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#1. Re: [E36M3] Stereo question... - from Sean Hester
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:40:21 PDT From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Stereo question... it's not the POWER wires you need to worry about but the GROUND wires. wherever you get your power from, (more on that later) you NEED to run all three gound wires for the new equipment to the SAME SPOT. and that spot should be a well grounded spot on the chassis. not the battery, not some wire that was there before. run all your grounds into a big screw into the chassis of your car. i know it's a pain to run all the grounds to a single spot, but you have to. and... to be safe (since you gotta do the grounds anyway) you may as well run all the powers to the same spot, running through one fusebox too. and run that fusebox right from the battery. not some wire that was there before. you'll thank me later... when i do stereos in cars, i NEVER use ANY wires (speaker wires sometimes) that came with the car. even ones that ran the stereo before. who knows where they go? who knows what else is using them? (anyone remember my GPS saga?) who knows if they are cripmed? etc... sometimes you'll get lucky. sometimes not. but even if you don't do the powers, you GOTTA do the grounds from all your new equipment into ONE spot on the chassis. >From: "Eric Gravengaard" <elg@alum.mit.edu> >Reply-To: "Eric Gravengaard" <elg@alum.mit.edu> >To: E36M3 <e36m3@bmwmpower.com> >Subject: [E36M3] Stereo question... >Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:42:54 -0500 > >Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:38:07 -0400 >From: "Eric Gravengaard" <elg@alum.mit.edu> >Subject: Stereo question... > >Sean, fellow listers, countrymen lend me your ear: >Stop talking about how fast you can get your kids to school! I have a >serious question. Or at least I think it's a serious problem you may >disagree. > >I installed an Eclipse 5302 (CD Head Unit), A/D/S Amp (PK15?), Nakamichi >Crossover, and MB Quart Speakers in my '95 M3/2 (non lux). > >I wired the head unit into existing power in the dash. The crossover gets >power from the old amp location, and the amp gets power from the battery >and >is grounded to the Airbag sensor ? under the rear seat. > >There are separate and good quality RCA coax running from the head unit to >the crossover. > >This configuration causes a loud alternator whine. That is not dependent on >volume. > >My MP3 player (Diamond Rio 300, AA battery powered) when connected to the >crossover produces no whine. Different RCA cables that run out the sun roof >and in the trunk produce the same problem. So I assume it's not them >picking >up noise. > >So after trying every gizmo available at Radio Shack [power conditioners >for >the amp, capacitors, ground loop isolators, etc]. I ran a new wire for >power >from the crossover power source to the head unit (battery, always on). 75% >of the whine disappeared. But, I'd like to get the last 25% out. Should I >try to find a better switched power supply? > >Any suggestions, debugging procedures I missed, etc? > >Thanks, > >Eric G. >'95 M3/2 whiny stereo >in boston and willing to let others check out the setup which I think is >great, at loud volumes to overcome the whine. > > >************************************************************* >List Commands >UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. >************************************************************* > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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#2. Re: [E36M3] Tire Wear - from Ken Robb
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:47:52 -0700 From: Ken Robb <kenrobb@willisallen.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Tire Wear if I switch my left and right tires they are not oriented correctly for direction of rotation. Darling Christopher AMC/CEOP wrote: > Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 08:27:12 -0500 > From: Darling Christopher AMC/CEOP <chris.darling@scott.af.mil> > Subject: Tire Wear > > Lowell Seaton wrote: > > "In general, the rear tires wear much faster than the front tires due to the > > wear during aggressive acceleration." > > I agree with this. My 95 M3 has 75K miles, and as a rule of thumb, I'd say > the rear tires last approximately half as long as the fronts. And to tell > you the truth, I do not push my car very hard on the street. No, really! I > have a separate set of wheels/tires for autocross and track events, so my > street set doesn't get beat up at all. Nevertheless, the rears do wear out > much sooner. But this is ok, because it makes tire replacement much more > progressive, an important point when new Pilot Sports are going for $260 > per, or whatever it is. Anyway, I buy my tires in sets of two instead of > all four at once--put new ones on the front, and move the 1/2 tread fronts > to the rear. Throw the bald rear tires away. Obviously, I don't worry > about tire rotation with this arrangement except for one exception. I swap > my rear tires from side to side whenever I happen to have them off the car > for race days or whatever. This helps even out the right side wear that > John Webber observed. (My theory on this "right-side wear" phenomenon is as > follows: picture any traffic intersection you want. Turns to the right are > always tighter than to the left. Therefore, the inside (right) rear tire > will tend slip and spin more than the outside tire, since it is unweighted. > The LSD feeds more torque to the left side to compensate, but it is not a > lockup differential, so this only helps somewhat. Bottom line: over time, > the right rear tire undergoes a little more wheelspin than the left.) > > __________ > Cod > Capt Chris Darling > HQ AMC/CEOP > DSN 576-5930, Comm (618)256-5930 > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > ************************************************************* -- ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/
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#3. Tire choices - from Keith Wertman
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:03:46 -0700 From: "Keith Wertman" <m3@mybimmer.com> Subject: Tire choices It is getting close to the time to replace the tires on my 99 M3. The car saw some heavy commuter action prior to moving and now boasts almost 24K on the original Michelins. I am thinking of putting Yoko AVS's on it. I have had them on my Z3 for the last 8 months and have been very pleased. What about other Yoko tires like the Nexus? Don't even suggest Michelin's. I went through 2 sets faster than you can type (no alignment problems/air pressure problems). They just wore out quick and cost a little to much money to keep up the trend. The car isn't autocrossed or raced (wife's rules). Thanks --------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith W. 99 M3/2 TechnoViolet (Yes, She wanted this color) 97 Z3 Turquoise (Yes, I wanted this color) 97 F650 Black (We couldn't decide so we took it) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ Bimmerphiles, Bimmerheads and Bimmer Enthusiasts Unite! Get your FREE mybimmer email address at http://www.mybimmer.com/
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#4. Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes - from Ken Robb
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:04:22 -0700 From: Ken Robb <kenrobb@willisallen.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes I was very happy w/my 92 325i w/o vanos. My 3.2 M3 has so much torque I think I could live w/o vanos if mine kept breaking. Does anyone know if you could just set it for high rpm work and lock it? Ken Robb Sean Hester wrote: > Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:28:18 PDT > From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes > > >Sean says: > > > > >actually that pisses me off quite a bit. after my car having the same > > >problem 4 times in a year i'd expect them to say: > > > >Two words: Lemon Law. > > i thought lemon laws were for new cars? does that still apply to a 5 year > old car with 85000 miles, that didn't have the problem until 60000 miles > (out of warrenty)? > > >Insist on talking with the District Zone Manager from BMW. He will get to > >the bottom of it. And don't forget to tell the Service Writer that you'll > >give them a "0" on Customer Service -- which puts them in the hot seat > >for dealer money and allocation of X5s -- if he gives you any grief or > >won't help your cause with BMW NA. > > > >No doubt the dealer wants to fix this right, too, because these VANOS > >things can't be cheap, and their EPUR must be going thru the roof with > >you (EPUR = expense per unit repaired, the industry way of measuring > >if a dealer is pushing too much warranty work. If the EPUR gets too > >high, BMW NA will insist on the DZM approving ALL heavy tech work, like > >engine and transmission, and maybe even medium and light tech work). > > > >How exactly does BMW NA think *you* are breaking these things? That's > >the real question. > > actually my dealer is being damn nice about it. it's BMW NA that's being > asses. they refused to warrenty my repair this time. so the dealer fixed > it for free and took the loss themselves. that's damn nice of them if you > ask me. they just said that they wouldn't do that next time. (i don't > blame them) > > but... noone seems to know what's wrong still... it's hard for me to yell > at someone (the dealer) who's paying $1000 of his money to fix my car, even > if he can't solve the problem. > > and i can't seem to get the opportunity to yell at BMW NA. anyone know how > (or if) i'm allowed to talk to them? or where to send letters? > > the answer from bmw na for why it's breaking is "you race". the dealer > knows i take my car to the track. and bmw na knows it. and that seems to > be answer enough for them. they are basically saying "our vanoses can only > stand up to 3 days of racing" (i go about once a month these days, and it > lasted 3 months) "so... if you insist on racing you are gonna have to pay" > good thing they don't put that in their ads. > > at this point i don't even want it fixed for free. i just want it fixed. > and they (bmw na) are incapable of doing it. next time it breaks i'm gonna > take it to one of the shops (stictly bmw) in town that deals with race cars, > and let them fix it. i'm sure they can find the problem. even if it means > "buy a new engine, yours is dead". > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > ************************************************************* -- ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/
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#5. Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes - from Andrew E. Kalman
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:06:19 -0700 From: "Andrew E. Kalman" <aek@netcom.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes So, can anyone explain with certainty the how and why of VANOS failure? And what gets replaced? It just seems odd to be that something as conceptually simple as the machical end of the VANOS should be going bad ...are the parts poorly made? ______________________________________ Andrew E. Kalman, Ph.D. aek@netcom.com
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#6. Re: [E36M3] Tire choices - from Ken Robb
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:12:38 -0700 From: Ken Robb <kenrobb@willisallen.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Tire choices I had AVS S-1s on my 98. They were pretty good at everything on the street, not as good as Pilots on the track and sucked at auto-x. They might be what you are looking for. I now have Toyo T1S's and they are very good on the street-no track time yet. Keith Wertman wrote: > Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:03:46 -0700 > From: "Keith Wertman" <m3@mybimmer.com> > Subject: Tire choices > > It is getting close to the time to replace the tires on my 99 M3. The car saw some heavy commuter action prior to moving and now boasts almost 24K on the original Michelins. > > I am thinking of putting Yoko AVS's on it. I have had them on my Z3 for the last 8 months and have been very pleased. What about other Yoko tires like the Nexus? > > Don't even suggest Michelin's. I went through 2 sets faster than you can type (no alignment problems/air pressure problems). They just wore out quick and cost a little to much money to keep up the trend. > > The car isn't autocrossed or raced (wife's rules). > > Thanks > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Keith W. > 99 M3/2 TechnoViolet (Yes, She wanted this color) > 97 Z3 Turquoise (Yes, I wanted this color) > 97 F650 Black (We couldn't decide so we took it) > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Bimmerphiles, Bimmerheads and Bimmer Enthusiasts Unite! > Get your FREE mybimmer email address at http://www.mybimmer.com/ > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > ************************************************************* -- ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/
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#7. Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes - from Sean Hester
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:15:02 PDT From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes a race shop suggested just replaceing the cams with "regular" ones and removing the gear. i'm thinking pretty hard about doing that. >From: Ken Robb <kenrobb@willisallen.com> >To: Sean Hester <seanh_race@hotmail.com> >CC: E36M3 <e36m3@bmwmpower.com> >Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes >Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:04:22 -0700 > >I was very happy w/my 92 325i w/o vanos. My 3.2 M3 has so much torque I >think I >could live w/o vanos if mine kept breaking. Does anyone know if you could >just >set it for high rpm work and lock it? Ken Robb > >Sean Hester wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:28:18 PDT > > From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes > > > > >Sean says: > > > > > > >actually that pisses me off quite a bit. after my car having the >same > > > >problem 4 times in a year i'd expect them to say: > > > > > >Two words: Lemon Law. > > > > i thought lemon laws were for new cars? does that still apply to a 5 >year > > old car with 85000 miles, that didn't have the problem until 60000 miles > > (out of warrenty)? > > > > >Insist on talking with the District Zone Manager from BMW. He will get >to > > >the bottom of it. And don't forget to tell the Service Writer that >you'll > > >give them a "0" on Customer Service -- which puts them in the hot seat > > >for dealer money and allocation of X5s -- if he gives you any grief or > > >won't help your cause with BMW NA. > > > > > >No doubt the dealer wants to fix this right, too, because these VANOS > > >things can't be cheap, and their EPUR must be going thru the roof with > > >you (EPUR = expense per unit repaired, the industry way of measuring > > >if a dealer is pushing too much warranty work. If the EPUR gets too > > >high, BMW NA will insist on the DZM approving ALL heavy tech work, like > > >engine and transmission, and maybe even medium and light tech work). > > > > > >How exactly does BMW NA think *you* are breaking these things? That's > > >the real question. > > > > actually my dealer is being damn nice about it. it's BMW NA that's >being > > asses. they refused to warrenty my repair this time. so the dealer >fixed > > it for free and took the loss themselves. that's damn nice of them if >you > > ask me. they just said that they wouldn't do that next time. (i don't > > blame them) > > > > but... noone seems to know what's wrong still... it's hard for me to >yell > > at someone (the dealer) who's paying $1000 of his money to fix my car, >even > > if he can't solve the problem. > > > > and i can't seem to get the opportunity to yell at BMW NA. anyone know >how > > (or if) i'm allowed to talk to them? or where to send letters? > > > > the answer from bmw na for why it's breaking is "you race". the dealer > > knows i take my car to the track. and bmw na knows it. and that seems >to > > be answer enough for them. they are basically saying "our vanoses can >only > > stand up to 3 days of racing" (i go about once a month these days, and >it > > lasted 3 months) "so... if you insist on racing you are gonna have to >pay" > > good thing they don't put that in their ads. > > > > at this point i don't even want it fixed for free. i just want it >fixed. > > and they (bmw na) are incapable of doing it. next time it breaks i'm >gonna > > take it to one of the shops (stictly bmw) in town that deals with race >cars, > > and let them fix it. i'm sure they can find the problem. even if it >means > > "buy a new engine, yours is dead". > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > ************************************************************* > > List Commands > > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > > ************************************************************* > >-- >----------------------------------------------------- >Click here for Free Video!! >http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/ > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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#8. Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes - from Land Shark
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:16:00 -0600 (MDT) From: Land Shark <lndshrk@xmission.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Ken Robb wrote: > Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:04:22 -0700 > From: Ken Robb <kenrobb@willisallen.com> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes > > I was very happy w/my 92 325i w/o vanos. My 3.2 M3 has so much torque I think I > could live w/o vanos if mine kept breaking. Does anyone know if you could just > set it for high rpm work and lock it? Ken Robb Sure, you can do it in the chip.. just never activate it.
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#9. Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes - from Land Shark
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:26:29 -0600 (MDT) From: Land Shark <lndshrk@xmission.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes Sean, In all honesty, if your vanos is "failing" then someone is putting the damned thing on wrong, or there is a lubrication problem. It really doesn't get any simpler than a VANOS gear.
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#10. TMS Flywheel - from John Payne
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:20:30 -0600 From: "John Payne" <jpayne@peakss.com> Subject: TMS Flywheel Anybody have any good or bad experiences with the TMS flywheel for 96+ M3? I,ve got one on order and have limited knowledge about what to expect once it is installed.