guess 350 hp is > possible in a nicely built 2.8 turbo and the 528 is lighter than the 540 > or M5 giving it performance probably somewhere in between those two. > Price could be reasonable with 528s going for much less than the V8 > cars. Since we're speculating, try this one: '98 528i, 3.2L conversion, turbocharged. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Who is officiating the "Guess what Project X is" contest? Kevin Rowley ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 21:35:37 -0500 From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Anyone have a 1985-1987 M motor for sale? Looking for a replacement motor for a 1980 M535i.... Steve ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 22:20:31 -0400 From: "Pat Donahue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] <E34> S38 Bent Valves. How? I'm just back from NH and a small bubba party so my brain may be misfiring some. Parked uphil in first gear. If the parking brake let the car roll backwards slowly against the engine it could be that the backwards pressure on the timing chain gradually compressed the timing chain tensioner (note that most of them are one-way expandable only so this shouldn't happen). This could have let the piston come up and press against the valves until they bent. Disclaimer: this is conjecture and I've never heard of it before. This part is clear thinking: Neil, sorry to hear of this. Good luck setting it right. Geeeze '95 525iT - 4GTFUL '91 Gold Wing - GEEEZE From: "Neil Deshpande" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My 1992 M5 shows no compression on cylinders 1-3. I > have not checked 4-6. Here is brief recap of events: > > 1. Drove car about 4-5k after purchase. Drove 10 > miles night before. > 2. Parked in 1st nose uphill overnight. > 3. Started next day to major engine clatter. Engine > ran fine and smooth till 3000 RPM. Did not go higher. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 22:42:43 -0400 From: Dave Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] e36 exhaust I'd recommend Supersprint. As far as I know, they are the only aftermarket exhaust manufacturer that makes a cat-back exhaust specifically for the E36 328i/is, as opposed to other manufacturers who all make a common exhaust for both the 328 and the M3. The 328, with its lesser output, requires slightly smaller pipes than the M3. You will possibly lose a bit of low-end torque using a pipe built for an M3. As for sound, the Supersprint should be just a touch louder than the M3 pipe, which means it's stealthy at low revs (won't piss off the neighbors) and righteous at WOT. Good build quality too. Just my opinion, based on what I've read. Dave Meyer 99 328is (M3 exhaust, some other stuff) Lorton VA >Anyway, the muffler on my 1993 325is is finally giving up >the ghost (Not bad, 8 yrs on the original system). I'm in >the market for a replacement and am looking for suggestions. >Last I remember, the AA exhaust was highly rated, the E&S >just was introduced, the UUC system was still in design, >and the B&B was way too loud for everyday use. >Carl Reichenbach >1993 325is >1995 Buell S2 ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #4109 *************************** ________________________________________ | 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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