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#1. M3 suspension upgrade? - from Gerry Miranda
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:29:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Gerry Miranda <gerry_miranda@yahoo.com> Subject: M3 suspension upgrade? Well, I'm currently deciding to upgrade the suspension on my car and would like to know what everyone thought of the following choices: 1) Dinan Stage 2 2)TC Kline Track Line 3)TMS Bilstien/HR setup 4)HR Coil overs 5) Koni Coilovers (under $1000) at tire rack. The car is a 97 M3/4. Used mainly for daily driving, some autocross and driver school. It's already running A032R on the streets so that just says performance over comfort but streetable. Thanks, Gerry ===== Gerry 97 M3/4 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
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#2. I'll take Wheel Bearing for $500, Alex... - from Patrick Sarne
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:39:40 -0700 From: Patrick Sarne <PatrickS@HoyleDonnelly.com> Subject: I'll take Wheel Bearing for $500, Alex... OK, so it looks like the rumble is indeed a wheel bearing (thanks, Joe and Andrew). I would like to tackle this job myself and Steve D has a good right up on how to do this rather easily on his website (www.ultimategarage.com) on how to do this and it doesn't seem half as daunting as I would have thought. My next question is this... Short of dropping a load (not THAT kind of load...get your mind out of the gutter, Powell!) on the fancy-schmancy BMW bearing puller-do-hickey and installer-thing-a-ma-jig, what have you kind folks had success with in removal and installation of the front wheel bearing of the E36 M3? Anyone in the San Diego area have one that they'd like to loan me? Suggestions? Tips? Ridicule? OK, I can do without the ridicule... Much obliged, Patrick
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#3. Re: [E36M3] Monday confessions - from Sean Hester
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:48:02 PDT From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Monday confessions > Geez, it sounds like confession time here on the list. "I got a >rumble from the front end..." "There's this dragging sound..." Hey, c'mon >guys, you had fun, right? My brakes are shot ( a quick double pump on the >pedal wakes them up ) the tires are fried, but I had a blast at the Button >Willow HPDS with the great folks from the Sandy Eggo BMWCCA. > How 'bout that late night "let's go for ice cream" run on Sat nite >after the bbq? > Anyone else have fun this weekend? i raced my car this weekend. in the first race the oil filter seal popped off, spilling oil all over the track causing myself and 6 other cars to spin off. it also caught my engine on fire. ;-P the afternoon was spent fixing/cleaning up that mess, so i could go out for the 2nd race. (i race two groups) in that race, my entire exaust system fell off the car, and i ran over it with my right rear tire, seriuosly mangling one of my fragile/expensive hoosier racing tires. at least i did get to finish that race (though a lap down after coming into the pits to see if the tire was still holding air and all dangling pieces were taken off) is that the kind of fun you were talking about? P.S. racing/HPDing certainly IS fun. but things certainly DO break. ;-( _________________________________________________________________________ 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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#4. RE: [E36M3] Monday morning and shit happens - from Matt Henson
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:54:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Henson <hensonator@yahoo.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Monday morning and shit happens Cools the engine compartment, eh? Maybe this is not an optional piece for those of us who have turbo cars. The turbo install instructions say to remove it to make room for the pipes. But it gets hotter'n Hades in there on a hot day. Like can't touch anything under the bonnet hot. Sounds like we should find a way to add this piece back in, with the appropriate mods to make it fit. -Matt --- "Mount, Mike" <JMMn@pge.com> wrote: > Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 11:36:55 -0700 > From: "Mount, Mike" <JMMn@pge.com> > Subject: RE: [E36M3] Monday morning and shit happens > > Dragging sound? Plastic piece hanging below the > engine? Hmmm, > never heard of this one. Not! Welcome to the club. > It'll run ya about 85 > skins, and the suspected cause is driving fast. go > figure. Doesn't Suzy's > website have a link to a design supposed to last? > My service advisor said it channels air through the > engine bay, > helping to cool and keeping roadkill from 'roasting' > after getting stuck to > your headers. Whether you can 'go without it' > depends on how much you love > your baby and how much money you enjoy spending > needlessly. > It's a cheap part, go for it. > We've all been there, > Mike > '95 M3 > da kar is yellow __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
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#5. Re: [E36M3] Monday confessions - from Rich Gay
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 15:58:18 -0500 From: "Rich Gay" <rich_gay@linbeck.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Monday confessions on 9/25/00 3:55 PM, Sean Hester at seanh_race@hotmail.com wrote: > i raced my car this weekend. in the first race the oil filter seal popped > off, spilling oil all over the track causing myself and 6 other cars to spin > off. it also caught my engine on fire. ;-P > > the afternoon was spent fixing/cleaning up that mess, so i could go out for > the 2nd race. (i race two groups) in that race, my entire exaust system > fell off the car, and i ran over it with my right rear tire, seriuosly > mangling one of my fragile/expensive hoosier racing tires. at least i did > get to finish that race (though a lap down after coming into the pits to see > if the tire was still holding air and all dangling pieces were taken off) You must have some seriously bad car karma... if we ever meet in person I don't want you anywhere near my car! - Rich
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#6. Monday confessions (Button Willow HPDS) - from Patrick Sarne
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:57:31 -0700 From: Patrick Sarne <PatrickS@HoyleDonnelly.com> Subject: Monday confessions (Button Willow HPDS) Mike asks: Hey, c'mon guys, you had fun, right? I know that I sure did (despite the toasted wheel bearing)...the first line of my original post even says so! Fortunately, I have a wonderful resource in this digest in which to help diagnose those problems that do arise. My favorite line of the weekend was by John DeMartino... "Now all he needs is a girlfriend to f*ck that all up." You had to be there, it was great. (John, did I quote you correctly?) Still high from the track, Patrick
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#7. RE: [E36M3] Monday confessions (Button Willow HPDS) - from Robert Chay
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:09:54 -0700 From: "Robert Chay" <rchay@mindspring.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Monday confessions (Button Willow HPDS) Hell yeah! I had a blast and actually managed to keep all my wheels on pavement (unlike some people.<hint: J'A'P :)>) It was an all around good time and no serious damage except for some egos. SD puts one helluva HPDS. -Bobby ps. RK's with Kumho's for sale (17x8, et38, 225/45) > -----Original Message----- > From: Mount, Mike [mailto:JMMn@pge.com] > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 12:35 PM > To: E36M3 > Subject: [E36M3] Monday confessions (Button Willow HPDS) > > > Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 12:22:18 -0700 > From: "Mount, Mike" <JMMn@pge.com> > Subject: Monday confessions (Button Willow HPDS) > > > Geez, it sounds like confession time here on the list. "I got a > rumble from the front end..." "There's this dragging sound..." > Hey, c'mon > guys, you had fun, right? My brakes are shot ( a quick double pump on the > pedal wakes them up ) the tires are fried, but I had a blast at the Button > Willow HPDS with the great folks from the Sandy Eggo BMWCCA. > How 'bout that late night "let's go for ice cream" run on Sat nite > after the bbq? > Anyone else have fun this weekend? > Mike > '95 M3 > da kar is yellow > > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > ************************************************************* > >
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#8. RE: [E36M3] Monday confessions (Button Willow HPDS) - from Robert Chay
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:12:05 -0700 From: "Robert Chay" <rchay@mindspring.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Monday confessions (Button Willow HPDS) That was in reference to a 24yo guy with a 911 Turbo (993) and rents an apt. I think you still had to be there :) -Bobby > -----Original Message----- > > <snip> > My favorite line of the weekend was by John DeMartino... "Now all he needs > is a girlfriend to f*ck that all up." > You had to be there, it was great. (John, did I quote you correctly?) > >
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#9. Who drive what at Button Willow? - from Mount, Mike
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:13:11 -0700 From: "Mount, Mike" <JMMn@pge.com> Subject: Who drive what at Button Willow? Okay, it's time for more confessions, I drove the Dakar Yellow M3. Let's hear some confessions, it's good for the soul. And I want to know what was done to elicit that comment at B/W, it must have been fun! Mike '95 M3 da kar is yellow
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#10. steering racks revisited - from daanesh chanduwadia
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 21:20:06 GMT From: "daanesh chanduwadia" <daanesh@hotmail.com> Subject: steering racks revisited About a year ago I found out that the rack in my '95 was shot. When I replaced it, I decided to go with the rack from a later M3 based on a)what I had seen on this list and b) what my mechanic told me re: the 95 being a variable ratio and the 96ŕ being fixed. Well, Fast Facts disagrees: vehicle Ratio lock-to-lock 1995 M3 15.4:1-19.8:1 3.0 1996 M3 variable (TBD) (TBD) 1997 M3 15.6:1* (ND) 1998 M3 15.6:1* (ND) 1999 M3 17.8:1* 3.2 95 325i/is 16.8 3.4 96,97 328i/is 16.8:1 3.4 1998 328i/is 15.4:1 3.2 1999 328i/is 15.4:1 3.4 *variable ratio; figure given is mean ratio I’m going to check part numbers (again) to see if they agree with the Fast Facts, and then my car to see what I have. For the record, I preferred the car before the change: while the variable ratio might not be optimum for autocross, the car feels twitchier at speed and requires more lock to negotiate sharp turns. The longer I have my M3, the more I wish I left it alone… daanesh chanduwadia p.s. with all this talk of wheel bearings, I found it interesting that the 1997 M3 has “stronger hubs.” But then again Fast Facts also lists “improved suspension geometry”, and “front anti-roll bar linked to struts for lighter weight and greater effectiveness.” _________________________________________________________________________ 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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#11. Re: [E36M3] I'll take Wheel Bearing for $500, Alex... - from Matt Henson
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:20:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Henson <hensonator@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] I'll take Wheel Bearing for $500, Alex... When I replaced my front wheel bearing it came right off with minimal force. If necessary, I think it's possible to make a fairly simple puller from pieces of metal or whatever lying around the garage. The hard part for me was finding the big honking socket for the big honking nut (32mm? 34?). It the end I found that harbor freight sold them for like $5. I've got a retail shop 10mins from my house so I have access to all kinds of ways to break my knuckles. Just make sure that you get new front and rear seals and a new dust cap along with the bearing assembly. I don't think that they are included as a kit. Good luck! -Matt --- Patrick Sarne <PatrickS@HoyleDonnelly.com> wrote: > Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 13:39:40 -0700 > From: Patrick Sarne <PatrickS@HoyleDonnelly.com> > Subject: I'll take Wheel Bearing for $500, Alex... > > OK, so it looks like the rumble is indeed a wheel > bearing (thanks, Joe and > Andrew). I would like to tackle this job myself and > Steve D has a good > right up on how to do this rather easily on his > website > (www.ultimategarage.com) on how to do this and it > doesn't seem half as > daunting as I would have thought. My next question > is this... > > Short of dropping a load (not THAT kind of > load...get your mind out of the > gutter, Powell!) on the fancy-schmancy BMW bearing > puller-do-hickey and > installer-thing-a-ma-jig, what have you kind folks > had success with in > removal and installation of the front wheel bearing > of the E36 M3? Anyone > in the San Diego area have one that they'd like to > loan me? Suggestions? > Tips? Ridicule? OK, I can do without the > ridicule... > > Much obliged, > Patrick > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/