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#1. Mullet - from DiVincenti, A.J.
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:41:36 -0500 From: "DiVincenti, A.J." <ADiVin@lsusd.lsuhsc.edu> Subject: Mullet >(Well, with the exception of pushing the pedal to the medal on the freeways, but then, any >mullet head in an IROC can do that, too.) ;-) Yes, I do believe CP is the official SCCA Solo II Mullet class. aj
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#2. RE: [E36M3] Good tire dealers in bay area - from MDadgar@handspring.com
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 12:46:32 -0700 From: MDadgar@handspring.com Subject: RE: [E36M3] Good tire dealers in bay area Yella wrote: > I have a set of brand new Toyo T1-S tires that need to > be mounted and balanced. Does anyone in the SF bay > area know of a good place(preferably south bay) that > does this? Dealer is asking $200 for this. > Custom Alignment. www.customalignment.com They're not cheap ($125 for mounting/balancing the set), but they do fantastic work. They're a bunch of racers themselves. And you can even select them as a Ship To address from the Tire Rack ordering page. You gotta love these guys. For example: Me: Hi, I need an alignment. CA: Ok, what kind of car? Me: It's an '88 M3. CA: Street car or track car? LOVE that. - Mark '95 M3 '97 528i 5-spd '88 M3, Hennarot ---- 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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#3. Re: Vibration after tire rotation - from Davy Chou
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 00 12:56:16 -0700 From: Davy Chou <chou.d@apple.com> Subject: Re: Vibration after tire rotation I have IFG 17 X 9 on all four corners with 5mm HR spacers in the front and upon rotating the rear tires to front, I am now experiencing slight vibration on the steering while crusing at 65 or 70 mph. Does anyone ever encounter this with similar set up on their M3/4? I have never hit the curve and wondering if I just need to balance the wheels or alignment or both are needed. Thanks, davy 98M3/4
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#4. Re: [E36M3] Re: Vibration after tire rotation - from Rich Gay
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 15:41:19 -0500 From: "Rich Gay" <rich_gay@linbeck.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: Vibration after tire rotation on 7/24/00 3:03 PM, Davy Chou at chou.d@apple.com wrote: > I have IFG 17 X 9 on all four corners with 5mm HR spacers in the front > and upon rotating the rear tires to front, I am now experiencing slight > vibration on the steering while crusing at 65 or 70 mph. Does anyone > ever encounter this with similar set up on their M3/4? I have never hit > the curve and wondering if I just need to balance the wheels or alignment > or both are needed. I've used the H&R 5mm spacers with my track wheels, on the front, and experienced this. I am pretty sure it is due to the wheel not having enough hub extension to mount on due to the spacer, and being very slightly off-center, and thus out of balance. My solution was to stop using the spacers :) I can get away with this on my car, which has this setup: - H&R springs (the least-aggressive, least lowering variety) - koni's - UUC sways - BMW 17 x 8.5 wheels with 41mm offset - Kumho 245/45/17 or Hoosier 240/45/17 tires I've not run street tires on these wheels. I run the original '95 10-spoke wheels, which are 7.5 width. - Rich
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#5. RE: [E36M3] Re: Vibration after tire rotation - from Robert Jackowitz
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 16:46:05 -0400 From: Robert Jackowitz <RJackowitz@HARVPART.COM> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Re: Vibration after tire rotation Davy, M3 steering (and BMW steering in general) is very sensitive to vibration. The easy answer is: put the wheels back where they originally came from. BMW does not recommend tire rotation (according to my service advisor). The more difficult answer is: try to systematically determine where/why the problem exists. I had a similar problem about a year ago which lasted for six weeks and cost me over $1,000 on new tire, new wheel, multiple balancings and alignments. Two dealers using their "special" balancing techniques and two high-end tire shops all claimed perfection, but driving proved otherwise. Culprit turned out to be a front wheel which balanced out just fine but vibrated once it hit the road. Suggestions: Have you changed the rotational direction of the tires? (i.e. RR to LF. Most tires won't like this, even some bi-directional ones.) If not, try to determine which front wheel setup is causing the vibration. Swap the left side tires front to rear and go for a ride. Fixed? If not, return the left side tires and swap the right side tires. I also hear that spacers can sometimes cause balancing problems. You may want to have the front wheels balanced with the spacer adhered to them. Also wheels should be mounted with the valve stem on the same side as the rotor retaining screw. HTH, Rob On Monday, July 24, 2000 4:04 PM, Davy Chou [SMTP:chou.d@apple.com] wrote: > Date: Mon, 24 Jul 00 12:56:16 -0700 > From: Davy Chou <chou.d@apple.com> > Subject: Re: Vibration after tire rotation > > I have IFG 17 X 9 on all four corners with 5mm HR spacers in the front > and upon rotating the rear tires to front, I am now experiencing slight > vibration on the steering while crusing at 65 or 70 mph. Does anyone > ever encounter this with similar set up on their M3/4? I have never hit > the curve and wondering if I just need to balance the wheels or alignment > or both are needed. > > Thanks, > > davy > 98M3/4 >
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#6. Re: [E36M3] Re: Vibration after tire rotation - from Chester Wong
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:01:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Chester Wong <chester_p_wong@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: Vibration after tire rotation If you must run spacers, Steve D sells high quality 10mm ones that have a hub extension that allows the wheel to be properly mounted and centered. Chester --- Rich Gay <rich_gay@linbeck.com> wrote: > I've used the H&R 5mm spacers with my track wheels, on the front, and > experienced this. I am pretty sure it is due to the wheel not having enough > hub extension to mount on due to the spacer, and being very slightly > off-center, and thus out of balance. > > My solution was to stop using the spacers :) I can get away with this on my > car, which has this setup: ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
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#7. Re: 95 Dinan SC Dyno #'s - from Paul Elliott
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 18:21:52 -0400 From: "Paul Elliott" <pelliott@rcn.com> Subject: Re: 95 Dinan SC Dyno #'s Jon, You have a '95....Therefore, wouldnt it be pretty easy to adjust your A/F mixture with a tool/meter thing? Or, because the problem only occurs at a thin range, does that make it hard to do. _____________________________ Paul Elliott '99 Alpine White M3; <20000 mi; Forged M dbl-spokes; Rotex pads; Dinan Stage II Supercharger; Stygar Short Shift Kit; Skaags pedals -----Original Message----- From: Jon Massengale <jon@aestechnology.com> To: Paul Elliott <pelliott@rcn.com> Cc: e36m3@bmwmpower.com <e36m3@bmwmpower.com> Date: Monday, July 24, 2000 2:28 PM Subject: Re: 95 Dinan SC Dyno #'s >Paul, > >Thanks for the input. I agree that its pretty close to the advertised #s >and is not bad. I don't know exactly what the car should make as it has some >additional mods-Triflow exhaust, Big bore TGB, hydraulic lifters. If you >could see the graph where the power drops sharply at the exact moment the >mix goes very rich. It looks like its gets way too rich. The last >supercharged car I had (Corvette) was running too rich and after driving it >for 6 months I dynoed it and with a turn of a screw on the fuel pressure >regulator I picked up 80lb/ft! I realize that this is different becuase it >involves such a small protion of the rpm band (6100-6600) but I think I'm >losing around 15-20rwhp by the look of the graph. I thought about the >ducting but have not looked closely at it yet. The dyno room is enclosed >and air conditioned to 75 degrees with vent tubes for the exhaust. > >Jon > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Paul Elliott" <pelliott@rcn.com> >To: <jon@aestechnology.com> >Cc: "E36M3" <e36m3@bmwmpower.com> >Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 7:16 PM >Subject: 95 Dinan SC Dyno #'s > > >> Jon, >> >> >until 6100 @ 275HP >> > TQ peak was 241 @ 5500 >> >> Let's see...multiply by 1.21 and you get a crank equivalent of about 330 >hp >> and torque peak of 290 ft lbs...As I recall, that's real close to Dinan's >> advertised peaks for that unit on that car. Excellent. Dinan does tend >to >> be somewhat conservative in their tuning, opting for longevity and >> reliability over high peaks and wow type numbers. I think your appraisal >> of what's going on is right on. Tuning for safety and strength. Also, I >> bet Matt is right also...Try it again on a 60 degree day and I bet you'll >> come real close to that 290 number. Do you have the powerdyne or the >> Vortech...Have you tried any air ducting to bring cooler air to the >filter? >> may help some. >> _____________________________ >> Paul Elliott >> '99 Alpine White M3; <20000 mi; Forged M dbl-spokes; Rotex pads; Dinan >Stage >> II Supercharger >> >> >> >
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#8. Re: [E36M3] Re: Vibration after tire rotation - from Jim Powell
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 15:48:52 -0700 From: Jim Powell <jsp98m3@home.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: Vibration after tire rotation I'd take some cleaner to the hubs, spacers and the back of the wheels first just to make sure everything is absolutely clean before I spent any more money. But truthfully, one of the tires is probably worn funny or flat spotted. Jim Chester Wong wrote: > If you must run spacers, Steve D sells high quality 10mm ones that have a hub > extension that allows the wheel to be properly mounted and centered. > > Chester
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#9. RE: Jon Caldito, are you out there? ABS question. - from Aswtguy2c@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 18:56:09 EDT From: Aswtguy2c@aol.com Subject: RE: Jon Caldito, are you out there? ABS question. Eric, Yes, the dealer can hook up either a DIS or MoDIC and check out fault codes that are in the ABS system. It can say either be the sensors, the ABS hydraulic system, short to ground or short to batt + on some harness, etc. I don't think M3s had trailing arm bushings.. maybe you meant the rear central arm bushings. Hope this helps and fix that O2 sensor! =) Jonathan Caldito BMW Tech (L1 Trainee for now)
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#10. RMS SC Dyno Numbers - from Bradley J. Otoupalik
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:07:13 -0700 From: "Bradley J. Otoupalik" <otoupalik@pobox.com> Subject: RMS SC Dyno Numbers The problem with these kits is that you really need to have a custom chip. Mr. Conforti just tuned one for us and we had great results, but he had to do A LOT of work! Don't be fooled into thinking that you can drop in this type of mod with the best results! Brad Bradley J. Otoupalik