The BMW UUC Digest Volume 3 : Issue 396 : "text" Format Messages in this Issue: PTG parts? Re: PTG parts? ZAP-X Aluminum Electric Car (Lotus) Re: 90 E34 525iA WTB - alt, blower fan Re: Diff oil for '04 M3 Re: Diff oil for '04 M3 2002 Porsche Carerra Coupe for sale Re: Speed Kills? Re: Speed Kills? Re: Speed Kills? Re: Speed Kills? Re: Speed Kills? Re: Speed Kills? Re: 90 E34 525iA cold weather issues Re: 90 E34 525iA cold weather issues
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:57:11 -0600 From: "dedebord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: PTG parts? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> What happened to the PTG parts on the car lounge? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:03:11 -0800 From: Mark Gold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: dedebord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: PTG parts? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Looks like the post was deleted. I don't know if the info was genuine or bogus. If you do a Google search for 'vwvortex' and 'PTG', you can load a cached version of the page. Unfortunately the pics are no longer up. On Feb 12, 2007, at 1:57 PM, dedebord wrote: > What happened to the PTG parts on the car lounge? > > 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, 12 Feb 2007 17:07:36 -0500 From: "Stan Jackson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: ZAP-X Aluminum Electric Car (Lotus) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Check out the ZAP-X Aluminum Electric Car below or here is a more complete link: http://www.asminternational.org/Content/NavigationMenu/News/HeadlineNews/Hea dlineNewsArticle.htm?SMContentIndex=33&SMContentSet=0 ZAP-X Aluminum Electric Car: 644 hp, 155 mph PR Newswire Europe ZAP-X features all-wheel drive, ten-minute recharge time, and a 350-mile range. The company has decided to move ahead using Lotus' revolutionary platform and body structure design as the basis for the development of the high-performance electric ZAP-X. Stan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:19:31 -0500 From: KMS- Brett Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: roland beaudette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: 90 E34 525iA WTB - alt, blower fan Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Alternator is unique to the M20 E34. I have used blower motors in stock, lots of them. $25 plus shipping. Brett Anderson KMS roland beaudette wrote: > On the off chance a list member has something needing > a new home, I'm looking for the following. > > blower fan (squirrel cage thingy) > alternator > > Am I right in believing that any E34 alternator of the > same amperage or larger is suitable? > > If it's not a hassle, I would appreciate a cc to my > work address. I'll see it sooner. > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:20:12 -0500 From: KMS- Brett Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Diff oil for '04 M3 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The M-Variable has 7 clutch plates. Brett Anderson KMS Gary Derian wrote: > Doesn't the M3 have an MVariable diff? That shouldn't chatter at all. > Gary Derian > > > >> I don't the diff in the gear lube, but is the chatter that bad? The >> chatter is the diff working. If more friction modifier is added, the >> less lockup the diff has - and less chatter is tight parking lot >> maneuvers. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:49:24 -0600 From: "Allen Skillicorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "KMS- Brett Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Diff oil for '04 M3 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If more friction modifier will cause more slip, does that slip cause more wear of the clutch plates? I always wondered. When my clutch LS's get tired I've tried using RedLine NS in the past, which has no modifier. It seemed like the diff would lock up better for a month or two, and then I'd have to replace the clutch packs. <The M-Variable has 7 clutch plates. < <Brett Anderson <KMS ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:26:21 -0500 From: Matt Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 911 post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 944 post <924/[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Racing post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, NER Solo postings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, evolution-discussions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, UUC Digest <[email protected]>, FCSCC Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: 2002 Porsche Carerra Coupe for sale Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2002 Porsche 996 Carerra Coupe for sale. Guards Red with black interior. 36,000 miles, PSM, Sport Exhaust, Sport Chassis, CD Changer, light alloy wheels. Service records. Asking $39,000. Contact me off list. Matt Murray 203 - 856 - 3703 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:04:46 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Speed Kills? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Speaking of young drivers doing stoopid things in cars, we were having dinner at my in-laws' house last night (San Ramon, CA) when we heard some loud, terrible noises from the front yard. But not the usual metal-on-metal, glass breaking sound. Short version: a car full of teen boys came around the corner about 100 feet up the street (obviously going way faster than the 30 MPH limit and blowing right through the stop sign), hit the curb across the street at about a 30 degree angle from the direction the street goes, sideswiped the bumper of the SUV in the first driveway, took out a wooden post and beam fence between 2 properties, took out a row of 5 cherry trees (that the owner has been slaving over for years trying to get them to grow right), and finally came to rest after hitting a post and beam fence between the second front yard and the next driveway. Talk about going agro! As neighbors from 7 or 8 houses came out to see what had caused the noise, three of the car's four male teen occupants were running away into a nearby golf course. The one who stayed behind claimed to have been driving, and claimed to have had to swerve to miss hitting a car. Well yeah, if you're doing 60+ in a 30 zone and fail to slow for the stop sign like the car ahead of you, yeah, you're gonna have to swerve. Anyway, there is no evidence that the brakes were ever applied, just that the turn was taken at a very high rate of speed. The car appeared to be a late '80s Toyota Corolla 4 door. Both airbags deployed. The cops showed up 2 minutes later - easily half of the San Ramon police department (not that much to do in San Ramon, apparently). The kid who claimed to be driving said he just got his license. Now I'll be he looses it for a while. My first impression was, here's a prime candidate for a Street Survival School (teen car control clinic). My second thought was that any pedestrian who may have been crossing the street or walking down the sidewalk at that moment would have probably been killed. Anyway, just add this to the list of drivers doing stupid things in cars and not maintaining control at all times. Scott Miller GGC BMW CCA >Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 10:42:26 -0800 >From: "Kevin Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "BMW BMW BMW BMW" <[email protected]> >Subject: Speed Kills? >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Someone wrote: > >> I cringe whenever I see a teenager/young adult go flying >> by me in a modded ricer at 100+ (and, if you drive I-280 >> at off-peak times, it is fairly common to be passed by >> someone cruising at that speed). > >When I'm in the SUV on 280 and I look down at the "modded ricers" as they >pass at high speeds the kids are usually text messaging and/or watching >videos on a big LCD screen... > >I've noticed a direct inverse correlation between exhaust pipe & wing size >and driving skill (the guys with a rear wing bigger than the wing on a >single engine plane and a one foot + exhaust pipe are ALWAYS bad drivers)... > >Kevin Kelly >BMW CCA 50039 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:19:51 -0800 From: Bob Sutterfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Speed Kills? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 2/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > three of the car's four male teen occupants were running away into > a nearby golf course. The one who stayed behind claimed to have > been driving, and claimed to have had to swerve to miss hitting a car. Good for him, staying behind to take (at least some) responsibility face-to-face. He doesn't need friends like those anyway. -- Bob, father of two teenage boys ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:50:25 -0500 From: "Karl Rentler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Speed Kills? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Didn't "Cake" do a song entitled the same as the subject line? Karl ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:22:54 -0500 From: "Ben Keyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Karl Rentler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Speed Kills? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Karl Rentler wrote: > Didn't "Cake" do a song entitled the same as the subject line? i think you're thinking of "Satan is my Motor". http://www.pandora.com/music/song/3a80ef0ad56360fb Ben big fan of Cake, both musical & nicely frosted ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:04:34 -0600 From: "Allen Skillicorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Speed Kills? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sounds to me, like the actual driver was one of the run aways. If the driver was drinking or had an arrest warrant, he'd have a good reason to leave the scene of the crime. Without a confession, it will be tough for them track down who was actually driving. <Good for him, staying behind to take (at least some) responsibility <face-to-face. <He doesn't need friends like those anyway. <-- <Bob, father of two teenage boys Allen Skillicorn 847/417/5611 847/271/8175 www.allenskillicorn.com "The snow is not a handicap. It is your best training partner. Racers don't have an off-season." --Ryosuke Takahashi ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:10:22 -0800 From: Mark Gold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Speed Kills? Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sounds like a perfect candidate for a swift kick in the arse and a program like Street Survival. On Feb 12, 2007, at 3:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Speaking of young drivers doing stoopid things in cars, we were having > dinner at my in-laws' house last night (San Ramon, CA) when we > heard some > loud, terrible noises from the front yard. But not the usual > metal-on-metal, glass breaking sound. Short version: a car full > of teen > boys came around the corner about 100 feet up the street (obviously > going > way faster than the 30 MPH limit and blowing right through the stop > sign), > hit the curb across the street at about a 30 degree angle from the > direction the street goes, sideswiped the bumper of the SUV in the > first > driveway, took out a wooden post and beam fence between 2 > properties, took > out a row of 5 cherry trees (that the owner has been slaving over > for years > trying to get them to grow right), and finally came to rest after > hitting a > post and beam fence between the second front yard and the next > driveway. > Talk about going agro! > > As neighbors from 7 or 8 houses came out to see what had caused the > noise, > three of the car's four male teen occupants were running away into > a nearby > golf course. The one who stayed behind claimed to have been > driving, and > claimed to have had to swerve to miss hitting a car. Well yeah, if > you're > doing 60+ in a 30 zone and fail to slow for the stop sign like the car > ahead of you, yeah, you're gonna have to swerve. Anyway, there is no > evidence that the brakes were ever applied, just that the turn was > taken at > a very high rate of speed. The car appeared to be a late '80s Toyota > Corolla 4 door. Both airbags deployed. The cops showed up 2 > minutes later > - easily half of the San Ramon police department (not that much to > do in > San Ramon, apparently). The kid who claimed to be driving said he > just got > his license. Now I'll be he looses it for a while. > > My first impression was, here's a prime candidate for a Street > Survival > School (teen car control clinic). My second thought was that any > pedestrian who may have been crossing the street or walking down the > sidewalk at that moment would have probably been killed. Anyway, > just add > this to the list of drivers doing stupid things in cars and not > maintaining > control at all times. > > Scott Miller > GGC BMW CCA > >> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 10:42:26 -0800 >> From: "Kevin Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "BMW BMW BMW BMW" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Speed Kills? >> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Someone wrote: >> >>> I cringe whenever I see a teenager/young adult go flying >>> by me in a modded ricer at 100+ (and, if you drive I-280 >>> at off-peak times, it is fairly common to be passed by >>> someone cruising at that speed). >> >> When I'm in the SUV on 280 and I look down at the "modded ricers" >> as they >> pass at high speeds the kids are usually text messaging and/or >> watching >> videos on a big LCD screen... >> >> I've noticed a direct inverse correlation between exhaust pipe & >> wing size >> and driving skill (the guys with a rear wing bigger than the wing >> on a >> single engine plane and a one foot + exhaust pipe are ALWAYS bad > drivers)... >> >> Kevin Kelly >> BMW CCA 50039 > > > 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, 12 Feb 2007 16:18:14 -0800 From: "Curtis Ingraham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 90 E34 525iA cold weather issues Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's possible there is a parasitic battery drain you were not able to measure due to where or how you measured it. When you measured, where did you attach the test leads? From battery post to battery cable? Can your DMM distinguish 5 mA from 50 mA? Doors closed? Doors locked? Alarm set? If the alternator or regulator is bad, that could possibly drain the battery. Any chance a door lock or mirror heater is coming on when you're not measuring? Curt Ingraham Oakland, CA Roland wrote: > I'm hoping some of you can help me diagnose a problem > on my car. > > With the onset of cold (below freezing) weather in the > NE my car battery appears to discharge quickly. > Happened last year but I ignored it. No problems > during warmer weather. > > It discharges so quickly that the car will start in > the morning but the batt can barely turn the starter > by the end of a workday. Tired of bothering > co-workers for jumps I tried to diagnose the issue. > > I started with a freshly charged battery (40 min @ 40 > amps; 700 CCA batt). An HF load tester, one time, > checked it as good with some reserve. The load tester > indicated the alternator was bad. The DMM & Bentley > agree; approx 13.6 volts at the terminals. > > To be thorough, I used the DMM to check for parasitic > losses when the car is off. I actually couldn't get a > reading and so double checked by turning on the front > overhead light (not map). About .250 mA but zero > otherwise. > > Posts are clean, no rust and everything appears to be > connected well. Two modifications of note. First the > batt was moved to the rear seat location from the > engine bay; it's easier to perform oil changes and I > like it. Secondly, stereo; nothing fancy just 150 W > or so plus a cheap Bazooka tube. > > Did I miss something? Am I stupid? With 255k miles I > can expect the alt to be shot. The regulator is 30k > miles (3 yrs) old. > > From a previous posts some of you might notice I'm > looking for an alt. This seems a certainty based on > the load test and DMM. What it won't cure, to me, is > the apparent discharging while sitting w/out parasitic > losses. A thought, is 700 CCA sufficient in this > weather? It was a southern car previously. > > I would appreciate a cc to my work address so I can > act on any comments. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:33:34 -0600 From: "Bill Proud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Curtis Ingraham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: Re: 90 E34 525iA cold weather issues Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Plus the more usual suspects ................an aftermarket alarm system gone haywire and not fused via the fusebox ? Glovebox or trunklight staying on ? Snow or ice wedged somewhere it shouldnt be ? aftermarket stereo system with amps 'always on '? ....a stuck lock actuator using power to no effect (doors ? trunk ? gas tank ?) ......... Bill P ----- Original Message ----- From: "Curtis Ingraham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 6:18 PM Subject: Re: [UUC] 90 E34 525iA cold weather issues > It's possible there is a parasitic battery drain you were not able to > measure due to where or how you measured it. When you measured, where > did you attach the test leads? From battery post to battery cable? > Can your DMM distinguish 5 mA from 50 mA? Doors closed? Doors > locked? Alarm set? If the alternator or regulator is bad, that could > possibly drain the battery. Any chance a door lock or mirror heater > is coming on when you're not measuring? > > Curt Ingraham > Oakland, CA > > Roland wrote: > >> I'm hoping some of you can help me diagnose a problem >> on my car. >> >> With the onset of cold (below freezing) weather in the >> NE my car battery appears to discharge quickly. >> Happened last year but I ignored it. No problems >> during warmer weather. >> >> It discharges so quickly that the car will start in >> the morning but the batt can barely turn the starter >> by the end of a workday. Tired of bothering >> co-workers for jumps I tried to diagnose the issue. >> >> I started with a freshly charged battery (40 min @ 40 >> amps; 700 CCA batt). An HF load tester, one time, >> checked it as good with some reserve. The load tester >> indicated the alternator was bad. The DMM & Bentley >> agree; approx 13.6 volts at the terminals. >> >> To be thorough, I used the DMM to check for parasitic >> losses when the car is off. I actually couldn't get a >> reading and so double checked by turning on the front >> overhead light (not map). About .250 mA but zero >> otherwise. >> >> Posts are clean, no rust and everything appears to be >> connected well. Two modifications of note. First the >> batt was moved to the rear seat location from the >> engine bay; it's easier to perform oil changes and I >> like it. Secondly, stereo; nothing fancy just 150 W >> or so plus a cheap Bazooka tube. >> >> Did I miss something? Am I stupid? With 255k miles I >> can expect the alt to be shot. The regulator is 30k >> miles (3 yrs) old. >> >> From a previous posts some of you might notice I'm >> looking for an alt. This seems a certainty based on >> the load test and DMM. What it won't cure, to me, is >> the apparent discharging while sitting w/out parasitic >> losses. A thought, is 700 CCA sufficient in this >> weather? It was a southern car previously. >> >> I would appreciate a cc to my work address so I can >> act on any comments. > 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 ------------------------------ End of [bmwuucdigest] digest(15 messages) **********
