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#1. RE: [E36M3] Tire Wear - from Darling Christopher AMC/CEOP
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:14:47 -0500 From: Darling Christopher AMC/CEOP <chris.darling@scott.af.mil> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Tire Wear Good point, for the Pilot Sports. I hadn't considered that, because up until now I've been on Pilot MXX3s, which are bi-directional. I just bought a set of Sports for the front--when they get switched to the back next year, I'll be in your shoes with you. Only way to fix that is have the tires remounted on the rims. Cod Capt Chris Darling HQ AMC/CEOP DSN 576-5930, Comm (618)256-5930 -----Original Message----- From: Ken Robb [mailto:kenrobb@willisallen.com] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 1:48 PM To: Darling Christopher AMC/CEOP Cc: E36M3 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: 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. > >
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#2. Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes - from Sean Hester
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:34:28 PDT From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.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. would that keep the gear for spinning? if so who do i bribe to get a chip that deoesn't spin my vanos gear? hint hint... that would be handy when i'm at the track. i'm never below the vanos spot at the track anyway... and even better would be a chip/system that let me press a botton to turn the vanos on/off. is that possible? ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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#3. Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes - from Sean Hester
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:38:39 PDT From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.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. i thought so too. i have a collection of vanos gears now, and they sure LOOK simple. it's been two different shops and three mechanics. law of probability would indicate that all three of them putting it on wrong is low. (and what about the first one (that lasted 60000 miles and then failed?)) that leaves me with lubrication problem(s). people have suggested different oils, maybe i need to look into that. whatever oil the dealer's putting in there is what i'm running. i don't even know what kind it is... what about oil starvation that people see/hear at the track? i don't overfill my car for track duty. maybe tracking is causing my vanos to not get oil? ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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#4. WTB: Strut Bar - from Ron Katona
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 17:45:20 -0400 From: Ron Katona <rkatona@bellatlantic.net> Subject: WTB: Strut Bar OK... long shot, but does anyone have a used ///M, JTD, or UUC strut bar for an E36 M3 for sale? I'll pay any reasonable price, appearance is unimportant. -- Ron Katona
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#5. Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes - from Chester Wong
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:01:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Chester Wong <chester_p_wong@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes --- Sean Hester <seanh_race@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Sure, you can do it in the chip.. just never activate it. > > would that keep the gear for spinning? if so who do i bribe to get a chip > that deoesn't spin my vanos gear? hint hint... Uh, I might be uninformed, but I thought that the VANOS gear was operated by oil pressure or something. Then again, I never saw one...so what do I know? Chester ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com
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#6. Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes - from Sean Hester
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:40:07 PDT From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes > > > Sure, you can do it in the chip.. just never activate it. > > > > would that keep the gear for spinning? if so who do i bribe to get a >chip > > that deoesn't spin my vanos gear? hint hint... > >Uh, I might be uninformed, but I thought that the VANOS gear was operated >by >oil pressure or something. Then again, I never saw one...so what do I >know? well... i've seen several vanos gears, and i don't have any idea at all, either. ;-) ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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#7. Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes - from Land Shark
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 16:46:04 -0600 (MDT) From: Land Shark <lndshrk@xmission.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: 4 VANOSes On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Sean Hester wrote: > >Uh, I might be uninformed, but I thought that the VANOS gear was operated > >by > >oil pressure or something. Then again, I never saw one...so what do I > >know? > > well... i've seen several vanos gears, and i don't have any idea at all, > either. ;-) Oil pressure is controlled by a solenoid which is controlled by the DME. Jim
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#8. Re: [E36M3] Re: 0-60 times - from david tow
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 17:24:47 PDT From: "david tow" <david_tow@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: 0-60 times Dear all, Just for the record; Car and Driver's quickest M3 was recorded as 5.3 seconds from zero to 60, and 14 seconds flat (at 100 mph) on the quarter mile run. It was featured in a comparison test with a 300ZX, a Supra, and a VR4. The article was named, I believe, "Mid-life Crisis". The 95 yellow M3 there, of course, won the gold with ease. Road & Track recorded a best of 5.4 and 14.1 in a comparison test with the Mercedes C36. That was also a 95 M3. Sorry I responded to this so late - I've just come back from vacation. David Tow ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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#9. - from Michael Hill
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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 20:41:31 -0400 From: Michael Hill <mhill@cloud9.net> Subject: unsubscribe
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#10. Re: [E36M3] Re: 0-60 times - from Land Shark
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 18:40:13 -0600 From: Land Shark <lndshrk@xmission.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: 0-60 times At 07:32 PM 6/15/00 -0500, david tow wrote: >Just for the record; Car and Driver's quickest M3 was recorded as 5.3 >seconds from zero to 60, and 14 seconds flat (at 100 mph) on the quarter >mile run. It was featured in a comparison test with a 300ZX, a Supra, and >a VR4. The article was named, I believe, "Mid-life Crisis". > >The 95 yellow M3 there, of course, won the gold with ease. Thanks David.. I knew the number was somewhere and it's 5.3 I must have too many numbers in my brain ;) Jim C.