[uucdigest] Monday, June 30 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6519
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Re: [uuc] Re: IS/T2 cooling system and misc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:47:15 -0500 From: "Steve Conner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E36 Half Shaft Removal I am trying to remove the half shafts in order to change the rear wheel bearings on a 94 325iC. I am following Bentley instructions. What is the trick to getting the half shaft out? As you start pushing the splined shaft out of the wheel hub, the other end of the half shaft ends up against the drive flange. Bentley says to remove the lower shock mounting bolt, to lower the trailing arm and attain the clearance to remove the half shaft. It isn't working for me. If the sway bar wasn't there it would be a no brainer. Is it an unstated requirement to remove the sway bar? I would really appreciate hearing from someone who has done this procedure. Thanks. Steve ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 19:13:27 -0400 From: "Rob Levinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Speed Touring Car Championship - WARNING - RACE SPOILER Auberlen Leads Driver's Championship; BMW Is Top Manufacturer ROAD ATLANTA, BRASELTON,, GA - 05/29/2003 - In June heat, Bill Auberlen led flag to flag in today's Speed Touring Car race from Road Atlanta, Georgia. He started his Turner Motorsport/H&R Springs BMW 325i from the pole position and led through 25 laps to reclaim first place in the Driver's Championship and restore BMW's lead in the Manufacturer's Championship as well. Will Turner and Frank Selldorff drove well in the hot weather and intense traffic to finish 15th and 16th, respectively. Auberlen made a great getaway from the starting line and charged forward. He left the multi-car battles behind him and focused on driving away. After the race's only caution he held off a challenge from Mazda to finish in first place. This is Auberlen's second win of the year with the first coming in the season opener at Sebring in March. He also set the race's fastest lap in the Turner Motorsport/H&R Springs BMW 325i. Auberlen now leads the Speed Touring Car Championship with 119 points. Turner Motorsport has led the charge for BMW this year and Auberlen's win boosts BMW back to the lead in the Manufacturer's Championship with 30 points - three more than Acura. Program update: series sponsor, The Speed Channel will first broadcast this race on Saturday, July 19 at 3pm. The Speed Touring Car series next travels to Infineon Raceway/Sears Point in Sonoma, California on July 25-27 for round five of the Championship. For more information, visit www.world-challenge.com and www.tmsracing.com. Click on http://www.world-challenge.com/2003/events/rat1/tc-results.html to see this session's results. See http://www.tmsracing.com for more Turner Motorsport Racing Action! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 23:06:10 -0400 From: UUC Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Admin: Posts not making it to the list All, This is a reminder that this list is restricted to plain text only. If you attempt to post in a non-plain text format, your post will bounce. Period, end of story. Follow the link below for instructions on configuring most mail clients to send plain text: http://www.uucdigest.com/plaintext.html If you require assistance, please drop me a line and I'll do what I can to help. In general, everyone should, from time to time, review the rules as posted on the uucdigest.com webpage: http://www.uucdigest.com/listinfo/index.html - - this page covers this and several other rules that were designed to make this list more enjoyable for everyone. 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Michael K Donohue System Administrator UUC Digest http://www.uucdigest.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 20:17:16 -0700 From: Donn Vickrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: IS/T2 cooling system and misc Hi Mike - Thanks for your responses regarding my IS/T2 cooling issues and intake. Just to clarify, I did run only water and water wetter and still had the cooling issues. But, we have not yet replaced any cooling system components. Another point of clarification, I've raced very successfully for about seven years, but my mechanical skills are still probably sub par as far as racers go. I basically have no training, and just learn on the job as I get used to a particular car - which for the past six years has been an early RX7. It was a pretty simple car, and didn't require a great deal of expertise. So, there's probably a pretty big gap in my knowledge base... There were a few things you said that I wanted to clarify in my mind. >I have been running fine temps in hot weather with NO cooling fans (fan clutch mechanical OR electric) so I have a feeling that you are having pressure or air issues.< And >3. Pressure test system, replace all the hoses >Unless you have a leak, it's probably not necessary. Just make sure you bleed the system well.< When you say its not necessary to pressure check, are you saying that as long as we replace most of the system components (mainly hoses and water pump) then the pressure problem (if any) will take care of itself - making it unnecessary to pressure test? As for an air problem, are there any tricks to bleeding the M cooling system? We basically ran the engine, squeezed on hoses, etc. to try to burp the air out. Then made sure the reservoir was filled to the "cold" mark on the tank. How long is a stock radiator good for? Mine has about 98K miles on it, and appears to be the original radiator as best I can tell. Thanks again for your assistance! Donn Vickrey Scottsdale, AZ 98 IS/T2 M3 race car 02 996TT daily driver 03 Navigator tow vehicle and tot hauler ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 01:12:43 -0400 From: "KMS - Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Changing Auto to manual Just completed this exact conversion on Friday. Not a simple job. About 40-50 hours to complete. Almost 30 of which was software programming and wiring modifications. Total cost, with all new parts, about $9500. You could cut about $1500 off that by hacking the wiring harness, but that's not something that I'll do. The job just completed is completely reversible, at no cost other than labour. No part was damaged, no wires were cut, no holes were drilled, no welding was done..... All factory parts, all factory fit. Changing the entire vehicle wiring harness would be the only way to make it a cleaner install. Some photos can be seen at http://www.koalamotorsport.com/customers/sbrown.htm Brett Anderson KMS > -----Original Message----- > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gary Derian > Trans, flywheel, clutch, pedals, clutch hydraulics, driveshaft, rear axle > gear, wiring and reprogramming. Plus some stuff I forgot. > A walk in the park for Brett. > > Hi All, > > With Project X visions in my mind I am wondering what it would take to > drop > > a 6-speed tranny from a 540-6 into the 540 Wagon with the Auto? Brett or > > anyone else have any thoughts on this? > > Ray ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 08:22:47 -0400 From: "Robinson, Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Speed Touring Car Championship - WARNING - RACE SPOILER James Clay wasn't too far behind (in the lead pack in an E36).....it was much more sunny than forcast yesterday....I'm a crispy critter today. Lee > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Levinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 7:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [uuc] Speed Touring Car Championship - WARNING - RACE SPOILER > > > Auberlen Leads Driver's Championship; BMW Is Top Manufacturer > > ROAD ATLANTA, BRASELTON,, GA - 05/29/2003 - In June heat, Bill > Auberlen led flag to flag in today's Speed Touring Car race from Road > Atlanta, Georgia. He started his Turner Motorsport/H&R Springs BMW > 325i from the pole position and led through 25 laps to reclaim first > place in the Driver's Championship and restore BMW's lead in the > Manufacturer's Championship as well. Will Turner and Frank Selldorff > drove well in the hot weather and intense traffic to finish 15th and > 16th, respectively. > > Auberlen made a great getaway from the starting line and charged > forward. He left the multi-car battles behind him and focused on > driving away. After the race's only caution he held off a challenge > from Mazda to finish in first place. This is Auberlen's second win of > the year with the first coming in the season opener at Sebring in > March. He also set the race's fastest lap in the Turner > Motorsport/H&R Springs BMW 325i. > > Auberlen now leads the Speed Touring Car Championship with 119 > points. Turner Motorsport has led the charge for BMW this year and > Auberlen's win boosts BMW back to the lead in the Manufacturer's > Championship with 30 points - three more than Acura. > > Program update: series sponsor, The Speed Channel will first > broadcast this race on Saturday, July 19 at 3pm. The Speed Touring > Car series next travels to Infineon Raceway/Sears Point in Sonoma, > California on July 25-27 for round five of the Championship. For more > information, visit www.world-challenge.com and www.tmsracing.com. > > Click on > http://www.world-challenge.com/2003/events/rat1/tc-results.html to > see this session's results. > > See http://www.tmsracing.com for more Turner Motorsport Racing Action! > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 08:32:35 -0400 From: "Robinson, Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] Atlanta Mini's Chip, Global & Hank Aaron BMW sell MINIs......Global is across the street for me & I was in there last week for parts (the only service I would EVER use that dealer for). They don't seem to have many MINIs around....no S's. Hank Aaron had some pretty cool Cooper S's last time I was down that way. Lee > -----Original Message----- > From: GA Carnut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 1:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [uuc] Atlanta Mini's > > > Atlanta folks: > > I used to see them at Chris BMW here in Decatur, but now they > aren't there - > or at least visible from the road, which doesn't make much > sense to me. > > Where are they selling them? I haven't seen any Mini dealers. > > Not that I'm in the market... yeah, right... I'm ALWAYS in > the market... > ;-) > > Chip > > Chip Mautz > > '88 BMW 528e > '64 Austin Healey Sprite > '02 Toyota 4Runner > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 09:50:49 -0400 From: "Binder, Larry - Spine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Change of plans...Maybe a new M3... I went to my local dealer this weekend and was looking for a 325/330i. My wife noticed a 2002 M3 on the way into the parking lot and said to me, "Why don't we just get the M3?" I told her because of how much they cost (around 50k). She told me that she would get a less expensive car if we could get the M3. And get this, she said that she would prefer the manual transmission. I still want her to have a safe reliable SUV (we have a 5 month old baby). So here is what I am looking for: 99 and up German, Japanese, SUV. They seem to be the most reliable. How is the LR Discovery II? High mileage is OK (she drives about 6k per year) Certified or extended warranty Would like to spend around 15k but would go up to 18k Thanks in advance!! Larry Does anyone know if the M3 will get the coupe headlight change? Possible M3 in my future ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 09:56:20 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [uuc] Re: IS/T2 cooling system and misc Donn wrote: >As for an air problem, are there any tricks to bleeding the M cooling >system? We basically ran the engine, squeezed on hoses, etc. to try to burp >the air out. Then made sure the reservoir was filled to the "cold" mark on >the tank. I believe that's a good way to do it, but you should've probably bled it some more once you ran it on the track a few laps. Air just keeps coming out, once sometimes is not enough. >How long is a stock radiator good for? Mine has about 98K miles on it, and >appears to be the original radiator as best I can tell. I'd get a new one, if the old one is still good then keep it as a spare. The common failure is for the top plastic neck to shear off. I think a new water pump and new hoses are an excellent idea, I also run water and Water Wetter but I also drop in some water pump lube/anti oxidizing fluid (mine's a street car though). Carlos Motor City Chapter ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #6519 *************************** | | 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 . BMW technical information, special tool sales/rental | http://www.koalamotorsport.com | |==================================================== | | Taylor BMW - http://www.taylorbmw.com - Doc Bimmer! | |==================================================== | Turner Motorsport Inc . 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