The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 331 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Leaky E36 sunroof Re: Car values prior to 1980 Re: TechFest 2004 Re: TechFest 2004 Re: TechFest 2004 Re: Crazy X5 action. Re: Crazy X5 action. Re: Crazy X5 action. Re: Crazy X5 action. Re: Crazy X5 action. Re: Crazy X5 action. Low Cost Bilsteinn Shocks Re: Euro convex mirror <E36> Need HK midrange speaker Re: Questions about the E30
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:24:20 -0600 From: "Dave and Peg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Leaky E36 sunroof Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The sunroof drains through tubes in each corner. The only way that water could get in is if the tubes are plugged, or there is a crack in the cassette that carries the sunroof. The material that the cassette is made from is pretty brittle, but it is put in with a lot of screws which would not let it flex much. I suspect that the drain tubes are clogged. I have had mine completely apart, so if you have any more questions, contact me direct. Dave 95 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:27:06 -0500 From: "Alex Cagann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BMW List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Car values prior to 1980 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The CPI guide (cars of particular interest) goes back to the birth of Christ. I know Porsche values extremely well. Email me and I will tell you what you should pay. Also, I think you are a rennlister, so you can ask there to verify what I tell you. As an aside, a 1978 Porsche (SC model) assuming it is a coupe with a sunroof and about 90 to 130k miles, is worth about $7,000 to $11,000, IMO (less than $7,000 with 150k plus miles and in rough shape). Porsche values are completely dependent on mileage, books/records <--very important considering the engine costs tons to work on and an engine rebuild is $5,000, and paintwork/bodywork. The 1978 was the first year for the SC, however, there were no really bad 'first year' problems for the Porsche 911SC. You just need to make sure the timing chain has updated pressure fed tensioners (offered in 1984 and above and available for retrofitting on all SC models). The 3.0 liter SC engine is one of the most reliable Porsche ever made. The only real problem these engines ever had (aside from the chain tensioner problem) was they are sometimes prone to breaking head studs. This is not necessarily common, but it is extremely expensive to repair (pretty much a rebuild when that happens). A pre-purchase-inspection is recommended (if not mandatory) on a 911, since the engine is usually half the price of the car (not true with mid 80's and up 911's). The older Porsche you buy (with the price dropping each year) the more you approach the engine being the entire value of the car, as, IMO, is true with 74 to 77 911's with the troublesome 2.7 engine. Alex Cagann http://www.autoconsortium.com > Anyone know where to get pricing values for a '78 Porsche? KBB > craps out at > 1984 and Edmunds at 1980. > > Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 18:30:22 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TechFest 2004 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In the Roundel there was a brief run down of the TechFest 2004. In the agenda was a talk by Ed McEnery(sp) of Precision Performance. Who is Ed and where can one find info on Precision? A search doesn't bring anything up. -Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 23:24:45 -0400 From: Steven Schlossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TechFest 2004 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 6:30 PM -0700 8/24/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >In the Roundel there was a brief run down of the TechFest 2004. In the >agenda was a talk by Ed McEnery(sp) of Precision Performance. Who is Ed and >where can one find info on Precision? A search doesn't bring anything up. http://www.bmwcca.org/Roundel/2004/08/Article_2.shtml Pete McHenry Precision Performance Winston-Salem, NC 910-761-0643 -- ...steven 2006 BMW M2 <wishful thinking> 2003 Mini Cooper S 1996 BMW 328ti 1990 Mazda MX6 +200500 miles ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 00:12:27 -0400 From: "Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: TechFest 2004 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ed? How about Pete? Pete McHenry is one of the most respected BMW engine builders out there. I've never met anyone who can reel off rod lengths and bore sizes from the top of his head. Pete McHenry, Precision Performance, 910-761-0643. Give him a call. Oh yeah, and he *has* to be good, he's a Clevelander...... Brett Anderson KMS > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the Roundel there was a brief run down of the TechFest 2004. In the > agenda was a talk by Ed McEnery(sp) of Precision Performance. Who is Ed and > where can one find info on Precision? A search doesn't bring anything up. > > -Kevin > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.742 / Virus Database: 495 - Release Date: 8/19/2004 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:03:04 -0700 From: John Bolhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Crazy X5 action. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 03:53:02PM -0700, Mike Hsu wrote: > Video of an X5 almost rolling over. I don't think > I've seen anything come closer to rolling over than > the one in this vid. Scott, did the X5 at the past > GGC autox looked something like this??? keeee-rikey! That was stunning! I was an eyewitness to the X5 incident at the GGC autox, and it didn't compare to that. He went about 45 degrees up briefly, only on one side. Also, there was no big ravine nearby. :) -- "It is an honor to be Cookie Monster." -Sesame Street spokeswoman Audrey Shapiro ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 23:45:25 -0400 From: "Rich Dorffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "John Bolhuis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Crazy X5 action. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yeah, but were there random spectators running for their life?? :-) Later, Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Bolhuis > > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 03:53:02PM -0700, Mike Hsu wrote: > > > Video of an X5 almost rolling over. I don't think > > I've seen anything come closer to rolling over than > > the one in this vid. Scott, did the X5 at the past > > GGC autox looked something like this??? > > keeee-rikey! That was stunning! I was an eyewitness to the X5 incident > at the GGC autox, and it didn't compare to that. He went about 45 > degrees up briefly, only on one side. Also, there was no big ravine > nearby. :) > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:15:18 -0700 From: Jim Bassett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Crazy X5 action. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 08:45 PM 8/24/04, Rich Dorffer talked about: >Yeah, but were there random spectators running for their life?? > >:-) Who you calling "random"? :-) Jim Bassett - sitting next to JohnB at the aforementioned GGC autox ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 00:16:13 -0400 From: "Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Crazy X5 action. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My hat is off to that driver (in the video). You can see him quite deliberately act by steering into the roll, bringing the vehicle back down. He obviously also stays in the throttle, which, good or bad, causes the second "incident". His reactions were spot on once the incident had begun, one wonders if it could have been avoided, but he's still a better instinctive driver than I could hope to be. That is one awesome piece of footage that I'll be saving for our waiting room entertainment. Brett Anderson KMS > -----Original Message----- > keeee-rikey! That was stunning! I was an eyewitness to the X5 incident > at the GGC autox, and it didn't compare to that. He went about 45 > degrees up briefly, only on one side. Also, there was no big ravine > nearby. :) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.742 / Virus Database: 495 - Release Date: 8/19/2004 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 00:27:47 -0400 From: ben keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Crazy X5 action. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> looks like a Paris-Dakar car, but the markings don't match what I recall it looking like for this year's event. perhaps from another rally-raid event. we'll need someone who speaks French (?) to translate the commentary I guess... Ben ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:00:11 +0200 From: Pavel Tcholakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ben keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Crazy X5 action. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I believe that's the X-raid team's X5 and the footage is indeed from the Paris-Dakar rally. I think they won't their class this year, didn't they? That was also the debut of the 3.0 twin-turbo diesel engine, but that wasn't revealed at the time. P On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 00:27:47 -0400, ben keyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > looks like a Paris-Dakar car, but the markings don't > match what I recall it looking like for this year's event. > > perhaps from another rally-raid event. > > we'll need someone who speaks French (?) to > translate the commentary I guess... > > > Ben > > > Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________________________________ > 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, 24 Aug 2004 11:25:09 -0700 From: "Kevin Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BMW BMW BMW BMW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Low Cost Bilsteinn Shocks Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Does anyone know of a place that sells Bilstein shocks for less than Shox.com? www.shox.com Kevin Kelly BMW CCA 50039 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:01:53 +0200 From: Pavel Tcholakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: david kroth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Euro convex mirror Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Try the online ETK here: http://rust.mine.nu/bmw/carselect.do P On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:16:39 -0700 (PDT), david kroth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm looking for the part number for the driver's > side, euro convex mirror for an E46 M3. Heated. > Anyone have that at their fingertips? > > Thanks. > > ===== > David Kroth > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush > Search the ARCHIVES:http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________________________________ > 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: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:06:50 -0500 From: "Malcolm Reitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: <E36> Need HK midrange speaker Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The drivers side midrange speaker on my 328i is making a horrible noise instead of music. Anyone have one from the Harmon Kardon system for sale or a suggestion of where to find one for a reasonable price? I assume the speakers can be detached from their grills, but I have the tan interior in case not. Thanks, Malcolm '88 M5 - forget the radio, just roll down the windows '98 328i - need something to listen to on the long Houston commutes ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:08:02 -0500 From: "Weimer, Matt J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BMW Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Questions about the E30 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a few comments to add although Rich, Ed, Alex and John have covered the majority of items in depth.... > On the E30 I have a few questions: > > 1. It appears that the car has a slight miss. I'm suspecting that the C191 > (fuel injection connector) might be a fault. I'll do some contact cleaning > etc. But if this doesn't work can just the connector be sourced to patch > into the harness? > In the meanwhile my son and I will look at the normal cap rotor and plugs > etc. It is a good idea to do a full inspection of this connector on both sides, as Rich says the wiring can corrode under the boot and cause trouble. I always add some anti-oxidation compound before reassembly as cheap insurance. A rough idle is common on all M20's I have owned/driven. How many miles are on the car? In one instance I had a fuel injector with an intermittent internal connection and until I tracked it down was causing all kinds of funny stuff to happen. > 2. What is the large opening on the passenger side below the > windshield? It > looks like a battery tray, but the battery is aft. This has been covered > 3. Are the front control arms and tie rod ends the same from E30 > and E30M3? Everyone has covered this well, although there is a debate in the E30 M3 community as to when the exact changeover to offset bushings and aluminum arms occurred. I do know that my 3/89 build M3 has steel arms and offset bushings. > 4. Does anyone have a good reference to a "scissor type" ball joint > extractor of good quality. Or is the JC Whitney version > deceptively rugged? There are special tools for this but I have always used a BFH. If you want the tool go to www.zdmak.com . > 5. Does the Bosch blue coil really deliver better performance > (see possible > source of miss in item#1)? (assuming the plug wires are in good shape) The Bosch blue coil is/was the hot set-up for early BMW 's with non-electronic ignitions. I am not sure if it is compatible with the Motronic or if it would even make a difference. My experience is the stock ignition system on the E30 is very good and very reliable. > 6. Are DME's of the same year but different models ("i" vs "is") > swappable? > (again possible cause of miss). I would guess yes. AFAIK there were only two DME's used for the US version of the M20 motor, ...153 and ...173, both have the same three row connector and are interchangeable. I have done this once to rule out a bad DME and the car ran fine. On early Euro 325i's there is a problem with bad solder joints in the DME causing ignition problems but I have not heard of this with the US cars. Have you joined the E30 Yahoo Group? Lots of really good information and resources over on that list too. Matt Weimer Hoosier Chapter '88 325iS ?? M3 ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(15 messages) **********
