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#1. Willow Springs - from Jim Powell
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Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 13:05:04 -0700 From: Jim Powell <jsp98m3@home.com> Subject: Willow Springs I'm about ready to head out for the weekend. Who all is going? Jim PS: Anyone from the list at Willow Springs is free to ask for an instructor to give you a ride in Katerina. 407 crank HP and P-Car brakes front and rear. Its a G-Force ride. And I'm not talking about tires baby!
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#2. Re: [E36M3] E36M3 Brakes - from Jim Powell
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Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 13:07:39 -0700 From: Jim Powell <jsp98m3@home.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] E36M3 Brakes Whenever really getting into the brakes to do repair, its common to get some air bubbles stuck to the insides that just refuse to come out on the first flush. I recommend a flush followed by a week of normal driving then bleed again. This isn't needed in normal maintenance flushes. Only on major teardowns where much of the fluid is out of the system. Jim Sean Hester wrote: > > Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 13:04:08 PDT > From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] E36M3 Brakes > > > I'll be the first to admit that my braking technique is not sorted out, > >yet. I have attended numerous schools with the BMW ACA here in Seattle. I > >have experienced brake fade numerous times and warpage with the stock > >stuff. I had an instructor take me for a few "hot" laps in my stock > >sub-ten-thousand mile E36 //M3. My brakes were never the same. That hard > >pedal feel is gone forever. Prior to any track time, a slight tap to the > >brake pedal used to be almost scary in terms of how quickly the car slowed > >from normal freeway speed. The dealer (bleeds me for $80.00 a try) can not > >seem to get me that original hard pedal feel that I once had. > > i can only think of a couple causes for this. > > 1. percertion. now that you've driven fast, and used your brakes very > hard, slowing from highway speeds "feels" different, even though it is not. > > wanna test this? go to a dealer and test drive one of their M3s. or borrow > one from a friend. and see if they are the same. > > 2. some part is old and needs replacing/fixing. fluid flushing, caliper > rebuilds, new (hopefully upgraded) brake lines are pretty commly needed. > less common but not unheard of is needing a new master cylinder or new > calipers. > > i'd really work on trying out #1 before you spend money fixing something. > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > *************************************************************
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#3. Re: [E36M3] E36M3 Brakes - from Rich Gay
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Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 15:24:37 -0500 From: "Rich Gay" <rich_gay@linbeck.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] E36M3 Brakes on 4/7/00 3:20 PM, Jim Powell at jsp98m3@home.com wrote: > Whenever really getting into the brakes to do repair, its common to get > some air bubbles stuck to the insides that just refuse to come out on > the first flush. I recommend a flush followed by a week of normal > driving then bleed again. This isn't needed in normal maintenance > flushes. Only on major teardowns where much of the fluid is out of the > system. Also, be sure to flush the system at the clutch bleed nipple as well. I've sometimes had to flush it a few times to get all the air out. - Rich
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#4. RE: [E36M3] E36M3 Brakes - from Mark Dadgar
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Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 13:33:12 -0700 From: Mark Dadgar <MDadgar@handspring.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] E36M3 Brakes Rich wrote: > > Whenever really getting into the brakes to do repair, its > > common to get some air bubbles stuck to the insides that > > just refuse to come out on the first flush. I recommend a > > flush followed by a week of normal driving then bleed again. > > Also, be sure to flush the system at the clutch bleed nipple > as well. I've sometimes had to flush it a few times to get all > the air out. We've been over this a couple of times here, but I'll mention it again. The only way I've ever been able to get a nice hard brake pedal after a flush (not a bleed) is with this process: 1) bleed brakes AND CLUTCH (it's on the left side of the transmission bell housing, about half way up the side) 2) take the car out and stomp on the brakes until the ABS triggers 3) go back and bleed the brakes and clutch again - Mark '95 M3 '97 528i 5-spd E30 M3 WANTED ---- Mark Dadgar - Product Manager, Accessories (650) 230-5037 voice - (650) 230-2100 fax mdadgar@handspring.com - Handspring, Inc. "wide awake on the edge of the world" - Marillion Check out Visor at www.handspring.com!
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#5. RE: [E36M3] Willow Springs - from Bassett, Jim
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Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 13:53:27 -0700 From: "Bassett, Jim" <jbassett@coastcom.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Willow Springs For obvious reasons, I'll be missing it (but I *was* signed up). Have fun, and I guess I'll see you So. Ca. types at Laguna in Nov? (I'll see the No. Ca. folks sooner, I'm sure.) Cheers, Jim Bassett > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Powell [mailto:jsp98m3@home.com] > Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 1:20 PM > To: E36M3 > Subject: [E36M3] Willow Springs > > > Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 13:05:04 -0700 > From: Jim Powell <jsp98m3@home.com> > Subject: Willow Springs > > I'm about ready to head out for the weekend. Who all is going? > > Jim > PS: Anyone from the list at Willow Springs is free to ask for an > instructor to give you a ride in Katerina. 407 crank HP and P-Car > brakes front and rear. Its a G-Force ride. And I'm not talking about > tires baby! > > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the > mailing list. > ************************************************************* > >
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#6. [E36M3] Photos of my ///M POWER Decal - from Rob Birkhead
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Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 15:00:56 -0600 From: "Rob Birkhead" <rbirkz@earthlink.net> Subject: [E36M3] Photos of my ///M POWER Decal I finally scanned the pictures of my M3 w/ the decal. Below is the link to the web page. Let me know if you have any more questions. http://home.earthlink.net/~rbirkz/ Rob B. 95 M3/2 Sharked,Dinan CAI,BL/SS,AA-f/w,x-brace
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#7. Out of Office AutoReply: [E36M3] E36M3 #31 - from Maslowski Mark-QA2873
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Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 16:13:44 -0500 From: Maslowski Mark-QA2873 <Mark_Maslowski-QA2873@email.mot.com> Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: [E36M3] E36M3 #31 I am away on business, returning 4/17. I will however, be checking e-mails periodically. If you have an urgent technical or deployment issue, please contact Rod Anderson at 435-9772. Thanks...
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#8. re: G-Force R1s/BFG Team T/A? - from Jones, John
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Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 18:00:57 -0400 From: "Jones, John" <JJones@INTERGEN.com> Subject: re: G-Force R1s/BFG Team T/A? Twisty asked (perhaps tongue in cheek) - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any idea what kind of street/highway/canyon road mileage one would get out of these R-compounds? During the summer only (can't imagine them being good rain tires;)) would it be worth the $70 savings per tire? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ They should have plenty of tread to get you to and from your local tire dealer every time you change your oil (if you change it often). I normally get 4 - 5 track weekends out of a set at about 500 miles a weekend. Even if you get twice as much wear from not going full out, that's only 5000 miles a set. Additionally, as the tires will pick up every piece of crud on the street when they are hot, you will have to use mudflaps from getting rock scratches behind the wheels, and may cut a tire on the crud that sticks. On the plus side, they do look particularly bad-ass. John Jones 98 ///M3-4 (stickies only on weekends, like this one)
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#9. [E36M3] Help Transmission Problem - from SLINKIMAN@aol.com
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Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 18:06:09 EDT From: SLINKIMAN@aol.com Subject: [E36M3] Help Transmission Problem I need some help. Last weekend I started to hear a whine coming from my transmission. It happened mainly in 1st gear when I was coasting and was the most obvious with the clutch in. I brought the car into bmw and they told me that I needed to replace the transmission. Today when the car was supposed to be done they told me that it wasnt going to be under warranty and that they were waiting for an ok to fix it. They say they will not warranty the car because it looks like the car has been driven over aggresively and abused. When I asked what was wrong with the transmission they said they had not oppened it and that it was making a noise. Has anyone had this problem? What can I do about it? Thanks Brian 99M3
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#10. Re: [E36M3] Help Transmission Problem - from Jeff Kumler
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Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 17:56:43 -0500 From: "Jeff Kumler" <Jdkumler@comdisco.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Help Transmission Problem Does anyone remember the scene in "Austin Powers: Spy Who Shagged Me" when Dr Evil's assassin had to answer any question he was asked 3 times. Someone answer this guy! LOL. Sorry, couldn't resist... Jeff '96 M3, lux, Conforti intake, Sharked, B&B, UUC STB, IL "M PWRD 3". >>> <slinkiman@aol.com> 04/07/00 05:22PM >>> I need some help. Last weekend I started to hear a whine coming from my transmission. It happened mainly in 1st gear when I was coasting and was the most obvious with the clutch in. I brought the car into bmw and they told me that I needed to replace the transmission. Today when the car was supposed to be done they told me that it wasnt going to be under warranty and that they were waiting for an ok to fix it. They say they will not warranty the car because it looks like the car has been driven over aggresively and abused. When I asked what was wrong with the transmission they said they had not oppened it and that it was making a noise. Has anyone had this problem? What can I do about it? Thanks Brian 99M3 Eurosport/Conforti ultimate intake system 801-463-4919 or http://www.sharked.com To unsubscribe, send an email to <e36m3-unsubscribe@topica.com> ________________________________________________________________________ Start an Email List For Free at Topica. http://www.topica.com/register