[uucdigest] Saturday, June 14 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6462
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[uuc] "Rendezvous" [uuc] Re: "Rendezvous" [uuc] Carbon Fiber Hood RE: [uuc] 87 325i swap to 325e RE: [uuc] 87 325i swap to 325e RE: [uuc] 87 325i swap to 325e ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 01:05:50 -0400 From: Michael Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] 87 325i swap to 325e - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Couvillon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > It is not hard to find a good used325iC for > > $2500-3500. > > If it's an '87 or '88 or so. . . and an auto. . . and > with bad paint. . . and stock wheels. > > A good later model iC is a 5-figure car. Not if you look in the right places. And I have never seen a E30iC for five figures, unless 1. its a euro M3 conv. 2. an idiot is selling it 3. It has a few pounds of blow in the spare tire. The market is soft for them now, they are old, require alot of maintance etc. I can find a perfect 5spd for 5-6k around Atlanta or can find cars that need work for 2-4k all day long. The best deal about Neil's iC is the fact all the mechanicals are in top notch shape and does not need any maintance. Just a new top and seat covers, plus the minor small stuff inside. Instrument cluster etc. I am stunned nobody has not jumped on it yet. He came up with the perfect suspension for that car, it is a blast to drive, tight suspension, the perfect exhaust note etc. Wish I had found it before I bought my iC Mike ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 01:47:33 -0400 From: "Rick Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] 87 325i swap to 325e > > I'm thinking that the surge idle is the idle control module which could be > replaced easily enough but perhaps it could be evidence of a bastardized > match up of engine and ECU and other components. Would the car ever run if > the correct ECU module is not there? Are there other questions I need to ask > related to swap issues. > You can solve the surging idle problem for FIVE CENTS. At least, this works great on an '85 325e... 1. Find a loose US nickle coin beneath a couch cushion. 2. Drill a hole in the center. A quarter inch usually works, sometimes 3/8" works better. 3. Remove the electrical plug from the idle valve. Using a zip-tie or spare twist-tie from a loaf of bread, secure the elect. cable out of the way so it doesn't just flop around. 4. Remove one hose from the idle valve. Either one works. 5. Insert the modified (illegally, so never show this mod to the US Treasury) coin into the hose. 6. Put the hose back on the idle valve and tighten the hose clamp. 7. Start engine. If idle is too low, increase hole size. 8. Drive for years without worrying about the idle problem. Rick Evans Orlando, FL ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 12:55:25 +0200 (CEST) From: John Firestone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] BMW rental in Munich, plus info on Nurburgring? On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Neil N. wrote: > If they tow away my 3er, I'll take a cab to Avis and > get whatever I can, but if it's a public day, I assure > you, I'll be on it. :) > I would go in any case, just give the track and the repo man your considerable respect. There are some seemingly routine bits of the Nuerburgring that are not and are unforgiving (the first two crashes I know), and the surprisingly unroutine bits multiply as the track gets wet (the third crash I know about). And if you try to argue with the repo man that you can drive their car wherever you please, you will soon be walking. > "Going back" to the track at a later date will do nothing to reduce > the chance of wreckage, as even now I have no intention to be stupid > and bite it on a blind turn. I just want to drive the track, that's > all - albeit briskly, where prudent. The turns that marked the start of the three crashes I know about were as plain as day but even the track junkies who crashed on them were blind to their risk. It takes many visits before you can see all the places where you have to be careful, which is why I wrote: remember you can always go back! -John '96 318is ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 10:27:13 -0400 From: TR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] "Rendezvous" Some Dvd players , although they will play everything else such as Mp3, will not play dvd's from Region 2 ,U.K.. The encoding methodology is definately different than region one. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 07:26:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Gregg Siegfried <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: "Rendezvous" If it is a region 2 disk and your player is unforgiving about things like that, you need to get a region-free or multi-region DVD player. Or pull the content off with a computer and write it to your own "region 1" disk with it. http://www.dvdoverseas.com/store/index.html?catalog86_0.html http://www.nerd-out.com/darrenk/ I suggest one of the APEX players or a Daewoo DVG. Good luck, Gregg Siegfried 00 M5 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 10:01:53 -0500 From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Carbon Fiber Hood Someone listed a carbon fiber hood for sale for an E36 and I lost the message. Could you please contact me with the information if you still have the hood. Dave 95 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 09:01:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Brad Couvillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] 87 325i swap to 325e Rick, Why spend 5 cents when you can spend 1? I used a penny when I did this on my 528e. :-) Brad "Shifty" Couvillon '85 Euro 535i '87 528e <-- no engine, so no ICV needed! www.fatdaddybmw.com - --- Rick Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can solve the surging idle problem for FIVE > CENTS. > > . . . *details about the penny (nickel?) > kludge* . . . __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 11:19:30 -0500 From: "Sam Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] 87 325i swap to 325e That's the neatest thing I have heard lately. Many a BMW has been dumped because for one reason or another all the equations can't be balanced to get the thing to settle down. I always suspected that the problem with the idle surge is that the modulator is playing catch-up (sticky valve OR SOMETHING) with just what air the engine needs. If it would just settle down and not react so fast it wouldn't be first fast then slow. For any given warmed up engine, that amount is pretty well fixed. The beauty of the idle control module is that when it works it takes care of a lot of variables and makes the car idle just right under all kinds of situations, (air conditioner turned on and off, on, engine cold, engine hot, change in altitude, idling immediately after a drag race with your favorite enemy) but for 5 cents you can have it the old fashioned way which works, just figure out how much air it needs and let it have that much. I be she idles a little faster some days and a little slow on others but what the heck. She drives much better than with the surge. Why didn't I think of that? - -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rick Evans Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 12:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [uuc] 87 325i swap to 325e > > I'm thinking that the surge idle is the idle control module which could be > replaced easily enough but perhaps it could be evidence of a bastardized > match up of engine and ECU and other components. Would the car ever run if > the correct ECU module is not there? Are there other questions I need to ask > related to swap issues. > You can solve the surging idle problem for FIVE CENTS. At least, this works great on an '85 325e... 1. Find a loose US nickle coin beneath a couch cushion. 2. Drill a hole in the center. A quarter inch usually works, sometimes 3/8" works better. 3. Remove the electrical plug from the idle valve. Using a zip-tie or spare twist-tie from a loaf of bread, secure the elect. cable out of the way so it doesn't just flop around. 4. Remove one hose from the idle valve. Either one works. 5. Insert the modified (illegally, so never show this mod to the US Treasury) coin into the hose. 6. Put the hose back on the idle valve and tighten the hose clamp. 7. Start engine. If idle is too low, increase hole size. 8. Drive for years without worrying about the idle problem. Rick Evans Orlando, FL ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 11:28:28 -0500 From: "Sam Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] 87 325i swap to 325e I am currently in Florence, Al moving back to Lawrenceburg, Ky where my son lives; next week. Where is your roommates car? Any where with in driving range of these two places. You hit the nail on the head as I was thinking all along if my son wants this vintage BMW he should just go find one he wants. I have been thinking also that I may want to upgrade to a nice 325iC. My wife has watched me working the 318i into a reliable car and enjoys the way it drives but every time we see a nice convertible her eyes really light up. I think if I got into one of those I could eat my cake and have it to. I would have a fun car that I didn't mind putting real money into and also get my truck back. She wont accept the BMW as her car until I do something with the drivers seat; its a disaster. My plan has been to replace the seat after I had the car up to snuff mechanically. I have reached that point almost, (needs shocks and new paint) and am about ready to spring for the final push; seat, paint, shocks, and radio. Perhaps I would rather put the money into a newer 3 series convertible. PS: I just noticed on another post that there may be an inside story about your roomates car; that' OK.:) - -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Lawrence Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 2:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [uuc] 87 325i swap to 325e I think the big question is How Much for this car? Going from an I to an E is a backwards step, and I am sure they did it since people tend to give away E motors vs $500-750 for an I motor. Also, what condition is the top, how long ago was it replaced etc? A new top and seals can be had for about $700-800, so keep that in mind. It is not hard to find a good used325iC for $2500-3500. My roommate is selling a great running 5spd 89 model with the later small bumpers, great paint etc, just needs top & seat covers for $2990. Mike - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 1:38 PM Subject: RE: [uuc] 87 325i swap to 325e > > I have been enjoying a 1985 318i for the past few years and doing my own > work with much help reading this board I might add. My 25 year old son who > lives nearby has witnessed my fun and wants a similar car. he has found a > 1987 325i convertible (that's a 325iC; right?) that has had a 325e engine > and tranny from a wrecked car swapped in, the owner says the car runs really > well, doesn't burn oil or drip, but that it surge idles. We have gone over > a lot of other stuff about suspension, seats, speedometer, etc and we accept > the situation as it is. > > I'm thinking that the surge idle is the idle control module which could be > replaced easily enough but perhaps it could be evidence of a bastardized > match up of engine and ECU and other components. Would the car ever run if > the correct ECU module is not there? Are there other questions I need to ask > related to swap issues. > > Also he mentions using the solid drive line out of the 325e instead of > keeping the flexible coupling. I don't have any idea of what to make of > that. I am only familiar with the flex coupling set up. > > I would appreciate any specific facts or your opinions about the 325i to > 325e engine and tranny swap. How do I make sure it is done right and also is > it even advisable. I prefer 325i but 325e is OK and that is not my concern, > just the issues about the swap. I basically avoid those things like the > plague because one thing seems to lead to another but know that it is as > good as one's knowledge about what one is doing. There is a good way to do > it I am sure. But there also might be a way of just throwing something > together that runs in the short haul so it can be dumped on someone else. > > My son needs this as transportation in a 2 car family. His wife drives the > new car while he drives the old wreck (fun :) )car. he can't afford a > disaster decision. It has to run most of the time except for timeout to do > projects like replacing broken stuff. > > > ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #6462 *************************** | | 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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