The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 12 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: DAMAGED XENON lights/UPS problem...Please help Re: X5 vs Allroad Re: X5 vs Allroad Re: X5 vs. Audi Allroad Weird Dyno chart ( WAS s50 intake manifold loses ...) WTB: M30 adjustable fuel pressure regulator Re: WTB: M30 adjustable fuel pressure regulator Re: WTB: M30 adjustable fuel pressure regulator 1994 530i for sale <E36> factory alarm LED part no.? Neohio SCCA Competition Clinic Re: Neohio SCCA Competition Clinic Re: <E36> factory alarm LED part no.? '98 540 6 speed for sale
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 18:18:02 -0800 From: Roger Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DAMAGED XENON lights/UPS problem...Please help Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I sympathize with you. My personal feeling is UPS SUCKS!!! I used to be the chief design engineer at Velodyne the last 8 years & we had so many complaints about shipping damage it wasn't even funny. We finally determined that the drivers must purposely THROW the heavy items!!! Now I'm doing my own design & manufacturing consulting for the speaker industry & just had UPS completely destroy 3 expensive subwoofer prototypes. They were handled so rough that the cast aluminum baskets were snapped into pieces & the boxes are shredded, yet they were initially fighting with us on the claim. Just keep screaming at them until they do something & keep working your way up the corporate ladder. Good luck. -- Roger Baker "Chris Marino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >Group, > >Please see the website I created for UPS: http://www.inlacal.com/ups > >Last month, I shipped a brand new set of Xenon lights (e39) to a customer in >Canada. Thankfully, I insured them. Subsequently, the lights showed up >broken with the box being (clearly) damaged and repaired by UPS. > >UPS sent an investigator out to the customer and told the customer that they >(UPS) wouldn't honor my insurance claim because the headlights were >'improperly boxed and wrapped'. > >There's no way in hell I sent the box this way (damaged and with UPS repair >tape on it). > >I'd really like the advice from those of you who have been in similar >situations with UPS. Any help would be appreciated. > >Chris > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 18:53:34 -0800 From: "John Kjos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: X5 vs Allroad Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Richard, I heard the current A6 body style was being discontinued in about a year. Will the RS6 Avant be based on the current or the new body style? I love the RS6 but $85K seems like a very high price to pay when you can get low mileage M5s for $50K or so (getting to be awfully tempting to me at these price levels). John Kjos '99 540i/6: Dinan S (Quaife Diff Next) '01 525iTa: Stock Portland, OR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Sperry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 5:16 AM Subject: [UUC] X5 vs Allroad > Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > If you can wait a year, Audi should be bringing the RS6 Avant... That ought > to be a hoot. > > __________________________________________________________________________ > 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, 3 Feb 2004 22:20:38 -0800 From: Mark Dadgar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: X5 vs Allroad Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Feb 3, 2004, at 6:53 PM, John Kjos wrote: > I heard the current A6 body style was being discontinued in about a > year. > Will the RS6 Avant be based on the current or the new body style? I > love the > RS6 but $85K seems like a very high price to pay when you can get low > mileage M5s for $50K or so (getting to be awfully tempting to me at > these > price levels). I just instructed for the Audi Club at Laguna Seca last weekend and there were 3 RS6's there. HOOOOOLY SH*T is that a fast car! Really, really impressive. Beautiful, too. Would make a great commute car. :) - Mark ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 22:17:43 -0800 From: "Kevin Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BMW BMW BMW BMW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: X5 vs. Audi Allroad Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Rob Levinson wrote: > I've got an open mind. Convince me that there are more > than two types of driving requirements requiring one or > the other vehicle: It's good to hear that Rob has an open mind, because I'll try and convince him that there are actually four types of driving requirements, track, road, trail, and gonzo with four basic types of vehicles, race cars, street cars, SUVs, and gonzo off-roaders (what Rob calls "serious" off-roading sounds like what the Land Rover list guys call "gonzo" off-roading. A "gonzo" trail as any trail that you can walk faster than you can drive). If you want a vehicle that is decent to drive on the street all day but still want to be able to drive on poorly maintained dirt roads or launch a boat on a muddy dirt launch ramp you need a SUV (like the X5 or Allroad). You can modify an SUV so it is better off road, but it will not drive as nice on road (just like you can modify a street car so it is better on the track, but it will not drive as nice on road). Kevin Kelly BMW CCA 50039 http://www.norcalrover.org/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 20:59:28 -0600 From: "Jon Siccardi." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Zack Steinkamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Weird Dyno chart ( WAS s50 intake manifold loses ...) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> That's scary. It's a dyno sheet from the master himself. Boneville = Jim C. Right? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zack Steinkamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "E36M3" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 9:00 PM Subject: [E36M3] RE: s50 intake manifold loses low end? I don't think so > Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 18:45:40 -0800 (PST) > From: Zack Steinkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: s50 intake manifold loses low end? I don't think so > > --- "Burgess, Kim L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Chris - The scales are a bit different so it is > > difficult to compare. But you are correct, the low > > end losses don't seem as significant as have been > > alluded. > > > > > http://eurosporthighperformance.com/images/dyno/sb52cams.gif > > the above dyno chart was shifted up 500 rpms for some > strange reason. torque and hp curves MUST ALWAYS > cross at 5252 rpm. this deceptive chart has them > crossing at ~5750. > > -zs > (always on the lookout for dyno foolery... remember > last year: > http://nobot.2y.net/m3/dyno_orig.jpg > http://nobot.2y.net/m3/dyno_shifted.jpg > ) > > > > > ************************************************* > Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: > Taylor Autosport http://www.taylorautosport.com > Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com > BMW M3 Specialties http://www.jt-designs.com > Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com > Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com > Eurosport High Performance http://www.eurosporthighperformance.com > > DIGEST INFORMATION: > http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm > ************************************************* > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 09:54:30 -0800 From: "JSN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: WTB: M30 adjustable fuel pressure regulator Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi, Do you have an adjustable fuel pressure regulator for a M30 that you'd like to part with? Looking for a unit that replaces the stock FPR, preferably that bolts directly to the fuel rail, and allows you to change the base pressure. This is for a non-turbo application. BavAuto, BMP and FSE in the UK all seem to have adjustable, rising rate units that might work... Please contact me off list. Thanks! Jeff 90 535i ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 20:28:42 +0000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "JSN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: WTB: M30 adjustable fuel pressure regulator Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Re: [UUC] WTB: M30 adjustable fuel pressure regulator Jeff, The Bosch part number for adjustable fuel pressure regulators is the same part number for any pre-fuel rail mount FPR, but with the last three digits being either 001 (1 outlet), 003 (3 outlet) or 007 (Mercedes V8 3 outlet lower pressure [not recommended]) Prices will be $58. to $85. depending on source and how good a deal they want to give you. Metric Mechanic modified (don't know if they still produce them) the fuel rail injector with an adjusting screw instead of the vacuum fitting. These have been available since the seventies. Currently on my 3.2 liter E36 with a larger HFM tube I use the 001 unit set to 59psi (4 bar). I mount it at the rear or the intake manifold where the fuel return line already passes. I secure it with zip ties to the #6 intake port. I suggest to never exceed 60psi. If your motor needs more than that then you really want bigger injectors. The current E46 uses 4 bar pressure from that factory. Higher fuel pressure does give better atomization and economy with motors that have greater intake flow than stock, but its a safe idea to replace all fuel injection fuel hoses with current high pressure spec hose and new clamps before upping the pressure. How much pressure is right for your engine? Here's a few I've done: (all with header or free flow exhaust, engine optimally tuned) 2 liter in an 8 valve 84 318i w/325e throttle plate: about 56psi. 3.3 liter from a 533 in a 78 530i: 48psi. E36 3.2 liter //M3, 3 1/4 hfm tube and intake silencers removed: 59psi Dinan's E36 //M3 euro hfm kit also supplies a 59psi(4 bar) regulator. When pressure is too high you waste a lot of fuel. too low you run too lean. Err on the rich side since too lean will kill your motor. Simplest way to know you're in the ballpark is to read the spark plugs. If you want to up the fuel pressure on an OBDII system, you also have to run fuel lines to bypass the fuel pressure check valve and sensor. That is located on the underside next to the driver side frame rail, above a metal cover plate. Run fuel lines to bypass the valve, and be sure to leave the harness connector to the valve or you will get a check engine light. I discoved this because when I first tried upping the pressure on the //M3, the pressure would blip up to what I wanted, but then bled back down to stock 3.5 bar. Drove me nuts. Spent some time looking in the ETK for the different E36 M3 versions and found that foul ugly turd only on the US spec OBDII. The check valve connects to both the sending and return fuel lines and bleeds excess pressure directly over to the fuel return line if it exceeds the preset value. Some professional tuners maintain stock fuel pressure by correct ECU remapping while others prefer to up the fuel pressure. One part of that consideration is the risk of selling a product that would violate DOT or EPA laws regarding the OBDII systems. Either way the stock injectors on most BMW motors are insufficient for heavier modifications. Happy tuning, Barry > -----Original Message----- > From: JSN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi, > Do you have an adjustable fuel pressure regulator for a M30 that you'd like > to part with? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:17:23 -0800 From: "JSN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: WTB: M30 adjustable fuel pressure regulator Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Barry - most helpful! For background, I'm working to tune a 3.5L M30 with MM built ported head and MM camshaft. Stock bottom end. Car has a distinct flat spot in the power band from about 3k to 3.8k. Car pulls strong beyond 3.8k. Theory is that the AFM flapper is going wide open about 3k and the DME is switching from the mid throttle load map to the RPM based fuel map - which is insufficient at that point. As I know the fuel map is not linear & it appears the fuel map is sufficient (or better suited) about 3.8k RPM. A dyno run with a wideband reading of course would be helpful in determining if the theory is correct and that's something that should happen shortly. Stock FP is 3 bar (42psi) and I've verified it's correct on the car. I have a friend with a similar setup (ported head, schrick cam, non MM build) who's reported good results running 48psi. This dovetails nicely with your 533 experience. He's running a rising rate adjustable FPR. Thoughts on rising rate vs. just adjustable? Cheers! Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "JSN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [UUC] WTB: M30 adjustable fuel pressure regulator Re: [UUC] WTB: M30 adjustable fuel pressure regulator Jeff, The Bosch part number for adjustable fuel pressure regulators is the same part number for any pre-fuel rail mount FPR, but with the last three digits being either 001 (1 outlet), 003 (3 outlet) or 007 (Mercedes V8 3 outlet lower pressure [not recommended]) Prices will be $58. to $85. depending on source and how good a deal they want to give you. Metric Mechanic modified (don't know if they still produce them) the fuel rail injector with an adjusting screw instead of the vacuum fitting. These have been available since the seventies. Currently on my 3.2 liter E36 with a larger HFM tube I use the 001 unit set to 59psi (4 bar). I mount it at the rear or the intake manifold where the fuel return line already passes. I secure it with zip ties to the #6 intake port. I suggest to never exceed 60psi. If your motor needs more than that then you really want bigger injectors. The current E46 uses 4 bar pressure from that factory. Higher fuel pressure does give better atomization and economy with motors that have greater intake flow than stock, but its a safe idea to replace all fuel injection fuel hoses with current high pressure spec hose and new clamps before upping the pressure. How much pressure is right for your engine? Here's a few I've done: (all with header or free flow exhaust, engine optimally tuned) 2 liter in an 8 valve 84 318i w/325e throttle plate: about 56psi. 3.3 liter from a 533 in a 78 530i: 48psi. E36 3.2 liter //M3, 3 1/4 hfm tube and intake silencers removed: 59psi Dinan's E36 //M3 euro hfm kit also supplies a 59psi(4 bar) regulator. When pressure is too high you waste a lot of fuel. too low you run too lean. Err on the rich side since too lean will kill your motor. Simplest way to know you're in the ballpark is to read the spark plugs. If you want to up the fuel pressure on an OBDII system, you also have to run fuel lines to bypass the fuel pressure check valve and sensor. That is located on the underside next to the driver side frame rail, above a metal cover plate. Run fuel lines to bypass the valve, and be sure to leave the harness connector to the valve or you will get a check engine light. I discoved this because when I first tried upping the pressure on the //M3, the pressure would blip up to what I wanted, but then bled back down to stock 3.5 bar. Drove me nuts. Spent some time looking in the ETK for the different E36 M3 versions and found that foul ugly turd only on the US spec OBDII. The check valve connects to both the sending and return fuel lines and bleeds excess pressure directly over to the fuel return line if it exceeds the preset value. Some professional tuners maintain stock fuel pressure by correct ECU remapping while others prefer to up the fuel pressure. One part of that consideration is the risk of selling a product that would violate DOT or EPA laws regarding the OBDII systems. Either way the stock injectors on most BMW motors are insufficient for heavier modifications. Happy tuning, Barry > -----Original Message----- > From: JSN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi, > Do you have an adjustable fuel pressure regulator for a M30 that you'd like > to part with? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:42:47 -0800 (PST) From: Eric Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 1994 530i for sale Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi all: I have a very nice 530i 5-speed for sale. Unfortunately I overheated the engine (heavy traffic, bad fan clutch) and now have coolant leaking slowly into the combustion chambers. Two separate local BMW techs have recommended engine replacement as preferable to working on the heads themselves. Otherwise this car is perfect. I am getting rid of it because my wife has had it with me fixing it up! 160K miles. White with beige leather interior, sunroof, 6-disc cd, heated seats. Exterior is excellent NO rust, small door dings original paint very nice. Interior is excellent, no problems, OBC works. Check control is non-functional, however. Suspension is all new, less than 5 k miles on new front bushings and Bilsteins all around, Dunlop rubber less than 5K miles New Mintex brakes same time as suspension work A/C recently charged. New fan clutch, thermostat, radiator hoses, hood and trunk struts. Drivetrain (5-speed and differential) all fine. This is a beautiful, tight car, and would be a great candidate for someone willing to put in an engine or 4.0 liter conversion in the future. Currently it runs fine, but I make no guarantees how long the engine will hold on. I have over 14,000 invested. Make me an offer! with a new engine, it will be a nearly new vehicle. email or call with inquiries. I can mail photos if you're serious. Thanks, Eric Nelson Prescott, AZ 928-273-0516 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 16:46:07 -0600 From: "Malcolm Reitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: <E36> factory alarm LED part no.? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I've gotten hold of a factory alarm system for the 328i. All the parts are there (and working) except I don't have the little flashing LED that goes on the console. Can anyone look up the p/n so I can order one? I'm sure I could find a workable LED at Radio Shack, but I'd like to get the BMW part so it just plugs in and I don't have to hack up the ridiculously expensive alarm wiring harness. Thanks, Malcolm '88 M5 '98 328i ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:25:40 -0500 From: "Kathy Lyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Wheel to Wheel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "CR List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "BMWUUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Neohio SCCA Competition Clinic Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Get Ready for the 2004 Neohio Comp Clinic! The 2004 Neohio Competition Clinic is on Saturday, March 20, 2004, at the IX-Center in Cleveland, OH. Mark your calendar for the new and improved day of competition information and activity. There's a new format and new topics. You can follow one track throughout the day or attend sessions in other tracks. The three tracks are Beginner Road Racing, Advanced Road Racing, and Solo. In addition, you can watch several Neohio members build a Spec Miata right before your eyes! Work will begin on the build as participants register for the Comp Clinic and finish by the end of the day. The vehicle will be raffled for charity at the Neohio 12 Hours at the Ledges restricted regional race, July 23-25, 2004 on the newly repaved Nelson Ledges Road Course. For more information, go to www.neohio-scca.org. You can also contact Sherrie Weitzenhoff by e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and by phone (330) 666-2627 (no later 9 PM eastern time) or Connie Peplowski by e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and by phone (440) 442-4521. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 19:07:01 -0500 From: "Woody" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Neohio SCCA Competition Clinic Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Lyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 12 Hours at the Ledges restricted regional race, > July 23-25, 2004 on the newly repaved Nelson Ledges Road Course. > Nelson's been repaved? Cool. Do you know if NoOhioBMW plans any events there this year? Have you been on it yet? Woody ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 16:23:46 -0800 From: Jim Bassett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: <E36> factory alarm LED part no.? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 02:46 PM 2/4/04, Malcolm Reitz talked about: >I've gotten hold of a factory alarm system for the 328i. All the parts >are there (and working) except I don't have the little flashing LED that >goes on the console. Can anyone look up the p/n so I can order one? I'm >sure I could find a workable LED at Radio Shack, but I'd like to get the >BMW part so it just plugs in and I don't have to hack up the >ridiculously expensive alarm wiring harness. Not entirely sure, but try: 82 92 9 401 797 Cheers, Jim Bassett ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 17:38:39 -0800 (PST) From: Donn York <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: BMW Digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: '98 540 6 speed for sale Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Sorry for the cross posts -- Well, I've decided to explore selling my '98 540 6 speed. I think my Day 1 Road Debris Calamity doomed me from the start about feeling as good about this car as I should. Anyway, I thought I'd wait till spring to sell it, since now ain't really the time to market a sporty car, but here goes: '98 BMW 540 6 speed Sports Package Cosmos (metallic) Black exterior saddle leather with black dash and accents (very sporty) interior 48,xxx miles Xenon headlights BMW integrated phone optional 17x8 and 17x9 BMW alloys ski sack (passthru to trunk) heated Sport seats heated steering wheel (I thought it was dumb but use it every day...) 6 CD changer possible inclusion of BBS wheels and snows BMW synthetic oil every 5k coolant flush and brake flush every 2 years new water pump, O2 sensor, camshaft sensor newer tires and battery no track/autocross/smoking/abuse In great shape, inside and out. Needs nothing and everything works. Ping me if you're interested. Thanks, Donn Hinsdale, IL (suburban Chicago) '98 540/6 '97 328iA __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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