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#1. Re: [E36M3] Water Ingestion Flap Removal? - from Jim Powell
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Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 12:05:12 -0700 From: Jim Powell <jsp98m3@home.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Water Ingestion Flap Removal? If you have SC car, the airfilter isn't in that spot anymore. Don't worry about it. Jim "F. Graziano" wrote: > > Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 13:55:34 -0400 > From: "F. Graziano" <fgraziano@monmouth.com> > Subject: Water Ingestion Flap Removal? > > i have a 95M3 with the Dinan S/C kit. Is there a point to removing this > flap since i don't have a N/A car? or is more air better? > thanks, > Frank > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > *************************************************************
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#2. SMG for track junkies? - from Carlos Lopez
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Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 13:23:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Carlos Lopez <clopez95m3@yahoo.com> Subject: SMG for track junkies? I just read Andrew mentioning the track junkies would love it. Can you explain? I'm sometimes torn between the love of shifting the car versus not wanting to shift it because it's a pain in the ass when I can't do it properly. For the first time I drove a carburated car on track (a '79 ITA prepared RX-7) and talk about a car that is hard to drive fast. I must have missed 3-4 shifts in about 10 laps I ran in it at Gingerman. The carburator was something else, it would kick in somewhere between partial and full throttle at the wrong times of course and kick the back end loose. No thanks! too much work. ;-) I'll stick to the easy-as-pie to drive BMWs. My E30 M3 felt like a Cadillac compared to that thing. SMG and all you'd have to do is steer and slap a stick every once in a while, no? Just curious. Carlos E30 M3 w/a Skagg's pedal I can finally heel/toe this bad boy. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
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#3. Re: Which M3 Year is best? - from Neil Maller
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Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 16:13:05 -0500 From: Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> Subject: Re: Which M3 Year is best? on 9/3/00 11:18, E36M3 at e36m3@bmwmpower.com wrote: > Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 03:49:24 -0700 > From: "Keith Tsang" <ktsang1@uclink4.berkeley.edu> > Subject: Which M3 Year is best? > > Hello, I'm in the market for a used M3 and was wondering which year M3 is > the best. I had read an article in Road and Track recently about used M3's > and they suggested the 97 and newer models due to their stronger mid range > torque, however, I've heard from others in this mailing list the 95's are > better. Another concern for me also is the reliability, since from the > research I've done it looks like the 97's tend to be more reliable. Any > inpus would be greatly appreciated. Ah but Keith, the question is: Best for what? And secondarily, at what price? Obviously a 95 is going to be cheaper than a later model, other things being equal. If you want to modify the engine for significant extra horsepower (short of bolting on a super- or turbocharger) then the 95 is a more receptive platform. With a JimC chip, intake system, and Euro HFM you can get at least 265 HP. That level isn't attainable from the 96+ 3.2 litre without expensive internal engine work. However for a daily driver most people prefer the 96+ car. There's more torque low down, the creature comforts are at a higher level, and the usual running improvements to the design have been made. A JimC chip and intake will increase power, but a similarly equipped 3.0 will be faster. Among the 3.2s, basically the more recent the model year the better, depending on how much you want to pay. Neil 96 M3
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#4. 3. Re: [E36M3] Going off Trainee Status and my dealer experience (long) - from jim mihal
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Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 14:52:12 -0700 From: jim mihal <jmihal@jt-designs.com> Subject: 3. Re: [E36M3] Going off Trainee Status and my dealer experience (long) Jon, Remember one thing...The technician is the guy that supports the rest of the service department, so take pride in understanding this. Without him, the service department can't exist. The bad thing about being the support mechanism at the dealership is that you are at the bottom of the totem pole....and S#1+ roles down hill. If the service advisor is rushing you, you must give him an estimate of how much longer you will be. Don't let him pester you because it will only cause you to become distracted, and that's when mistakes are made. If he tells a customer that their car is ready and it's not, then he'll have to answer to the management, not you. Allowing the advisor to pressure you will only train him to do so, and that won't be good for you in the long run. For you vehicle owners, if your car isn't ready, tell them you want a loaner and to deliver your car to your requested destination upon completion. Don't rush your technician, but be firm with the advisor and his manager. They will give you a vehicle. Remember, the Dealership is allotted vehicles for sale depending on many things, one of which is their CSI rating. As for who's the boss of who? The customer is everyone's boss. Without vehicles to repair, they wouldn't need a service department. Jon, I understand your enthusiasm. For what it is worth, I think a career as a technician is honorable. Jim Mihal Retired BMW Master Technician with 14 years of BMW Dealership experiences. Founder JT Designs
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#5. Water Ingestion Flap Removal? - from Paul Elliott
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Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 18:52:21 -0400 From: "Paul Elliott" <pelliott@rcn.com> Subject: Water Ingestion Flap Removal? Frank, >>i have a 95M3 with the Dinan S/C kit. Is there a point to removing this flap since i don't have a N/A car? or is more air better?<< No, there is no point in removing your water ingestion flap, but its NOT because more air isnt better...Its because, if your like all the Dinan SC kits I know of, your air filter is NOT in the stock engine bay location, where the water ingestion flap can act as a deterrant to max air flow, , but is located instead above the brake duct....So, as I've written about several times here, if you want to flow more air to your Dinan located K&N (you do!), you have 2 choices...One is to cut a hole in the top of the brake duct just in front of the filter, and route a flex air hose from the mouth of the brake duct through the hole...The other option is to remove your fog light. Both methods give you the air you should have....For, without these, you'll notice that your filter is in an enclosed area which gets very little air...as a matter of fact, the only air it gets is that which can leak through the seam allowances above the bumper, and below the headlamps...Without fresh air, youre likely to be drawing warm air which , if not vented, will be heated by the radiator which is only a short distance away....Give it more fresh air, and you'll feel more power..... _____________________________ Paul Elliott '99 Alpine White M3; <20000 mi; Forged M dbl-spokes; Rotex pads; Dinan Stage II Supercharger; Stygar Short Shift Kit and clutch stop; Skaags pedals
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#6. Re: [E36M3] SMG for track junkies? - from Andrew E. Kalman
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Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 18:29:01 -0700 From: "Andrew E. Kalman" <aek@netcom.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] SMG for track junkies? Re: >I just read Andrew mentioning the track junkies would love it. Can you >explain? > >I'm sometimes torn between the love of shifting the car versus not >wanting to shift it because it's a pain in the ass when I can't do it >properly. For the first time I drove a carburated car on track (a '79 >ITA prepared RX-7) and talk about a car that is hard to drive fast. I >must have missed 3-4 shifts in about 10 laps I ran in it at Gingerman. >The carburator was something else, it would kick in somewhere between >partial and full throttle at the wrong times of course and kick the >back end loose. No thanks! too much work. ;-) I think the main "cool" thing about SMG or paddles is that there's really no possibility of picking the wrong gear. Witness the folks who blow up their E36 M3 trannies on 4-3 "upshifts gone bad" when they meant to do 4-5 at full throttle. I would _love_ to be able to brake hard into a corner approach and just tick a lever 3 times for a 5-2 downshift. I'd have so much idle time on my hands I could probably look around and check my gauges :-) As I recall, though, BMW implemented SMG with push forward to shift up, and pull back to shift down. To me this is crazy. As you're thrown forward under braking, which is when you shift down, it's so much easier to push the shift lever towards the front of the car rather than pull it back. I think their thinking was to make it more in keeping with slushboxes, which by convention (post mid-sixties Mercedes "pagoda" 230/250/280 SL, that is ...) have you pulling the lever back for lower gears. In CART I always see push-to-downshift. Now, with steering wheel gearshift paddles a la Ferrari and Alfa Romeo (please, oh please come back to the USA) that's not really an issue. I'm pretty sure the Ferrari paddles don't move. That system isn't too popular with rally drivers, though, and I suspect it's because they shift with the steering all over the place, not strictly when going straight. Though I haven't driven a SMG-like car, I suspect my preferences would be: 1) Moves with the steering wheel, pull paddles with fingertips to shift up, push buttons with thumbs to shift down 2) SMG-like, push to downshift, pull to upshift, mounted up high in-line with steering wheel center 3) Ferrari F1 (355, 360), pull on one side (right?) to shift up, pull on other side to shift down Then there's 0) Think it, and it shifts ... -- ______________________________________ Andrew E. Kalman, Ph.D. aek@netcom.com
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#7. [E36M3] '99 M3 coupe shift console trim removal advice - from GSM M3
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Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 02:07:34 GMT From: "GSM M3" <carpediemm3@hotmail.com> Subject: [E36M3] '99 M3 coupe shift console trim removal advice Good evening gang, I'm replacing a damaged OE shift console trim, w/ a new OE in the coupe, and thought I would mention it to you all, for any possible hints, etc. I've got the Bentley's manual, though they don't give much.... The procedure starts under the rear ashtray (nothing about the arm rest removal?), then under the hazard switch, that's as far as I've gotten thus far (started too late today, finish tomorrow). The manual shows removal of the kick panel under the steering column, and states removing the glovebox. Yikes, not the dreaded glovebox removal! Does anybody have anything to offer for this task? Many thanks. Cheers, Greg '99M3 _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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#8. Re: Brake Pad Temps - from Neil Maller
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Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 22:18:58 -0500 From: Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> Subject: Re: Brake Pad Temps on 9/2/00 13:59, Gary wrote: > > Temperature measurement with a non-contact sensor is very dependent on the > emissivity characteristics of the surface. I was involved in a temperature > study of some hot melt dispensers, the person setting up the thermal imaging > system insisted there was a hot spot in the middle of the device. It turned > out to be a steel plug in an anodized aluminum body. The plug was actually > cooler, but it looked like it was hotter due to the different emissivity. Gary is of course correct. In this case the Fluke 65 I used is calibrated for a fixed 0.95 emissivity. Some more expensive IR pyrometers are adjustable. Since my brake rotors are relatively light coloured and shiny, even when darker stained after using PF90 pads, I would expect their emissivity to be lower than 0.95. This means that their actual temperature is probably higher than the Fluke 65 indicated. This is one of the reasons I said that the temperature was over 700 deg F, rather than giving an exact number. Neil 96 M3
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#9. Re: [E36M3] SMG $5? - from Paul England
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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 00:05:26 -0400 From: "Paul England" <ettsn@mindspring.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] SMG $5? Only $5? Heck, I'll take two. :) -Paul > From: "Andrew E. Kalman" <aek@netcom.com> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] What ever happened to the SMG? > > for an SMG-equipped car was automatically $5 less than a standard
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#10. Take some pics at Buttonwillow - from Jim Powell
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Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 21:18:49 -0700 From: Jim Powell <jsp98m3@home.com> Subject: Take some pics at Buttonwillow The San Diego chapter is holding a Driver's School at Buttonwillow on September 23rd and 24th. We usually have lots of photos for the newsletter taken by the editor and others. I usually take some digital ones too myself. I would like to advertise in advance for those of you who will be there with digital cameras to consider sending me your pictures in email for the club's web page. If you send me some pics, please send a short blurb about each one so I can credit the subject as well as the sender. Thanks! Jim Webmeister San Diego Chapter BMW CCA