[uucdigest] Friday, September 12 2003 Volume 03 : Number 6742
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Re: [uuc] E46 Lower Control Arms - Junk? RE: [uuc] CCA Discounts for Businesses? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 09:43:43 -0700 From: jkerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] re: wheel chocks to pick up in SF Kevin, Please get in touch, I can pick up the wheel chocks from you in SF on Sunday, or maybe tonight depending on where in the city you are. Barry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:45:53 -0400 From: ben keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] GT40 (OT) carl sewell wrote: > But I wonder if both are really the same scale: the new is > quite larger than the original the new is larger than the original. IIRC it's 4" taller, 6-8" wider & maybe as much as 18" longer. I suspect that you can find the dimensional differences in one of the many articles which has been written <15 seconds of google later> here's one which notes the 18" longer & 4" taller : http://www.nzmustang.com/NewMustangs/newgt40.htm it refers to the show car, but the production one is nearly identical in overall size, just lots of small detail changes. Ben ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:47:10 -0400 From: "Michael Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] FS: Blanton-built 3.23 limited slip diff with 75% lockup for E36 M3 I am thinking about getting a taller diff for my IP racecar and will sell my current diff. It's a Blanton-built 3.23 limited slip diff with 75% lockup for my 97 E36 M3. It has been fantastic at getting the power down out of corners and on bumpy tracks (all of them). I am looking to get around $1800 plus shipping from 01760 for it - please let me know if you're interested or need more information. Regards, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] 97 M3 IP #121 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 09:57:05 -0700 From: jkerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] re: //M3 head rebuild costs Andrew, 20 hours is __excessive. I paid Stanford European 12 hours @$95./hour, which I think is book. Your parts prices would be better through an independant parts outlet. Check with Jason at Zionsville if he has in stock a quality guaranteed used head for much less. Bimmerworld may have the valves and gasket sets. Also, check out Becker's website. They have a rebuilt head deal, including a gasket set, optionally with hotter cams, for right around 3k. (last time I looked). Dealers are my last choice, but your geographic location my require it. Btw be sure to have the head shaved to spec (.018" [.45mm]). Its a free 2 pounds of torque. Check for the new style exhaust valves, these have concentric rings on the face. And use the Bosch platinum plugs, not the OEM ones. Curious, what happened to the head that it needs to be replaced? 'jk ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 09:57:54 -0700 (PDT) From: John Bolhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Re: M3 CSL On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Gary Derian wrote: > Great degree? How so? A lower axle only helps in first gear, and > only if the car is not traction limited. For great freeway > acceleration, stay in 3rd or 4th gear. A shorter rear axle effectively puts your existing gears closer together too. Even at higher speeds, it's easier to find a gear that puts the engine in the power band. Ya I know, hardly any difference going from 3.73 to 4.10 or something like that. But when you put that 8.20 ratio in there, then you've got something going! - -- "It is an honor to be Cookie Monster." -Sesame Street spokeswoman Audrey Shapiro ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:03:58 -0400 From: "Matt Malfa * UUC Motorwerks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [uuc] GT40 (OT) "The interior is fully moderised..." Dry-clean only, eh? - - -Matt - -----Original Message----- here's one which notes the 18" longer & 4" taller : http://www.nzmustang.com/NewMustangs/newgt40.htm it refers to the show car, but the production one is nearly identical in overall size, just lots of small detail changes. Ben ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:42:34 -0400 From: "chet.dawes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] RE:E46 Lower Control Arms - Junk? Tim, Mine went at roughly 25k miles. Replaced under warranty and BMW had a TSB out on them. I started hearing a suspension click-type noise under certain conditions. Both were replaced with an "updated part". At my last service (broken coil spring) I asked that the dealer check for any other TSB's and/or check to see if anything else had been "updated" as this was most likely my last trip in before the warrantee was up. Sure enough, an updated belt tensioner is now on order. The service manager asked me specifically if the lower control arms had been replaced. For the record, I've had excellent service from this dealership. They are always on top of things in my experience. Chet Dawes (2000 323i) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 08:37:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Timothy Fries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] E46 Lower Control Arms - Junk? I'm at 65K miles on my 200 323Ci and just had to have my Right Lower Control Arm replaced, of course this is after I had to have the Left one replace 10K miles ago. Am I expecting too much not to have to have these be replaced? It seems like this is a somewhat important suspension piece to go at these mileages. Has anybody experienced these type of problems on the E46 arms? It seems like something that should be recalled if there is a problem or am I just unlucky enough to be out of warranty when mine went? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:04:55 -0400 From: "Rob Levinson * UUC Motorwerks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] CCA Discounts for Businesses? And you ran for public office? ;-) As Jamie Howton suggested in his previous post, it's the "bargain hunters" whose goal is not the product/service, but rather to have the perception of "winning the game" that simultaneously drives down costs _and_ quality for the rest of us. Anybody notice that phone service has gotten progressively worse since the mid-'80s? Wonder if that has to do with the dismantling of a comfortably profitable Ma Bell that could afford to service the customers and equipment... so we get left with a government-forced breakup of price-competitive service providers that find ways of making more money without responsibility to the big picture. My phone bills are up, my quality of service is down, and I can directly thank the "shoppers" who quite dispassionately could not care less about the affect their last-penny-pinching has. - - Rob - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed MacVaugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] CCA Discounts for Businesses? >... although the seller needs X% to remain > viable, it doesn't matter to seller where that money comes from. It > doesn't matter to me, either, so long as it's not coming from me. I am > perfectly happy to get the best regional price on dealer parts and to > have every other buyer pay full retail to offset my discount. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 11:22:08 -0700 From: Kit Wetzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] M3 CSL > yep. I know this and have brought it up several times in Dinan-related > threads before. Dinan has their own warranty which covers the stuff > that they change which the BMW factory warranty won't. Dinan warranties their own parts against failure. If their throttle body for an E36 M3 failed and tossed the motor, do you think they'd cover it? After having one of Dinan's superchargers on my car, I got to see how good their "warranty" was. I took the car in to their facility, because it had excess oil in the discharge tube. I'd tried reversing the PCV valve, thinking it wasn't functioning properly and TOLD THEM about it when I dropped the car off. I went to pick the car up, they charged me $100 for the "Diagnostic" told me that nothing was wrong with the supercharger, that the PUDDLES of oil in the discharge tube were normal. Ok, that's one thing. I start the car and it idles, but it won't go. It stalls three times. Open up the hood, and the mass air flow sensor is dangingly, free of the burden of being hooked up to the intake tract at all. Great. I haul the service manager out there and he stands there sheepishly. Of course, Dinan refuses to refund the diagnostic fee. On another note: > I do not go with a seller of parts for advice or technical support. I > wouldn't trust the answer, for the seller has a distinct advantage in > pushing his wares. You've got to be kidding. I answer probably 5-10 emails each day about which pad compound is best for a given application. I know that the results of my advice are going to come back to me somehow, if a customer calls or emails asking about which compound is best, if we don't carry that compound, I'll tell him so. As a vendor, I depend on repeat business to pay the bills, the ONLY way to ensure that is to give good advice in the first place. I sell a range of pads that pretty much covers aggressive street to all out race pads, but there are times when a customer's needs don't fall into that, like for their spouse's car or something like that. If I sold that customer a pad that stopped well but ate rotors and dusted like crazy, obviously I'm going to have a pissed off customer who sure isn't going to buy from me again. Especially in the performance part market, it's important to be more than just a reseller of parts, we, as vendors, need to be able to provide a service for our customers, to get them the solutions to their needs. ok, sorry for the rant. -kit wetzler MPact Motorsports ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 18:22:43 +0000 From: "Gilbert Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E46 Lower Control Arms - Junk? Tim asked: >I'm at 65K miles on my 200 323Ci and just had to have >my Right Lower Control Arm replaced, of course this is >after I had to have the Left one replace 10K miles >ago. Am I expecting too much not to have to have >these be replaced? A known problem. I believe that BMW are on the third version of E46 control arms (and bushings.) Apparantly there is some 'impossible' test to prove they are replacable under warranty. Alhtough many have gotten them replaced. There really is not an upgrade either. Gilbert '99 (E46) 328i _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive larger attachments with Hotmail Extra Storage. http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:02:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Andre Yew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E46 Lower Control Arms - Junk? Could someone elaborate on what to look for on E46 lower control arms to tell if they need to be replaced? Thanks. - --Andre ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 19:39:25 +0000 From: "Gilbert Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] E46 Lower Control Arms - Junk? Andre asks: >Could someone elaborate on what to look for on E46 lower control arms to >tell if they need to be replaced? Thanks. For owners, what to look for is slop in the suspension. Elevate the front of the car (Jack stands and regurlar safety procedures etc.) and wiggle control arms. If the bushing and ball joints are shot, you should be able to tell. Excessive play is what you're looking for. A friend had the dealership show him the official test which involved a device clamped to a location. In order to fail the test, the control arm must touch the device. My friend's E46 touring (with about ~6 track days and multiple autoX) passed the test. However we both feel his control arms are shot. Of course this information is second hand, so I don't really know how precise I am repeating it. You could bring it to the dealer to see if they'll give it the test, but it will probably pass. Perhaps someone with more knowledge about this test or control arms (Brett?) could enlighten us further. Gilbert _________________________________________________________________ Need more e-mail storage? Get 10MB with Hotmail Extra Storage. http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:01:27 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [uuc] CCA Discounts for Businesses? There is quite a bit of business moving to China, but in some cases without realization that the hidden cost of palm grease and "special favors" are waiting to bite the ignorant accountant. In addition, Deming is not well known in China in most cases. In my opinion, - -Kevin ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #6742 *************************** | | 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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