The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 345 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Garage Wish list? Re: Garage Wish list? Re: Garage Wish list? Re: Garage Wish list? Re: Garage Wish list? Re: Garage Wish list? FS-E21 Alpina Diff Cover Re: correct tire for 90 525iA on 16 x 8J rim Re: Tac Problems Re: <misc> tips for cars not driven much? Re: <OT> VW sludge problems Re: RG6 and Cat5 in garage? Re: RG6 and Cat5 in garage? Re: RG6 and Cat5 in garage? Re: RG6 and Cat5 in garage?
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:53:28 -0500 From: "Marc Plante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Garage Wish list? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have a good problem. I'm in the middle of updating the house, and part of the project is a three car garage. Also, because of the topology, the ceiling is going to be about 17 feet up, which allows for the potential of a loft in the future, though the budget won't allow for it right now. Any nominees for items to put in the new garage? (No heated floors). I'm thinking air compressor and and lines to the bays for work. lighting, storage, slop sink. The door openings are kind of tall, I'm thinking of leaving them that way to allow me to leave bikes on the roofrack. Other thoughts? Marc Plante E36 M3/4 55k 02 Audi AR Vienna, VA ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:06:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Garage Wish list? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My garage has two bays for car storage and ordinary lawn and garden stuff. My 3rd bay is for working on cars and has 4 220 volt outlets (compressor, lift, welder, spare), lots of light (5 8 ft fluorescent fixtures), 120 volt wall outlets every few feet with 4 to a circuit. I plan to plumb an air line along one wall, not inside the wall. Have a clean zone, and a dirty zone. Tools, bench etc. are clean, welder, grinder, etc. are dirty. Floor drains are very nice but have stiff requirements these days. My sink is adjacent to the house and gets water and drains into the house systems. Don't forget the 2 RG6 and 2 Cat 5 drops. Gary Derian --- Marc Plante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a good problem. I'm in the middle of > updating the house, and part of the project is a > three car garage. Also, because of the topology, > the ceiling is going to be about 17 feet up, which > allows for the potential of a loft in the future, > though the budget won't allow for it right now. > > Any nominees for items to put in the new garage? (No > heated floors). > > I'm thinking air compressor and and lines to the > bays for work. lighting, storage, slop sink. > > The door openings are kind of tall, I'm thinking of > leaving them that way to allow me to leave bikes on > the roofrack. > > Other thoughts? > > Marc Plante > E36 M3/4 55k > 02 Audi AR > Vienna, VA > > > > > > 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, 31 Aug 2004 15:12:42 -0400 From: Vic Maslanka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Marc Plante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Garage Wish list? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Prepare for a lift. If you want a two-post lift now or in the future, make sure the concrete floor is suitably prepared (depth, reinforcement, concrete spec). Sink, heat, maybe a restroom. Plenty of spare electrical capacity. Vic Maslanka ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:42:52 -0700 From: "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Garage Wish list? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Speaking of which - is there anyway to tell what an existing concrete floor is spec'd to? I want to put in a two post lift in my "new" house (built circa 1955). Marco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Vic Maslanka Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 12:13 PM To: Marc Plante; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [UUC] Garage Wish list? Prepare for a lift. If you want a two-post lift now or in the future, make sure the concrete floor is suitably prepared (depth, reinforcement, concrete spec). Sink, heat, maybe a restroom. Plenty of spare electrical capacity. Vic Maslanka 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, 31 Aug 2004 14:26:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Garage Wish list? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There are special test guns that fire a probe into concrete to test its strength. Drill holes to determine the thickness. The typical house has onl 4 inches, maybe less in places, not enough for a 2 post without some reinforcement plates on the surface. Gary Derian --- Marco Romani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Speaking of which - is there anyway to tell what an > existing concrete floor > is spec'd to? I want to put in a two post lift in > my "new" house (built > circa 1955). > > Marco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Vic Maslanka > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 12:13 PM > To: Marc Plante; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [UUC] Garage Wish list? > > > Prepare for a lift. If you want a two-post lift now > or in the future, make > sure the concrete floor is suitably prepared (depth, > reinforcement, > concrete spec). > > Sink, heat, maybe a restroom. Plenty of spare > electrical capacity. > > Vic Maslanka > > > 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 > > 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, 31 Aug 2004 15:28:21 -0400 From: "Steve Stoner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Garage Wish list? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Did you say loft or lift? :) Definately clearance for a lift. I checked with Rotary and they wanted 6" of 3500psi concrete for their SP7000 lift. Air, power(220v) and lots of light. The other guys covered that. Steve Stoner- 30 x 45 garage built, slowly finishing the interior. Mark Wrote: << the ceiling is going to be about 17 feet up, which allows for the potential of a loft in the future, though the budget won't allow for it right now.>> ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:28:02 -0400 From: Allen Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: BMW UUC Digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FS-E21 Alpina Diff Cover Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Original Alpina finned diff cover. This was used on a race car for several seasons. Good condition, no cracks, some filing down of the bottom of the fins from scraping the ground. Clean these up with a file or use as is (cosmetic). These covers have a second mounting point, the additional bracket is not included with this diff but would be easy enough to fabricate. Drilled and tapped port for temp sender (plug installed at present). This diff has (2) offset delrin mount bushings installed (drilled, tapped, bolted), you'll want something more forgiving for the street. $400.00/obo, includes shipping in the lower 48. Thanks, Allen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:28:07 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: correct tire for 90 525iA on 16 x 8J rim Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Roland, the Tire Rack's John Rastetter writes a monthly Q&A column for Grassroots Motorsports magazine. Once someone asked how to determine the correct width of tire for a given rim width. IIRC, the answer is: 1. Each tire manufacturer has a range of rim widths which it recommends for a given tire section width. Go with the recommendation. 2. In the absence of any better information, you want the rim width to be between 85% and 95% of the tire section width. Doing the math, this lame attempt at a table shows the rim width as a % of tire section width: Tire Section Rim Widths Width 7.5" 8" 225 .85 .90 235 .81 .86 245 .78 .83 255 .75 .80 Having said all of that, I can't tell you whether any of these sizes will rub or otherwise come in contact with the body or suspension. But all other things being equal, I would not burden the 2.5 liter/automatic drivetrain with a tire that is any larger in circumfrence than your original equipment tire size. Even 1% can be too much in some circumstances (BTDT). HTH, Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA >Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:59:39 -0500 >From: "Beaudette, Roland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Uuc (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: correct tire for 90 525iA on 16 x 8J rim >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >I recently purchased a set of E38 basket weaves in 16 x 8J size. The >standard upgrade would be from a 225/60-15 to 225/55-16 but I believe that >is for 7.5J size. Can anyone tell me if 235 or 245 wide rubber would fit? >According to http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html, it's either >235/50-16, 235/55-16 or 245/50-16 while being within 2% or less of stock >speedo. > >Cheers, > >Roland ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:48:25 -0700 From: JKerouac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Tac Problems Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sounds like what they used on Dr. McCoy to teach him how to reconnect Spock's brain, lol. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Jim,I think the intention was to mold antennas into the foil to aid in the >telepathetic [sic] communications. Of course the necessary skull electrodes >would be extra.-Kevin > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:12:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: <misc> tips for cars not driven much? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Drive it normally, try to drive it once a week or so. > Gary Derian I was gonna say sign up for some track events? ;-) My E30 M3 barely got driven on the street except for getting to the occassional autox and 5-6 track events. It was pretty happy. Engine was happy because when it got driven it got *driven*, brakes were happy because it was indoors, aftermarket parts remained nice and shiny. Battery was excersized once a week. Ahhh so nice. Then I sold it, it became a daily driver and it got smushed! :-( Carlos 88 325is 93 325is x91 M3 now maybe RIP __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:02:29 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: <OT> VW sludge problems Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I've heard of this problem off and on over the last few years on VW's and Toyotas and now VW is acknowledging it. For those Digesters with the 1.8 Liter turbo 4's has extended the engine warranties where sludging of the oil has caused engine failure. It's in today's WSJ on page D4. -Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:24:43 -0500 From: "Marc Plante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RG6 and Cat5 in garage? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Don't forget the 2 RG6 and 2 Cat 5 drops. Dunno that I'd want to watch TV in the garage. I figure I can use my 802.11 network for data svcs. Marc ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:31:51 -1000 From: Jay G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RG6 and Cat5 in garage? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you may not, but those who are *supposed* to be helping you may want to... :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Plante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Dunno that I'd want to watch TV in the garage. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:10:26 -0700 (PDT) From: "Neil N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RG6 and Cat5 in garage? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wall/ceiling-mounted powered speakers with a jack to receive an MP3 player. Obviously, mini-fridge too. Basically, everything needed to live in the garage (my dream). Why the disclaimer of "no heated floors"? Are you in a warm climate? If you're pouring a new floor, the cost of adding radiant heating to it is basically just the tubing and some valves, etc., assuming your water heater can handle it. Even if funds are tight, which I expect will be the case when I build my home, I plan to run the PEX tubing for radiant garage heat, even if I don't actually plumb in the connections right away. Think infrastructure - things that will be tough to add later. If you decide you want heat in 2 years, you're out of luck. Neil --- Jay G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you may not, but those who are *supposed* to be > helping you may want to... > :) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marc Plante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Dunno that I'd want to watch TV in the garage. > > 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:18:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RG6 and Cat5 in garage? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I chose not to put tubing in my garage floor. A garage slab is a huge heat accumulator so heating it is basically a full time deal. I tend to go out there a few hours at a time and don't need continuous heat. Gas is getting expensive and I didn't want to tie myself into such an expensive prospect. I know that I would never use it if it took 3 days to warm up. I did find a huge gas heater to hang from the ceiling. It has 220,000 BTU/hr and will heat the place in minutes. Gary Derian > Why the disclaimer of "no heated floors"? Are you > in > a warm climate? If you're pouring a new floor, the > cost of adding radiant heating to it is basically > just > the tubing and some valves, etc., assuming your > water > heater can handle it. ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(15 messages) **********
