The BMW UUC Digest Volume 1 : Issue 73 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: 15" x 8" 4x100 Kosei's Charlize's big F40 adventure! (NPC, NBC) Re: E30/Kosei Fit Re: OT.. Shipping Help.. Re: E30/Kosei Fit <OT> foam in Volvo airbox FS: 1987 325is, Washington DC area E30 Speedometer Not Working Re: E30 Speedometer Not Working Valentine 1 InV1si-Mirror display on EBay Re: Valentine 1 InV1si-Mirror display on EBay Re: Valentine 1 InV1si-Mirror display on EBay Re: Valentine 1 InV1si-Mirror display on EBay E46 Questions FA: '97 540 V8 Engine
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 00:06:08 -0500 From: ben keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 15" x 8" 4x100 Kosei's Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kurt Zimmerman wrote: > My question is: Where do you get a 15x8 4-bolt K1? I'd bet you can get Tire Rack to order you up some without lug holes in them & have them drilled. in the past there was a machine shop in IN who did this for them with the M3 Kosei's IIRC. Ben ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 00:10:04 -0500 From: "Dennis Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Charlize's big F40 adventure! (NPC, NBC) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A merry Xmas and happy new year to you all! http://www.photoaccess.com/share/guest.jsp?ID=A80EB1391D2&cb=PA Here are some pictures of the Principessa Charlize's (tm) first Ferrari ride ever (the F40 does NOT have a passenger side airbag)! It's also the first time that the Lovely Jamie (tm) got to drive a Le Mans-spec F40. How many women in the world do you think have done that? Girlie-Girl Racing, woo-hoo! More details to come later, including my thoughts on the F40 LM v. Enzo Ferrari debate, from behind the wheel.... :-) vty, --Dennis ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:14:49 -0800 From: Bora Akyol (BMW) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: E30/Kosei Fit Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I think you should be able to run 225/45/15 on a 15x7 wheel. Bora #236 JP E30 M3 ps. I doubt that it is worth it to convert the car to E30 M3 hubs just for running a 20 mm wider tire. On Monday, Dec 29, 2003, at 16:46 US/Pacific, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Search the > ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I'd like to run at least 225/45-15s, so a 15x8 is as narrow as > I feel I can go. A 15x7 will work, its just not ideal. > > Anyone try Weld or Revolution? > > Garrick > '89 325is > > > > In a message dated 12/29/2003 2:23:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> The Kosei K1 15X7 wheel fits just fine on the E30 325 with no fender >> rolling >> required. I use them on a lowered race car with 205/50/15 R compound >> tires. >> These come with hubcentric spacers to achieve the proper offset. I >> think >> forker mentioned 15X8 wheels. I am not sure about that fitment. >> >> Don Stevenson >> BMWCCA Boston Chapter >> 1988 325IS #49KP >> 1987 325IS Street > _______________________________________________________________________ > ___ > In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW > CCA. > > UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate > Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! > 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 06:59:36 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT.. Shipping Help.. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ron, Shipping tires separately like others said "is" the way to go...but I didn't see much advice on "who" to use as a carrier. I have found that UPS will charge an "import" TAX on items like your wheels...and the receiver will have to pay "when" the packages arrive...it IS NOT cheap. Better check before you ship with anybody....ask about the TAX!!!!!! Several years ago I bought a set of vintage BMW alloys from a guy in Canada and had to pay somethimg like an "extra $80" upon receipt to get them into my hands.....total ripoff for sure...better check this out. Good luck, John Weese (PA) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 10:32:04 -0500 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: E30/Kosei Fit Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I agree. An 8 inch rim is better, but a 7 inch is sufficient. Gary Derian > > I also don't think there is any problem at all running a > 225/45-15 Hoosier on a 7" wheel, I know many E30 > KP racers who run this set-up with no issues on various > 15" wheels, usually with 24mm of offset. > > Ben ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 10:41:56 -0800 (PST) From: John Bolhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: <OT> foam in Volvo airbox Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> FYI In 1991 (maybe other years, don't know squat about Volvos), Volvo attached spongy foam to the inside of the clean side of the airbox. After 12 years, this foam deteriorates. Then chunks of it suck up against the intake screen of the HFM. Then when the turbo takes a big breath of air, the restriction causes the intake hose to collapse flat and severely limit power until you lift again. Amazingly, it didn't take us too long to find this. Just thought you would be amused. Go turbobricks! -- "It is an honor to be Cookie Monster." -Sesame Street spokeswoman Audrey Shapiro ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:15:10 -0500 (EST) From: Joel Gallun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FS: 1987 325is, Washington DC area Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Pictures and details are here: http://www.tux.org/~joel/bmw/ Feel free to call or email with questions. I'm very willing to negotiate. Joel ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:18:46 -0600 From: "Tolsdorf, Geoffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bmwuucdigest (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: E30 Speedometer Not Working Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Happy New Year to all! The speedometer of a colleague's 1991 318is has decided to quit working. According to him, everything else in the cluster is working as normal. The dealer wants to replace the entire instrument cluster to the tune of $800. Is there anything else that could be causing the problem? Sensor, ground wire, other? I searched the archives to no avail. In case it matters, the car is meticulously maintained and has only 94k miles. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks, Geoff '89 M3 with functioning speedometer. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 16:44:09 -0500 From: "Chris Pawlowicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: E30 Speedometer Not Working Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Geoff asks > The speedometer of a colleague's 1991 318is has decided to quit working. > According to him, everything else in the cluster is working as normal. The > dealer wants to replace the entire instrument cluster to the tune of $800. electronic sensor located in rear diff (toothed wheel/ hall effect I think).. plug sometimes gets messed up, toothed wheel (magnetic) sometimes gets crudded up.. is the odometer working also? e30 instrument clusters often have cold solder joints where the gauge attaches to the board (and loose nuts holding the temperature and fuel gauges, but that's another story).. careful work with a soldering iron and magnifying glass sometimes takes care of that Chris Pawlowicz ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:57:34 -0600 From: "Thomas G. Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Valentine 1 InV1si-Mirror display on EBay Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> All, I have listed a Valentine 1 InV1si-Mirror hidden display that I no longer need on EBay. Check it out if your interested. Thanks, Tom http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3068963449 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 18:53:12 -0600 From: "Ben White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Valentine 1 InV1si-Mirror display on EBay Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tom, I have 2 V1s so I won't bid on yours but I do have a question. Is this a very early or very late model? I have not seen a V1 with the signals built into the rear view mirror. Best, Ben White/Ocean Springs, MS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas G. Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 2:57 PM Subject: [UUC] Valentine 1 InV1si-Mirror display on EBay > Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > All, > > I have listed a Valentine 1 InV1si-Mirror hidden display that I no longer need > on EBay. Check it out if your interested. > > Thanks, > > Tom > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3068963449 > > __________________________________________________________________________ > In memory of Michel Potheau - friend, enthusiast, founder of the BMW CCA. > > UUC Motorwerks - BMW Performance Fine-tuning and home of the Ultimate > Short Shifter - accept no substitutes! > 908-874-9092 . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 20:25:23 -0500 From: Brian Daley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Valentine 1 InV1si-Mirror display on EBay Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ben, The rear view display isn't a Valentine product, it's a modified rear view with a Valentine remote display inserted into it. Tom isn't selling a V1, just the rear view display. Brian Ben White wrote: >Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Tom, > I have 2 V1s so I won't bid on yours but I do have a question. Is this a >very early or very late model? I have not seen a V1 with the signals built >into the rear view mirror. > Best, > Ben White/Ocean Springs, MS >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Thomas G. Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 2:57 PM >Subject: [UUC] Valentine 1 InV1si-Mirror display on EBay > > > > >>Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >>All, >> >>I have listed a Valentine 1 InV1si-Mirror hidden display that I no longer >> >> >need > > >>on EBay. Check it out if your interested. >> >>Thanks, >> >>Tom >> >>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3068963449 >> >> > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 20:39:53 -0500 From: Steven Schlossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Valentine 1 InV1si-Mirror display on EBay Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 6:53 PM -0600 12/30/03, Ben White wrote: >Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Tom, > I have 2 V1s so I won't bid on yours but I do have a question. Is this a >very early or very late model? I have not seen a V1 with the signals built >into the rear view mirror. It is not a Valentine product. You can follow the linkto http://www.apexcone.com/JimPowellHomepage/Radar/RadarLove.html Also http://www.umnitza.com sells them for $399.00 Don't know if they are the same ones though. I like the idea of them since my hidden display is in my ashtray and hard to see. I close the ashtray door to conceal it when not in use. If I install gauges I will need to relocate the display. I wonder if a cop can see the rear view mirror display from the rear? -- ...steven 2003 MCS EB/W 1996 328ti ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 16:06:40 -0500 From: "Dorffer, Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: E46 Questions Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > P.S. Can the windshield wipers be replaced with Bosch Micro Excel blades > and if so what size for each side? Or do I need to contact a dealer to get > replacement wiper blades? Most of the aftermarket companies are pushing the complete blade/wiper refill assembly as opposed to the Bosch blade refills (half the cost or less). I know that the newer Bosch blades aren't compatible with the OE equipment (by design) so that you have to replace the complete assembly. You can still get the refills from BMW (cheap) and certain aftermarket mail order suppliers (including BMA autoparts). Regards, Rich ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:49:55 -0600 From: "Bill Yates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FA: '97 540 V8 Engine Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1997 4.4 liter motor Thrown rod Bidding starts at $50 - no reserve: http://tinyurl.com/2459s Thanks, Bill ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(15 messages) **********
