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#1. Re: [E36M3] go-carting in Orlando ? - from Thomas Maus, Jr.
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 19:15:05 -0500 From: "Thomas Maus, Jr." <tbm2@home.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] go-carting in Orlando ? George, The best deal would be Start!! Racing, located just outside Orlando in a cow field. It is a real life kart racing track. They have four-stroke enduro karts and two-stroke sprint karts. It is some great racing. The problem is, the new owner does not live in Florida, so you would have to coincide with his schedule. I think they will have races on January 13 & 14th, and February 10 & 11th. Feel free to contact the owner, his info is below. Let me know if you are going, I will probably be there. There might be some other quasi-amusement carting in Orlando, I don't know. Tom Maus 96 Dakar Yellow ----- Original Message ----- From: "George M. Kofman" <sdg2@execpc.com> To: "E36M3" <e36m3@bmwmpower.com> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 4:53 PM Subject: [E36M3] go-carting in Orlando ? > Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 15:49:39 -0600 > From: "George M. Kofman" <sdg2@execpc.com> > Subject: go-carting in Orlando ? > > Dear Fellow Digesters; > > The whole family is going to Orlando FL right after new years. While > "breakfast with Mickey" is something the kids [and wife and grandma] are > looking forward to, I am thinking .... GO KARTING !!!!!! Where is a good > place to go ? I am not talking the wrinky-dinky $5 for 10 laps old-tired > B&S machines... I am thinking a good outdoor grand-prix course, something > like by the SFO airport. > > Ideas ? suggestions ? I am all ears ! Please cc: geo@oncontact.com when > replying to the digest. > > Happy Hannukah & Merry X-mas ! > > OBMWC: If it's going to be bitter-cold inb Milwaukee, it might as well > snow. And while talking about snow, my M3 handles much better on Pirelli > W210s with 240# of salt bags in the trunk. > > GMK > '97 MMM/4, w/ 240# of watersoftner salt in the trunk for the next few > months.... > > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > ************************************************************* > >
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#2. Re: shift knob - from Peter Fanning
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 16:49:44 -0800 From: Peter Fanning <pfanning@premier1.net> Subject: Re: shift knob Jorge, I had this happen to our '98 M3/4. Have to replace the entire knob, there are no serviceable parts. If your under warranty have the dealer replace it, mine did. Peter Fanning At 06:13 PM 12/22/2000 -0600, you wrote: >Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 14:42:22 -0800 >From: "Rodriguez, Jorge ATD" <jorge.atd.rodriguez@intel.com> >Subject: Illuminated shift knob... no more :-( > >Hi all; > >My 98 M3 coupe no longer illuminates shift knob when I turn on the lights. >Briefly spoke to local dealer service rep. He stated that it is not >serviceable, need to replace whole knob! >Can anyone confirm, deny and/or provide guidance on how to "re-illuminate" >it ;-> >regards, > >jpr >98 Cosmos Schwartz ///M3 coupe
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#3. Happy Holidays - from ERogers005@aol.com
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 20:21:00 EST From: ERogers005@aol.com Subject: Happy Holidays Happy Holidays everyone and a big Thank You and Merry Christmas to our list mistress Susie for continuing to produce the best M3 site on the web. Cheers, Ed Rogers
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#4. Re: [E36M3] Happy Holidays - from F. Graziano
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 20:32:07 -0500 From: "F. Graziano" <fgraziano@monmouth.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Happy Holidays Yes, happy holidays to all, and if anyone would happen to be generous to send an ERT aftercooler kit to me i think i would be able to accept it. Frank Graziano 18 kenneth drive wayside, nj 07712 Thanks hehe ----- Original Message ----- From: <ERogers005@aol.com> To: "E36M3" <e36m3@bmwmpower.com> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 8:23 PM Subject: [E36M3] Happy Holidays > Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 20:21:00 EST > From: ERogers005@aol.com > Subject: Happy Holidays > > Happy Holidays everyone and a big Thank You and Merry Christmas to our list > mistress Susie for continuing to produce the best M3 site on the web. > > Cheers, > > Ed Rogers > > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > ************************************************************* > > >
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#5. Re: [E36M3] Illuminated shift knob... no more :-( - from Skip Bogard
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 20:27:46 -0500 From: Skip Bogard <skip.bogard@alumni.duke.edu> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Illuminated shift knob... no more :-( If you are careful, you can pry the badge off the top and then remove the old LED ring that you see is just an encapsulation of plastic parts. Discard that LED ring, or if you wish first, you can test it to see if you just have a broken lead.. you might be able to fix it. But, if you've gotten this far disassembling it, you can go to Radio Shack and buy an LED and make your shifter light up the way God intended: ORANGE. I seem to recall BMW lights are 605 nanometers, from memory. From memory, Radio Shack orange LEDS are 613-620...close enough. There is a procedure on the http://www.mz3.net board on how to make a stainless steel BMW shifter light up. You can use this as a starting point. The actual article is at http://www.mz3.net/articles/015.html, it mumbles something about both an LED and a 470 ohm resistor. I think that would be Yellow, Violet, Brown, but don't hold me to that. I don't know what wattage resistor would be appropriate, but big enough to carry the current the LED pulls. Don't start a fire with a super big LED and too small a resistor, I defer to the real EE's here. - Skip "Rodriguez, Jorge ATD" wrote: > > Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 14:42:22 -0800 > From: "Rodriguez, Jorge ATD" <jorge.atd.rodriguez@intel.com> > Subject: Illuminated shift knob... no more :-( > > Hi all; > > My 98 M3 coupe no longer illuminates shift knob when I turn on the lights. > Briefly spoke to local dealer service rep. He stated that it is not > serviceable, need to replace whole knob! > Can anyone confirm, deny and/or provide guidance on how to "re-illuminate" > it ;-> > regards, > > jpr > 98 Cosmos Schwartz ///M3 coupe > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > *************************************************************
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#6. Re: [E36M3] go-carting in Orlando ? - from Thomas Maus, Jr.
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 20:27:58 -0500 From: "Thomas Maus, Jr." <tbm2@home.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] go-carting in Orlando ? Sorry George, I forgot to paste his info below. Here it is. Tom Jay de Marcken START RACING / DINO USA, Inc. RT 44 East - POB 396 Millerton, NY 12546 (518) 789-3904 dinousa@taconic.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "George M. Kofman" <sdg2@execpc.com> To: "E36M3" <e36m3@bmwmpower.com> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 4:53 PM Subject: [E36M3] go-carting in Orlando ? > Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 15:49:39 -0600 > From: "George M. Kofman" <sdg2@execpc.com> > Subject: go-carting in Orlando ? > > Dear Fellow Digesters; > > The whole family is going to Orlando FL right after new years. While > "breakfast with Mickey" is something the kids [and wife and grandma] are > looking forward to, I am thinking .... GO KARTING !!!!!! Where is a good > place to go ? I am not talking the wrinky-dinky $5 for 10 laps old-tired > B&S machines... I am thinking a good outdoor grand-prix course, something > like by the SFO airport. > > Ideas ? suggestions ? I am all ears ! Please cc: geo@oncontact.com when > replying to the digest. > > Happy Hannukah & Merry X-mas ! > > OBMWC: If it's going to be bitter-cold inb Milwaukee, it might as well > snow. And while talking about snow, my M3 handles much better on Pirelli > W210s with 240# of salt bags in the trunk. > > GMK > '97 MMM/4, w/ 240# of watersoftner salt in the trunk for the next few > months.... > > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > ************************************************************* > >
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#7. Re: [E36M3] Possible real use for fuel mileage gauge - from Donna Seeley
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 19:21:49 -0700 From: Donna Seeley <dseeley@infoasis.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Possible real use for fuel mileage gauge As far as I'm concerned, its purpose is to give me heart attacks. You see, I have an E30 M3, so I check the oil temp gauge a lot, usually as I unwind onto a straight. Under acceleration. Y'know what you see under the tach on the E36? A needle slamming to the right! It doesn't matter that it's hinged at the other end; it still gives me a fit every time. Donna ------- 88 M3, "Guido", oil temp gauge :) 95 330isA, super-commuter, gasp gauge :( 91 Dodge Ram, oil temp gauge but no tach :( > From: Miki Haraguchi <mharaguchi@yahoo.com> > Reply-To: Miki Haraguchi <mharaguchi@yahoo.com> > Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 19:43:17 -0600 > To: E36M3 <e36m3@bmwmpower.com> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] Possible real use for fuel mileage gauge > > Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 15:12:28 -0800 (PST) > From: Miki Haraguchi <mharaguchi@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] Possible real use for fuel mileage gauge > > Actually, another good use for the fuel mileage gauge from an instructor's POV > is looking at it to detect if, when, and where the student is lifting on the > race track. Hopefully it won't be in the middle of a high-speed turn. :^) > > Miki H. > LTW/328is > CCA/ProFormance Racing School Instructor > _________ > >> From: "Davis, Jake A" <Jake.Davis@SW.Boeing.com> >> Subject: Possible real use for fuel mileage gauge >> >> I know much has been written about the infamous instantaneous fuel mileage >> gauge, but it may have one real use: detecting degradation of the oxygen >> sensor. <snip> > > __________________________________________________
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#8. Re: Illuminated shift knob... - from Chris Casey
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 19:44:33 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Casey <ccasey1@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Illuminated shift knob... The same thing happened on my 99 and it was replaced (the whole knob) under warranty. I did notice, before I took it in, that if I twisted the old knob and/or pushed it back down, the connection would be made again, and the light would come on. -Chris > Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 14:42:22 -0800 > From: "Rodriguez, Jorge ATD" > <jorge.atd.rodriguez@intel.com> > Subject: Illuminated shift knob... no more :-( > > Hi all; > > My 98 M3 coupe no longer illuminates shift knob when > I turn on the lights. > Briefly spoke to local dealer service rep. He > stated that it is not > serviceable, need to replace whole knob! > Can anyone confirm, deny and/or provide guidance on > how to "re-illuminate" > it ;-> > regards, > > jpr > 98 Cosmos Schwartz ///M3 coupe __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
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#9. Re: [uuc] go-carting in Orlando ? - from Jim Powell
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 20:50:54 -0800 From: Jim Powell <jsp98m3@home.com> Subject: Re: [uuc] go-carting in Orlando ? That wench that plays Cinderalla is HOT!!! I'd go if I was you. Besides the bacon is great. Jim PS: To the other sex, Prince Charming is queerer than a 3 dollar bill, don't waste your time :) "George M. Kofman" wrote: > Dear Fellow Digesters; > > The whole family is going to Orlando FL right after new years. While > "breakfast with Mickey" is something the kids [and wife and grandma] are > looking forward to, I am thinking .... GO KARTING !!!!!!
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#10. Track Seats for E36 M3 - Suggestions* - from Robert Biggs
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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 00:15:47 -0500 From: "Robert Biggs" <parm3@home.com> Subject: Track Seats for E36 M3 - Suggestions* Vern -- I have the Recaro racing shells. The driver side seat is the SPG and the passenger side is the Pole Position. I use the car in driving schools and club racing (H stock). I am small enough in stature that I can squeeze into the SPG and, once there, you are a part of the car. A word of caution - you need a 20 year old smooth as silk cheerleaders a*% or vaseline to get in that seat. The Pole Position is larger and accomodates a wider range of, erh, bottoms. Even though my car is almost exclusively track dedicated, I believe the Recaros would be very nice on the street. A little trickier to get into, but once there quite comfortable. I also bought the TC Kline mounting brackets. They align nicely with the pedals, offer weight savings and adjustability for different drivers and ride height. The sub belt is bolted to the floor. The Recaros saved 50 lbs each in weight over my manually adjustable stock seats. Bob Biggs Just Bob Racing 96M3/2 :broke and at the bottom of that slippery slope * * * * On Fri, Dec 22 Vern Anderson wrote: "I'm going to install a pair of track seats in my 98 M3 next month so I can properly add a sub-belt, save some weight and lower the seating position a little. I'm considering the Cobra Suzuka, the Sparco Evo or the Sparco 2000. Another candidate is the Recaro SRD (although I think the SRD is more of a street seat than a track seat). 1. Has anyone had any experience with any of these seats? 2. Any others that I should seriously look at? 3. Any advice on mounting brackets and options there? 4. Any advice on mounting the sub-belt?"