[uucdigest] Monday, June 16 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6469
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[uuc] Entertaining clutch stories [uuc] seeking car-shipping company recommendations Re: [uuc] M6 Window Sealing Problems [uuc] RE: learning to drive a stick shift Re: [uuc] RE: learning to drive a stick shift Re: [uuc] RE: learning to drive a stick shift [uuc] [e34] M30 - "high flow" exhaust options Re: [uuc] [e34] M30 - "high flow" exhaust options Re: [uuc] RE: learning to drive a stick shift Re: [uuc] seeking car-shipping company recommendations ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 08:52:01 -0700 (PDT) From: "Neil N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Sparco products at discount - Any interest? Group, Just curious if anyone had interest in Sparco seats at a discount from list. I'd probably be able to get you $50 or more off of each seat, depending on model, plus savings on shipping. For instance, a set of two Sparco Evo's (likely the most popular, as an example) at list (HMS, OGRacing, etc.) are $1,098 + shipping. Depending on your shipping address, I would estimate about $925, including shipping, through me. Mounting hardware is also available, and is also somewhat cheaper than list. These are coming from an authorized distributor, so all products are kosher. All orders will be placed custom, so colors, etc., can be chosen in advance and exact pricing and shipping times will be available before you place a final order. Just trying to gauge interest. Contact me off-list if you would like any other info. There are similar savings available on other racing-related products. Contact me with your needs, and I'll let you know what's available and what the prices are. Regards, Neil __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 09:06:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Marino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] M6 Window Sealing Problems Has anyone gone through the motions of getting windows on the M6 or 635 to seal tightly/correctly? My M6 is letting in a LOT of windnoise just above and behind my head as I'm driving. Subsequently, I've ordered all of the rubber for both doors with the intent to replace all of it. That being said, currently, when I shut the door, it doesn't close tightly because the window is up to high and hits the existing rubber. Is fitting the new rubber and adjusting the window a difficult thing to do? Chris 89 M3 for sale 88 M6 01 X5 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:08:06 -0400 From: "Carey Probst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Battery for E30 325 and E36 M3 In rebuilding the 325 as primarily a track car I need a new battery. Will my M3 battery replace the 325 battery? I'd like to put the new good battery in the M3 and move the existing one to the 325. Also, is there any reason not to run a standard remote starter switch to the starter relay? BavAuto sells a gadget for $90 that plugs into the diagnostic port but that seems excessive. I already have a remote starter switch. Thanks Carey Probst, '99 M3/2, '86 325e w/i cam BMW CCA Patroon and Genesee Valley Chapters JC CAIed and Sharked, Stressed, Schrothed, Gauged, Hitched, X-Braced ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 09:11:15 -0700 (PDT) From: david kroth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: E36 door latch issues? > Check the bottom of the interior door panel, the > plastic clips break and > then when the door shuts the misaligned panel gets > caught on the sill. The clips attach to strips that are glued to the door panel itself. Sometimes the clips are fine yet the strip has come unglued. While you have the panel off blast the latch mechanism with some solvent/lubricant. I have to do that to my E36 latches every year or so. Frees them right up. Same with the lock cylinders. ===== David Kroth [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 09:17:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Neil Deshpande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Entertaining clutch stories Peter: Agreed. My Indian room-mate, a 35-yr old Econ PhD, did this at my suggestion. A Scooby Impreza wagon with the 2.2L engine and 5-sp. He had never driven anything before, walking and bussing his way around the US or riding with friends on long trips, which I found to be an amazing achievement given that he has been here over 10 yrs. Anyway, I sketched the tranny and clutch and off we went with his 'new' Scooby. He had no idea of mass, extent, turning, driving, prediction, nothing. Imagine someone who has NEVER been in the driver's seat of any car and never ridden a bike. No idea of closing times, traction, steering input, feedback. Simply no concept of it at all. We did lessons each day for 3 weeks. At the end of it, he was pretty decent. He is still not a good driver, but no problems with the clutch and he knows his limits. Does long-distance trips and such w/o difficulty. Having watched me work on the car, he diagnosed a failing battery while in MD (far from home in GA), drifted into an AutoZone and got a new one. The Indian scriptures have a saying, "Nothing can be taught, but everything can be learnt." It comes from a story about a forest-dweller who learnt/learned to shoot a bow and arrow better than the prince by practising in front of the statue of the prince's teacher in the forest. The teacher was upset as he had promised to make the prince the best archer in the land and asked for the forest-dweller's thumb to make his promise to the prince true. My room-mate is that forest-dweller. Some of my other students are too-sharp city-dwellers! Neil Deshpande - grew up in a village that is featured mostly only on highway construction survey maps *** "Zidlicky, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Figured there would be no better way to learn how to drive a 5 speed than to just purchase one as my first car. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:27:33 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] seeking car-shipping company recommendations Hello everyone: I'm looking to ship a car from Detroit to Brett's shop in the Cleveland area. If anyone has any good experiences with auto transporters and know what I should expect to pay, please give me your recommendations. I would drive the car myself except it has been stored for several years and I don't know how long it'll have to be worked on. Thank you in advance for your help. - -Michael Su 1991 325ic (for sale) 1988 325is ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:36:25 -0400 From: "James Moran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] M6 Window Sealing Problems >From the Big Coupe Groupe FAQ: http://www.normgrills.net/bcg/Body_Interior.html#anchor24982937 Jim Moran '88 M6 - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Marino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Has anyone gone through the motions of getting windows on the M6 or 635 to seal > tightly/correctly? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 09:40:00 -0700 From: "Kit Wetzler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE: learning to drive a stick shift From: "Rob Levinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I taught my ex-girlfriend to drive manual on the Miata I used to have. Does anyone else have a really really hard time imagining Rob in a Miata? Rob, you better keep that pink feather boa hidden! -kit 97 m3 03 600RR former 99 miata ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:06:16 -0400 From: "Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] RE: learning to drive a stick shift - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kit Wetzler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 12:40 PM Subject: [uuc] RE: learning to drive a stick shift > From: "Rob Levinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I taught my ex-girlfriend to drive manual on the Miata I used to have. > > Does anyone else have a really really hard time imagining Rob in a Miata? Once I beat the seat into submission, the fit was like a pair of jeans. I sort of "put the car on" rather than got into it. > Rob, you better keep that pink feather boa hidden! Thanks for letting me borrow your closet. ;-) - - Rob ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 10:13:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Yip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] RE: learning to drive a stick shift - --- Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rob, you better keep that pink feather boa hidden! > > Thanks for letting me borrow your closet. ;-) This from a "man" that owns poodles? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 10:11:08 -0700 From: "JSN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] [e34] M30 - "high flow" exhaust options Hello, I have a modified M30 - stock bore / stroke / compression / ported and cammed head (Metric Mechanic "sport" head) / JC chip. Using the stock exhaust manifolds and cat. With an eberspracher exhaust on the car, the engine has a flat sport in the torque band from 3k to 4k. With a B&B Triflow exhaust on the car, the motor pulls noticably better in the same 3 to 4k range. I love the way the car runs with the B&B but I'm not sure I want to live with that level of noise on a daily basis. I'd like to find a quieter solution. Here's the questions: - - What exhaust systems should I short-list that can provide similiar torque response yet not drone like the B&B system? I'm concerned that many of the so called "sport exhausts" tune mostly for note and may not effect torque. - - Would headers with the eberspracher system be an alternative solution? (Headers for the car are out of production I believe so this in itself is a problem). Thanks! Jeff 90 535i, 5 speed ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:26:26 -0400 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] [e34] M30 - "high flow" exhaust options My guess is the exhaust resonance is altering the air flow signal in the flat spot region. A chip made for your specific cam/intake/exhaust combination should fill in that flat spot. Gary Derian > Hello, > > I have a modified M30 - stock bore / stroke / compression / ported and > cammed head (Metric Mechanic "sport" head) / JC chip. Using the stock > exhaust manifolds and cat. With an eberspracher exhaust on the car, the > engine has a flat sport in the torque band from 3k to 4k. With a B&B > Triflow exhaust on the car, the motor pulls noticably better in the same 3 > to 4k range. > > I love the way the car runs with the B&B but I'm not sure I want to live > with that level of noise on a daily basis. I'd like to find a quieter > solution. > > Here's the questions: > > - What exhaust systems should I short-list that can provide similiar torque > response yet not drone like the B&B system? I'm concerned that many of > the so called "sport exhausts" tune mostly for note and may not effect > torque. > > - Would headers with the eberspracher system be an alternative solution? > (Headers for the car are out of production I believe so this in itself is a > problem). > > Thanks! > > Jeff > 90 535i, 5 speed > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:32:03 -0400 From: "Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] RE: learning to drive a stick shift - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Yip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [uuc] RE: learning to drive a stick shift > --- Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Rob, you better keep that pink feather boa hidden! > > > > Thanks for letting me borrow your closet. ;-) > > This from a "man" that owns poodles? At least two of my Poodles are as big as you, Matt. That's standing-up dimension, not circumference. And don't get any ideas because they have curly fur! They'll bit your janglies off if you try that sneaking-up trick of yours! - - Rob ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:31:22 -0500 From: Dennis Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] seeking car-shipping company recommendations I have moved McNutt several times with good results. http://www.carmoving.com/mcnutt/ Upper WI to TN was $325-350, CT to TN was $625-650, TN to MO was $325-350. These were are open (non enclosed) car hauls - and all the cars could be driven on/off the truck. Be sure to tell them the car does not run, they will charge extra :-( Dennis 330i silver/black/manual/sp/pp/xenon/cd At 12:27 PM 06/16/2003 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hello everyone: > >I'm looking to ship a car from Detroit to Brett's shop in the Cleveland >area. If anyone has any good experiences with auto transporters and know >what I should expect to pay, please give me your recommendations. I would >drive the car myself except it has been stored for several years and I >don't know how long it'll have to be worked on. > >Thank you in advance for your help. > >-Michael Su >1991 325ic (for sale) >1988 325is ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #6469 *************************** | | 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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