[uucdigest] Thursday, February 13 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6113
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Re: [uuc] Towing with an X5 -- or a 540i touring wagon [uuc] Towing Re: [uuc] Towing Re: [uuc] Towing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:13:39 -0600 From: "Malcolm Reitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] re: towing and suspension damage. European or American? Malcolm - -----Original Message----- From: Neil N. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 2:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [uuc] re: towing and suspension damage. What is the air speed velocity of an unladen M3? :) (Non-Monty Python fans needn't reply.) > Fuel economy was around 18mpg, compared to an > unladen 28 to 30mpg at > 79mph on cruise control. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 12:36:24 -0800 (PST) From: "Neil N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] re: towing and suspension damage. "How do you know so much about M3's?" "You have to know these things when you're a Digester, you know." - --- Malcolm Reitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > European or American? > > Malcolm > -----Original Message----- > From: Neil N. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 2:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [uuc] re: towing and suspension damage. > > What is the air speed velocity of an unladen M3? > > :) > > (Non-Monty Python fans needn't reply.) > > > Fuel economy was around 18mpg, compared to an > > unladen 28 to 30mpg at > > 79mph on cruise control. > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day > http://shopping.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 15:43:48 -0500 From: "Eurowerks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] More driveline woes...trying to help! You know, after looking back over your post, I noticed the tranny crooked statement. I have a client with an 88' M3 that has the same crooked tranny. It does not cause any problems with his car though. I wonder if the center support bearing has had it's 6mm of pre-load. I have found that this is critical. What you need to do is loosen the nuts on the center-support bearing just a little, allow the bearing to find it's rest position, then preload it forward 6mm on both sides. This may help a little. As for the subframe mount check procedure, jack up the car using the rear diff. as a lift point and put a set of jackstands under the drip rails (factory lift points) on both sides so as to not interfere with the rear subframe, then lower the car down onto the stands and remove the jack. Take a look at the subframe where it connects right in front of the rear wheels and see if one side is not hanging a little lower or higher than the other side. Then you can do your wiggling and prying and you should be able to see any problems. If the engine mounts are too tall or basically if the engine and tranny are not riding at the same height, this will cause a bind under a load also. You need to make sure that the engine and tranny mounts make the engine and tranny ride at the same height. This may take some measuring, but you will get it. I wasn't insinuating that you have a bad car, just that in my experience it is very hard to keep up with what works on what and what years all of that stuff came from. If I started to tell you all of the oddball parts that were on my 69' 1602, it would take hours to figure it all out. Sometimes when things fail, I really have to think about where all of the components originally came from...but, 250HP in a 2500lb car, with massive brakes and a euro 5 speed and a close ratio steering gear, and a fully adjustable coil over suspension make it alot of fun. 0-60 times are a shade over 4.5 seconds but with the gear ratio I am at 7600 RPM's at 125mph! Not the best club racer, but untouchable at the autocrosses. Never had my time beaten by ANYONE! Good luck with the car, and keep me posted, as I would be happy to help if I can... Kirk A. Gilchrist EURO-WERKS / Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Volvo Service and Repair 8 South Highland St. / Winchester, KY 40391 / 859-745-0125 [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 888-522-0271 toll free ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 13:48:17 -0800 (PST) From: "Neil N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Interesting program on the Autobahn Group, Tonight at 10pm Eastern, there is a program on about the Autobahn. The one commercial I saw last night had several shots of (what I believe to be) a Ruf at speed, which in and of itself is reason enough to plunk down for an hour. Here's the only problem - I don't recall exactly which channel it was on. I'm pretty sure it's just a standard Discovery/TLC type thing, but I can't be certain. Sorry for the vagueness, but it seems like it'll be worth looking for. - - Neil __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:16:30 -0800 (PST) From: Brad Couvillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Interesting program on the Autobahn I saw that program last time I was at home for the weekend. I got to TiVo it and watch it once or twice again. I can't remember which channel it was on either, but I wanna say it was the History channel. It was very good, included history of the Autobahn, as well as a few shots of a Ruf Turbo flying down the Autobahn at night. Brad Couvillon '87 528e www.fatdaddybmw.com - --- "Neil N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Group, > > Tonight at 10pm Eastern, there is a program on about > the Autobahn. The one commercial I saw last night > had > several shots of (what I believe to be) a Ruf at > speed, which in and of itself is reason enough to > plunk down for an hour. > > Here's the only problem - I don't recall exactly > which > channel it was on. I'm pretty sure it's just a > standard Discovery/TLC type thing, but I can't be > certain. Sorry for the vagueness, but it seems like > it'll be worth looking for. > > - Neil __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:33:36 -0800 (PST) From: Timothy Fries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Interesting program on the Autobahn Thanks for the heads-up, I just looked it up on TVGUIDE.com. The Show is Modern Marvels on The History Channel. Check your local listings for details :) - --- "Neil N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Group, > > Tonight at 10pm Eastern, there is a program on about > the Autobahn. The one commercial I saw last night > had > several shots of (what I believe to be) a Ruf at > speed, which in and of itself is reason enough to > plunk down for an hour. > > Here's the only problem - I don't recall exactly > which > channel it was on. I'm pretty sure it's just a > standard Discovery/TLC type thing, but I can't be > certain. Sorry for the vagueness, but it seems like > it'll be worth looking for. > > - Neil > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day > http://shopping.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 22:55:04 -0000 From: "Andrew Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Towing with an X5 John Weese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: "I looked into this once before, and I believe the towing capacity of the X5's are rather "light" compared to many other SUV or "um" SAV's..." As I have never seen an X5 with so much as a dirty alloy wheel, I never expect to see one with a tow hitch attached to it. Someone (Dennis?) asked about the towing capacity of the 540i. The braked towing capacity of the 540i, quoted by BMW, is 2,075 kg, 2,000 kg for the Touring. (Figs for the standard gearbox, which is auto, though a 6-speed is still available as an option.) Multiply by 2.24 for lb. Sorry, BMW UK forces metric measurements upon us. Anyway it's 4648 lb and 4480 lb, respectively. Andy T ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:55:49 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Re: Power to be gained EGO Signal adjustment? I asked Mr. Conforti to comment on this, kind of sort of knowing what the answer would be. His reply is, basically, this is a resistor that connects to the coolant temp sensor. The ECU thinks the car is colder and runs a slightly richer mixture. Anyway, before falling for the marketing claims, it might be beneficial to determine if there are times when a richer mixture might be bad. Let's just say that I'm not ordering one. HTH, Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA >Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 22:08:27 -0600 >From: "Christian Els" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [uuc] Power to be gained EGO Signal adjustment? > >Cruising eBay I found this auction >< http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2911034273&category=1256 > >for a Rac-X Performance Chip Module which claims to offer 10-15HP >improvement because "it modifies signals being read by the ECU [and] >automatically compensates for High-Heat signal errors. > >On an early EFI system I could see this providing some advantages but on a >modern vehicle this doesn't seem likely. > >Any debunkers/defenders want to weigh in on the utility of this device? > >Cheers, >Christian Els ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 20:59:20 -0500 From: Ed MacVaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Towing with an X5 -- or a 540i touring wagon I'll look mine over carefully, since unlike his, mine are painted ones from the 850CSi. Gary Derian wrote: >Forged originals. Cracked in the bead flange. >Gary Derian > > > >>I didn't recall the cracked wheels, were they the forged originals, or >>cast copies? >> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 19:50:44 -0800 From: "Bora Akyol (BMW)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Towing If you are going to tow get an appropriate tow vehicle. I highly recommend the 2500HD duramax diesel. By the way, my 22ft enclosed trailer weighed around 7K - 8K when fully loaded with race car, tools etc. There is no way an enclosed trailer even fully Al. is going to way 1800 lbs. My featherlite trailer weighs 1350 lbs and it is an open trailer. X5 and 540i will not be able to tow an enclosed trailer and if you try to please stay off the highways as you would be endangering other drivers on the road as well. Bora ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 20:19:01 -0800 (PST) From: "Neil N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Towing http://www.trailex.com/viewprod.cfm?id=6&mcat=93&cat_id=93 "Under 2,000 total pounds" is the Trailex claim. Bora, on a separate note - I'm guessing you have the Featherlite 3110? Can you reply to me off-list and let me know what you think of it? I'm considering buying one in a couple months. - - Neil - --- "Bora Akyol (BMW)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is no way > an enclosed trailer even fully Al. is going to way > 1800 lbs. My featherlite > trailer weighs 1350 lbs and it is an open trailer. > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 20:38:25 -0800 From: "Bora Akyol (BMW)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Towing I am sure it is until you put in cabinets, tire rack, lining, insulation, and a winch. Even at 1999 lbs plus race car, plus spares, plus tires ( I carry three sets), plus tools, you are looking at a good 6000 lbs. The trailer length vs X5/540i's wheelbase is also an issue. Even with my 2500HD in heavy winds, you can feel the trailer shake the truck, with an X5 it will flip it sideways. YMMV. Bora On 2/13/03 8:19 PM, "Neil N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.trailex.com/viewprod.cfm?id=6&mcat=93&cat_id=93 > > "Under 2,000 total pounds" is the Trailex claim. > > Bora, on a separate note - I'm guessing you have the > Featherlite 3110? Can you reply to me off-list and > let me know what you think of it? I'm considering > buying one in a couple months. > > - Neil > > --- "Bora Akyol (BMW)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> There is no way >> an enclosed trailer even fully Al. is going to way >> 1800 lbs. My featherlite >> trailer weighs 1350 lbs and it is an open trailer. >> > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day > http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #6113 *************************** | | In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. |________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | | Autoscope-Motorsports - http://www.autoscope-motorsports.com | |==================================================== | | Koala MotorSport . 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