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#1. Parts for sale- E36 - from BL5194@aol.com
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 16:31:40 EST From: BL5194@aol.com Subject: Parts for sale- E36 Hello, I have the following items for sale from my M3/4. 1. (4) 18x8.5 Racing Dynamics RGS wheels with 235/35/18 Michelin MXX3 tires. Wheels have 2 summers on them and the tires were purchased in the spring of 2000. All the wheels are in good condition with nothing more than normal wear (no rash or large scratches) The tires are half tread or better. New the package was over $3k. I'm asking $1650 and split freight. 2. 3.46 Ring and Pinion from my M3. I have upgraded again to a 3.73 when I changed to the 6 speed. This ring and pinion has less than 5k miles on it from new. Was purchased from Motorsport in Europe. Asking $550.00 plus the freight. Please email me with any questions or offers. I also have lots of other parts taking up space in my garage that I'm forgetting, so just ask. Thanks for the time. Brian Leib 98 M3/4...lots and lots and lots of $$$ down the drain, but I have cool toys to show for it
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#2. Re: [E36M3] tire wear and camber - from Steve Hazard
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 16:52:39 -0500 From: Steve Hazard <SHazard@nhboston.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] tire wear and camber Eric, for autocrossing you generally want some toe in for the rear. This helps the car "bite" better exiting tight radius corners when your 25% diff is working overtime. Toe in on the front aids in turn in....if your willing to do it....I'm not. I run a fixed alignment for the entire season and any toe at all up front with 2.7-3.0 degrees of Neg Camber will chew inside edges to dust.....My car commutes 75 miles a day on the Highway..... I run zero toe in front and just a smiggen of toe in in the rear.....works great for me... Regards, Steve True, toe in will wear the outside of the tires more when cornering. But with the amount of rear camber, even the factory setting, the rear tires will be scrubbing as you drive in a straight line. Too much toe in and the insides of the rear tires take a lot of abuse. I can't speak for anyone else, but most of my driving is in a straight line. I have a friend who had an M3 a while back who ran toe OUT in the rear for autocross, said it really helped the car turn. He was usually competing for FTD, so it must have worked. Come to think of it, he got rid of his M3 and got an S4, just like Sean... Eric 95 M3 00 Passat Wagon
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#3. UUC Sway Bar Impressions and Questions - from Bora Akyol
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 14:19:00 -0800 From: Bora Akyol <akyol@pluris.com> Subject: UUC Sway Bar Impressions and Questions After sorting out the bearing problems for the rear links, I had a chance to drive the car aggressively for a day or two. Here are my impressions of having these sway bars on my car (everything else in the suspension is stock): The sway bars (tubular) were set at second hole from the bar ends (note that tubulars have four holes) in the front and full soft in the back. 1) The turn-in is much crisper. This is especially pronounced in very tight turns. I can now rotate the car with throttle. 2) Body roll is significantly reduced. The steering response is much better. 3) Stickiness of the car in wide left hand turns is improved. 4) I have noticed increased vibration and noise but not by much. Overall I am quite happy minus the questions below: 1) I still have a very slight sound coming from the rear only when traveling around 5-10 mph and on rough surfaces. The sound can not be replicated by compressing and releasing the suspension when the car is at rest. It does not sound like a bushing squeak and I am pretty sure it is not the bearings. Where should I start looking. Can I be hearing something that is actually coming from the front. What are possibilities. 2) I have been warned against the handling characteristics of a car that has had sway bars installed but frankly the car feels darn natural to me. What should I watch for? 3) I believe that e-brake cables may be slightly rubbing at the ends of the sway bars. Where can I tie the e-brake cables without tightening the e-brake and dragging? Thanks Bora Bora Akyol Pluris akyol@pluris.com
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#4. Re: [E36M3] Toyo RA-1 Info - from Mark Radelow
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 23:19:02 -0000 From: "Mark Radelow" <radelow@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Toyo RA-1 Info Wow...that makes me wonder... My car has the LTW rims which I believe are different size front and rear (they are different offsets, that's for sure). Anyway, the PO bought brand new Pilots right before I bought the car and had them put 235 (the factory 95 size) on all the way around. Car seems to drive okay, but should I be concerned??? Mark 95 ///M3 91 GTi 16v From: "twisty M3" <twistym3@hotmail.com> Reply-To: "twisty M3" <twistym3@hotmail.com> To: E36M3 <e36m3@bmwmpower.com> Subject: [E36M3] Toyo RA-1 Info Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 14:48:03 -0600 Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:39:02 -0800 From: "twisty M3" <twistym3@hotmail.com> Subject: [E36M3] Toyo RA-1 Info A few months back, after some inquiring, I relayed some info along to the group that Toyo would be offering a 235/40-17 in the RA-1 in the spring. I know Jim Basset gave us this info also and I can't remember if he had given more info than that, so I apologize if the following is redundant. I had some further inquiries that I was checking on and here are the answers that I received from the Toyo Rep. I hope this is helpful to someone besides myself. ;-) "We will have 235/40R17 in the Proxes RA-1 available around February of 2001. There should be no problem running this size all the way around since the older M3's came with this size all around. But there is a problem with the rim width. The problem is not that you shouldn't run the same tire size on different rim widths. The problem is that a 235/40R17 requires a minimum of an 8" wide wheel. Also keep in mind that many people who run competition tires on their BMW M3's run 235/40R17 in the front and 255/40R17 in the rear, or sometimes 255/40R17 all the way around (our 255/40R17 RA-1 will also be available in February of 2001). Before you buy your dedicated set of track wheels, you should talk with other people and determine if you may want to go wider. Unfortunately, we do not plant to have 225/45R17 or 245/40R17 in the RA-1. Because we sell this tire in such low volumes, making two sizes for such a specific application could not be justified financially." _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ************************************************************* List Commands UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. ************************************************************* _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
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#5. Re: [E36M3] Toyo RA-1 Info - from twisty M3
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 15:23:31 -0800 From: "twisty M3" <twistym3@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Toyo RA-1 Info Yeah, that got me curious too. Both Toyo and Yokohama reps told me that 8.0" wheels are the smallest size you'd want to put 235s on. Yet the lightweights came with 235s from the factory... Does BMW know something that tire manufacturers don't? Jonathan L. >From: "Mark Radelow" > >Wow...that makes me wonder... My car has the LTW rims which I believe are >different size front and rear (they are different offsets, that's for >sure). Anyway, the PO bought brand new Pilots right before I bought the >car and had them put 235 (the factory 95 size) on all the way around. Car >seems to drive okay, but should I be concerned??? > >Mark >95 ///M3 >91 GTi 16v > _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
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#6. Re: [E36M3] Wheel frozen on hub question - from Jeremy Lucas
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 18:25:54 -0500 From: "Jeremy Lucas" <jlucas@columbus.rr.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Wheel frozen on hub question Does anyone with European two-piece M3 front rotors have problems with front wheel sticking?? Just curious, if those need some anti-seize too. Jeremy Lucas 95 M3 (with two-piece rotors)
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#7. Re: [E36M3] Toyo RA-1 Info - from Bora Akyol
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 15:52:32 -0800 From: Bora Akyol <akyol@pluris.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Toyo RA-1 Info My car has 17x7.5" inch wheels from the factory and 235s. No problems so far. Bora At 03:38 PM 11/30/2000, twisty M3 wrote: >Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 15:23:31 -0800 >From: "twisty M3" <twistym3@hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: [E36M3] Toyo RA-1 Info > >Yeah, that got me curious too. Both Toyo and Yokohama reps told me that >8.0" wheels are the smallest size you'd want to put 235s on. Yet the >lightweights came with 235s from the factory... Does BMW know something >that tire manufacturers don't? > >Jonathan L. > > >>From: "Mark Radelow" >> >>Wow...that makes me wonder... My car has the LTW rims which I believe >>are different size front and rear (they are different offsets, that's for >>sure). Anyway, the PO bought brand new Pilots right before I bought the >>car and had them put 235 (the factory 95 size) on all the way >>around. Car seems to drive okay, but should I be concerned??? >> >>Mark >>95 ///M3 >>91 GTi 16v > >_____________________________________________________________________________________ >Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com > > >************************************************************* >List Commands >UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. >************************************************************* Bora Akyol Pluris akyol@pluris.com
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#8. Re: [E36M3] Toyo RA-1 Info - from twisty M3
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 16:01:39 -0800 From: "twisty M3" <twistym3@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Toyo RA-1 Info I wouldn't really think so anyway... I've never heard of anyone having problems with the 235s on the lightweights... just a curious point. Oh well, nothing to worry about I'm sure. I'm not running the 235 personally, anyway. I'm just looking for future options if and when I get new wheels (those new SSRs look good). Life would just be much easier if one of these companies made R-compound tires in the 225s and 245s. Jonathan L. >From: Bora Akyol 0 > >My car has 17x7.5" inch wheels from the factory and 235s. No problems so >far. > >Bora > _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
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#9. Re: [E36M3] tire wear and camber - from Sean Hester
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 16:35:23 -0800 From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] tire wear and camber >I have a friend who had an M3 a while back >who ran toe OUT in the rear for autocross, said it really helped the car >turn. >He was usually competing for FTD, so it must have worked. a little bit of toe out DOES make the car turn in better. i use toe out on my road race cars. but this comes at the expense of ALOT of instability at high speeds, jitteryness (is that a word?) under hard braking, and the tendancy to "wander" when you're trying to go in a straight line. that's NOT something you want on a car that's gonna see ANY street time at all. and it's even something some of the racers i know don't think is worth it for the extra bit you get for turn ins. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
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#10. Re: [E36M3] Toyo RA-1 Info - from Sean Hester
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 16:43:35 -0800 From: "Sean Hester" <seanh_race@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Toyo RA-1 Info >"We will have 235/40R17 in the Proxes RA-1 available around February of >2001. >There should be no problem running this size all the way around since the >older M3's came with this size all around. But there is a problem with the >rim width. The problem is not that you shouldn't run the same tire size on >different rim widths. The problem is that a 235/40R17 requires a minimum >of >an 8" wide wheel. know what? michellin says the same thing about the MXX3 in 235/40/17 size. yet they came that way on my 95 M3. go figure. and...dunlop says that about the tires they put on M3s at tehf actory (with 7.5 inch rims) in fact, as far as i know, every tire manufacturer says you need 8 inch rims for 235/40/17 tires. but... since i've never used a wheel other then the stock 10 spoke 17/7.5 on my M3, and i've gone through 50 sets of 235/40/17 tires from 6 companies (9 tire models) i'm not sure why it's officially a "bad fit". the tires DO get pinched in a tiny bit on 7.5 inch rims, and would probably perform a bit better on 8 inch rims. but i don't consider it a safety issue. (but please don't sue me of you have problems. ;-) _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com