The BMW UUC Digest Volume 2 : Issue 684 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: Re: <E30> Sway Bar Removal Re: e46 Hidden V1 Re: e46 Hidden V1 Re: Novice students with big HP, was Re: Porsche E36 Can't fill the tank Re: E36 Can't fill the tank Charging system mystery Re: Novice students with big HP, was Re: Porsche Re: Charging system mystery Looking for passenger side fog light E39 before 9/97
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 10:35:37 -0700 From: Mark Gold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: <E30> Sway Bar Removal Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kevin, The stock 325i uses 20mm front/12mm rear sway bars and I believe its the same as the 'is' model. On my 318ic, I'm running the stock cabrio front sway bar (21mm) and upgraded to the E30 M3 sway bar (14.5mm). This is a cheap upgrade for any E30 sedan. As for aftermarket, here are a few suggestions... Eibach - 20mm front & 16mm rear (both adjustable). Suspension Techniques - 21mm front & 19mm rear (both adjustable, but check as some versions were not adjustable). Ireland Engineering- 25mm front & 22mm rear (both adjustable), hollow tubing rather than solid bars which is lighter and may be stiffer. If you decide to upgrade beyond 14.5mm in the rear its recommended to get swaybar reinforcements installed. As for the front, you might want to consider welding in M3 sway bar mounts. This will allow you to use the M3 sway bar links and provide more leverage (that's why a stock E30 M3 only needs a 19mm front sway bar). Dave Adams used the stock 21mm cabrio sway bar with M3 mounts and the M3 rear sway bar on his (now deceased) M-Technic cabrio. Here's a write-up on it... http://www.davelength.net/car/5lug.html On Jun 6, 2005, at 8:05 AM, Carlos Lopez wrote: > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> The Bentley says to remove the two bolts on the driver's side thrust >> bushing. But the instructions after are non-existent. Is the bar then >> dragged out from the driver's side or from the other? > > Yeah unbolt one of the control arm bushing brackets (aka lollipops) > which gives you enough wiggle room to get the sway bar out. Dunno > which side works best I undo one and wiggle it out best I can. > >> Are the bars on the '89 "iS" the same as those of an '89 "i"? > > Maybe <g>, I'm sure one of the E30 experts will tell ya. I could care > less as I always take the stock sway bars out and replace with > aftermarket. :-) > > Carlos. > 88 325is > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > 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 > > Sincerely, Mark Gold Sacramento Chapter BMWCCA 916-852-6533 (home) 916-743-7153 (cell) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 17:11:56 -0500 From: Neil Maller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: e46 Hidden V1 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 6/6/05 12:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You might want to look up the work that the inimitable Jim Powell did to > hide the V1 display in the rear view mirror. Yeah, incorporating the existing V1 emote display module into the rear view mirror is very cool work, but it's hiding the tail and leaving the rest of the dog in plain sight. You still have the V1 box to mount in some place with a good field of view, so why bother? Neil Fort Wayne, IN 96 M3 - Bastard child 03 525iT - Sterling Grey Metallic 77 MGB - Original owner, need to sell 05 Mini - Cooper S with LSD! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 21:22:08 -0700 From: Jim Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: e46 Hidden V1 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I believe the second part of the Powell hidden V1 was to locate the detector in the center mounted brake light housing. Jim Neil Maller wrote: >on 6/6/05 12:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>You might want to look up the work that the inimitable Jim Powell did to >>hide the V1 display in the rear view mirror. >> >> > >Yeah, incorporating the existing V1 emote display module into the rear view >mirror is very cool work, but it's hiding the tail and leaving the rest of >the dog in plain sight. You still have the V1 box to mount in some place >with a good field of view, so why bother? > >Neil >Fort Wayne, IN >96 M3 - Bastard child >03 525iT - Sterling Grey Metallic >77 MGB - Original owner, need to sell >05 Mini - Cooper S with LSD! > > > >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: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 20:22:28 -0400 From: "Eric Benjamin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Della Barba, Joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Novice students with big HP, was Re: Porsche Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Della Barba, Joe" <snip>BTW, I did recover the car but it wasn't easy. That engine that > lived its' whole life behind me REALLY wanted to try and go first for a > change. *** So, reverse has been broken since the car was new to you....Must be a b!tch to parallel park. Crappy Toyota quality, I guess. You shoulda bought a Fiat or such. Better build quality. ;-) Eric-->Drives a fancy V8 Nissen, with the motor up front where g-d/Ford intended it to be. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 20:34:08 -0500 From: "Andrew Harkonen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUCDigest" <[email protected]> Subject: E36 Can't fill the tank Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trying to help a friend here. Anybody hear of this one before: The car is a 98' 323 E-36 convertible. M52 single vanos. When trying to fill the gas tank the fuel pump handle will click off repeatedly not allowing the tank to fill. Different gas station does not make a difference. Plugged vent tube or something like that? Anyone had this happen before? TIA. Andrew Harkonen '89 535i 5 spd '93 525iT (spice wagon) -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 57 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try www.SPAMfighter.com for free now! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:45:15 -0400 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Andrew Harkonen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "UUCDigest" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: E36 Can't fill the tank Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Pull it out one notch. Gary Derian > Trying to help a friend here. Anybody hear of this one before: The car > is > a 98' 323 E-36 convertible. M52 single vanos. When trying to fill the > gas > tank the fuel pump handle will click off repeatedly not allowing the tank > to > fill. Different gas station does not make a difference. Plugged vent > tube > or something like that? Anyone had this happen before? TIA. > > Andrew Harkonen > '89 535i 5 spd > '93 525iT (spice wagon) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 23:25:15 -0400 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "UUCDigest" <[email protected]> Subject: Charging system mystery Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My daughter just bought a '93 318i that has a problem. It had a new battery when purchased (I should have known that was trouble). Today the car quit as she was driving on the freeway and wouldn't restart - battery run down. After getting it towed home, I jumped the battery and the car started just fine. I removed the alternator and had it tested at Pep Boys - it was fine. The charging system warning light never goes on. Assuming the warning light bulb is good, which I will check tomorrow, what might be going on? Thanks for the help. Tom C '95 530i '91 318is ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 21:26:05 -0700 From: Jim Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Novice students with big HP, was Re: Porsche Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Actually I recall two "D" students that rolled their cars at BMWCCA events. One rolled an M5 at Buttonwillow and another an M3 at WillowSprings. The instructors were very experienced and still weren't able to do anything to save the cars. Jim chet.dawes wrote: >Bill, >While I agree that in an ideal world there should be a 'car control >demonstration quiz' perhaps between the car's pre-tech for an event and >the actual event for first time students. Although I agree it would >make things safer, I too doubt this will ever happen. >Auto-x is one of the best outlets to learn car control skills in my >opinion. Although things happen much faster at speed and it requires a >different set of inputs. Many folks can be scared away from auto-x >however as many insurance companies draw the line and won't cover an >auto-x because it is closed-course timed competition where a DE is >instruction that occurs on a closed course. Your policy may be >different.....but it is worth investigating. Vehicle warranties may >also be affected, read the fine print. > >An interesting observation from my track event history: >All 'incidents' involving damage to a car have occurred in 'advanced' or >'intermediate' run groups. And startling enough some were even on the >1st session. I attribute this to over confidence in cold tires and a >general disregard for talent levels, but none-the-less these students >were NOT first-time beginners. > >Cheers, >Chet Dawes > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Bill Ballon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Novice students with big HP, was Re: Porsche > >...... >Control, as in CAR CONTROL SKILLS is the key.....There is not enough >emphasis on ensuring that these students possess enough car control >ability BEFORE they begin to drive at speeds that they are not ready >for. A few minutes of on-track exercises the weekend of the school is >NOT ENOUGH INCREMENTAL TRAINING to turn these students loose on race >tracks where minute real-time errors at speed make them and their in-car >instructors pay with a dangerous outcome. The configuration of some >tracks leave little room for error with unforgiving Armco or no run-off. >The performance of current cars have amplified the problem. Cornering >speeds are higher than ever. A lap time of the 1969 Trans-Am champion >is now routinely run in a stock road car at a Club driving event. >Staggering speeds are now routine. > >In my experience at most drivers schools or speed events over three >decades, the students are operating on an open track after scant minutes >of >car control exercises. This is the culture of these schools. A few >schools have skid-pads and pre-requisite car-control training, but this >is >the exception rather than the rule. This pre-requisite training and >evaluation should be before and separate from the high-speed event. The > >student's ability to control the car should be evaluated BEFORE the >student >turns a wheel on a race track at speed. But in reality this is never >going >to happen. > >I believe that a structure of far more intensive training as a >pre-requisite for entering a high-speed event is a tool to reduce the >risks, but there will always be risks associated with driving at high >speed >at these events. > >Bill Ballon > >**************************************************************************************** > >Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and >confidential and thus protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message >is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for >delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified >that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is >strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please >notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your >computer. Thank you. > >**************************************************************************************** > >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, 07 Jun 2005 07:27:35 +0100 From: nick brearley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Charging system mystery Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 23:25 06/06/05 -0400, Tom C wrote: >My daughter just bought a '93 318i that has a problem. It had a new >battery when purchased (I should have known that was trouble). Today the >car quit as she was driving on the freeway and wouldn't restart - battery >run down. After getting it towed home, I jumped the battery and the car >started just fine. I removed the alternator and had it tested at Pep Boys >- it was fine. The charging system warning light never goes on. Assuming >the warning light bulb is good, which I will check tomorrow, what might be >going on? Thanks for the help. > >Tom C Tom, It might be worth checking the voltage regulator. I had a similar problem with an '86 325i when the battery would die without warning, no charging light showed and an autoelectrician reckoned that the alternator was fine. It turned out that worn brushes on the regulator were the cause. Bentley recommends a minimum length of 5mm, one of mine was well below. Cheap and easy fix. Nick Brearley ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 10:50:27 -0500 From: "Ivan Demkovitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Looking for passenger side fog light E39 before 9/97 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List, If anybody have that piece(after M5 bumper upgrade or something) - I will take it from you. Mine cracked after collision with a stone :) Thanks, Ivan 540i/6 7/97 ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(10 messages) **********
