The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 434 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: [e34] idle problems MOMO Steering Wheel Install Re: MOMO Steering Wheel Install V8 E36 Re: V8 E36 Re: V8 E36 Re: V8 E36 Re: E36/iPod Registering a Production Vehicle as a Kit Car
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 14:48:41 -0800 (PST) From: Jonathan Brush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [e34] idle problems Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Rich sez: Water in the DME (from the car wash, I know this was an early E36 issue but maybe it applies to your M50 motor too) Prolly not, if it's like my 92 535i. The DME is well protected, in the "Ebox" on the passenger side of the engine compartment. Pretty hard to get water in there unless you sprayed it with the hood open and the cover off (Cover has 4 large phillips head screws holding it on). Otherwise, I don't have a clue. Jon __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 18:16:33 -0800 From: "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "E30 Yahoo Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: MOMO Steering Wheel Install Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Today I finally got around to installing a MOMO steering wheel on my '90 325i. (No pics yet, maybe tomorrow.) My car is - um, was an airbag car, and the Momo adaptor is really designed for a non-airbag car. For those of you who haven't already run into this, the depth of a factory airbag wheel is greater than the depth of the non-airbag wheel. MOMO has only one adaptor for the E30, and it is not really designed for the airbag car. The factory puts a small spacer thingie on the column, behind the steering wheel. I had an extra one, but I was worried about what the wheel would look like with too much space between the wheel and the column cover. So I installed the wheel first, and then put the extra spacer on just to take up all the extra space behind the threads. If you don't do something to eat up that space on the column, the nut could be tightened all the way, but the hub will never be properly seated. A quick test drive showed that I should have put the extra spacer behind the hub and not on top of it. Not only is the wheel too close to the stalks, but I can hear the column lock thingie coming into light contact with something as I turn the wheel. I'll have to re-do this Sunday. Also, the spacer has less than a quarter inch of depth, but it seeme like I should have an extra half inch of space. So I may just have to improvise. Maybe I'll throw in a few washers, even though this seems kind of cheezy. But the new wheel sure feels nice, allows for better hand positioning than the factory 4 spoke wheel, and doesn't cut off too much of the dash. Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 22:28:10 -0500 From: Kevin Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MOMO Steering Wheel Install Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Scott, I put a Momo wheel into my '90 earlier this year. I put several washers in the front to take up the extra space so I could tighten down the nut. The other VERY important thing I did was to go get a 25mm spacer to put between the adapter and the wheel. This put the wheel closer to me, so it's more comfortable to reach, and also cleared it so I could see all of the gauges, and not hit the stalks every time I turned the wheel. I don't have any problem with the steering lock interfering as long as the key is in the ignition. Kevin '90 325i <-- too much to list Scott & Charlotte Miller wrote: > Today I finally got around to installing a MOMO steering wheel on my > '90 325i. (No pics yet, maybe tomorrow.) My car is - um, was an > airbag car, and the Momo adaptor is really designed for a non-airbag > car. For those of you who haven't already run into this, the depth of > a factory airbag wheel is greater than the depth of the non-airbag > wheel. MOMO has only one adaptor for the E30, and it is not really > designed for the airbag car. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 18:40:17 -0800 From: "Scott & Charlotte Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUC Digest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: V8 E36 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Edge Motorsports (Dublin, CA) held a dyno test day today. Rich Vijeh, one of GGC's autocross coordinators, announced the event on a local message board. Rich has been working there part time, as has our own Jim Ochi. They also offered food and arranged for a paintless dent removal guy to be on-site. I dropped by and had some dents removed. They have an E36 project car in their shop, and a conversion to an M62 4.4 liter V8 is in progress. They plan to run it in SCCA Solo II's Street Mod class. Right now the engine is sitting in the engine bay, but it is not yet far enough back in the chassis. They replaced the factory oil pan, which won't fit with the stock E36 cross-member, with a piece of plywood. No, they don't plan to run it that way, that is just so that they can locate the engine to take measurements for motor mounts. Their web site shows work done to date: http://www.edgemotorworks.com/?il=1 Shop owners Erik Lind and Gordon White somehow managed to juggle dyno tests with host duties, while Jim and Rich were there to strap down the cars and help hook up the sensors for the dyno runs. I spent some time talking with Gordon's wife Brenda, who just recently started autocrossing. She joked that her times weren't great yet, but that she did her official duty of warming up the tires just fine. They were also running some videos taken at SCCA autocrosses, featuring some of the cars they own or maintain. I hope to see these people at a GGC autocross next year. It was a fun way to kill a couple of hours on a Saturday, and a few dozen other folks apparently agreed. No, I didn't dyno my car, I'll save that for the day when it has more mods than just a Conforti chip. Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:07:18 -0800 (PST) From: Tammer Farid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: V8 E36 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Make sure you do a dyno run to figure out how much horsepower your Laguna Seca Blue paint adds! And for a sacreligious Chebbie-->E36 V8 swap, follow this link: http://www.vorshlag.com/E36ProjectBook.asp Probably more cost-effective than the BMW V8 swap, though the purists will retch. -tammer '87 535is '85 GTI '80 pair of legs that gets me most places day-to-day --- Scott & Charlotte Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, I didn't dyno my car, I'll > save that for the day when it has more mods than just a > Conforti chip. > > Scott Miller > GGC BMW CCA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 22:28:48 -0800 From: "Marco Romani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: V8 E36 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I first saw that site about a year ago. Seems like the only progress is they added chapter 8. Marco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tammer Farid Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 7:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [UUC] V8 E36 Make sure you do a dyno run to figure out how much horsepower your Laguna Seca Blue paint adds! And for a sacreligious Chebbie-->E36 V8 swap, follow this link: http://www.vorshlag.com/E36ProjectBook.asp Probably more cost-effective than the BMW V8 swap, though the purists will retch. -tammer '87 535is '85 GTI '80 pair of legs that gets me most places day-to-day --- Scott & Charlotte Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, I didn't dyno my car, I'll > save that for the day when it has more mods than just a > Conforti chip. > > Scott Miller > GGC BMW CCA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:52:23 -0800 (PST) From: Carlos Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Tammer Farid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: V8 E36 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Tammer Farid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And for a sacreligious Chebbie-->E36 V8 swap, follow this > link: http://www.vorshlag.com/E36ProjectBook.asp Probably > more cost-effective than the BMW V8 swap, though the > purists will retch. Karl and I dropped off my E30 yesterday for it's clutch replacement (and ltw flywheel, yeah baby) and we met a guy that was working on his second Chebby motor transplant into an E36. The first one was a 400hp motor from a Camaro, the next one he's doing more than just bolt on stuff to for more than 550hp. He has a website as well but I have no idea what it is, the first car that he did was a black E36. Carlos. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 12:22:23 -0800 (PST) From: Sean Cordone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: E36/iPod Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I retrofitted the BMW CD43 factory CD player to my 97 M3, and use the Icelink to interface an iPod to the CD changer bus - this way you get both CD and iPod playback options. The Icelink is a fantastic gadget; there's nothing even close (iPod starts and stops with the car, unit is controlled from the factory head unit, sound quality is best available). I use the iTrip in rental cars, but the sound quality really is quite poor, and if you're driving in an urban environment you have to retune it a lot to jump around interference from broadcast radio - and the retuning process is pretty cumbersome. --SC --- Chris Pawlowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin > > I just bought an ipod and have been looking at the > same thing (have a '99 > Z3, an '89 325i, and wife has Chevy Trailblazer).. > and I wanted to get > something working for them all (ha!) <snip> __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:17:02 -0800 From: "Kevin Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BMW BMW BMW BMW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Registering a Production Vehicle as a Kit Car Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mike wrote: >Anyone have experience with titling a kit car? Seems like to me, it > would not be hard to get something like a exotic or sports car titled > that way. Here in California you have to have every "kit car" inspected by the Highway Patrol. It will be tough to convince them that you "built" a late model BMW in your garage... A friend who bought a used Cobra replica "kit car" last year had the Police come to his house and take his registration, pink slip and CA plates a few months ago since the original owner did not register it properly. Kevin Kelly BMW CCA 50039 http://caag.state.ca.us/newsalerts/2004/04-042.htm http://www.hotrodsandclassics.net/Temp/HandsUp.htm ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(9 messages) **********
