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#1. staggered LTW wheels - from Jonathan Evans
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Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 13:43:29 -0400 From: "Jonathan Evans" <jonathanevans@hotmail.com> Subject: staggered LTW wheels A wider rim in the rear must give at least a slight better contact patch. More rim under the tire. I've also heard it was a high level decision not to put staggered tires on M's going to the US. Who knows? I just order 225/45-17 for the front. We'll see how different they are than the 235/40 were on the front with turn in and understeer. Still keeping the 245/40 in the rear. Jonathan 95 red M3 with stock LTW wheel option.
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#2. Re: [E36M3]Mushy brakes? - from Andrew E. Kalman
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Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 10:45:16 -0700 From: "Andrew E. Kalman" <aek@pumpkininc.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] <e36 M3>Mushy brakes? Re: >Motul 600, Super Blue, Type 200 etc. Another good fluid is the new Valvoline synthetic stuff -- costs about 1/3 of Ate Super Blue, and its boiling points are only a little bit less than Super Blues / Type 200's. Note that this is not a _silicone_ product, and it is DOT3 / DOT4 compatible. -- ______________________________________ Andrew E. Kalman, Ph.D. aek@pumpkininc.com
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#3. Byzanz 4 door 1997 of Mel Silva - from Marc.S.Edwards@QuestDiagnostics.com
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Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 10:39:51 -0700 From: Marc.S.Edwards@QuestDiagnostics.com Subject: Byzanz 4 door 1997 of Mel Silva Mel has one. Wen identified rarity. I have a friend in Portland Oregon that has the car that Mel Silva has including mulberry, lux, 5 speed etc. I have only senn 4 of these Byzanz cars....2 in NJ, one at a school at Putnam Park around Ofest, and one more somewhere else. A keeper for sure. Marc 1995 M3 LTW (another rare bird of a different color and stripe)
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#4. re: Which Tires - from nzw212@yahoo.com
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Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 10:55:34 -0700 (PDT) From: <nzw212@yahoo.com> Subject: re: Which Tires Brent, I don't have experience with the others but I recently got Yok AVS Sports and they're great. Terrific dry and surprisingly competent in the wet stuff. I'd definitely buy them again- what a bargain! Noah 95 Coupe- Sharked Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 13:24:56 EDT From: Brent95M3@aol.com <http://us.f100.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=Brent95M3@aol.com&YY=27433& order=down&sort=date&pos=0> Subject: Which Tires Probably a can of worms I'm opening up here, just want some reviews on tread wear, performance (wet and dry), and any other opinions. The tire choices are as follows: Bridgestone PP S-02 ($173 each) Yokohoma AVS Sport ($162 each) Yokohoma AVS Intermediate ($101 each) Bridgestone Potenza RE730 ($148 each) Is it worth it to spend a little more and get the PP S-02's? I had the AVS intermediates on the car and they are an ok tire especially for the price, but I don't have too much to compare it to. I had Pirelli P zeros and while they stuck well, they had almost no life on them. Just want some opinions. Thanks, Brent Parks Wounded "1 BAD M3" _____ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions <http://auctions.yahoo.com/> - Click and bid on cool stuff like Dave Matthews Band Tickets <http://user.auctions.yahoo.com/show/auctions?userID=dave_matthews_band_ tickets&u=%3adave_matthews_band_tickets> & more! <http://auctions.yahoo.com>
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#5. RE: Blanton Diff - from John Van Houten
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Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 12:56:37 -0500 From: "John Van Houten" <jvanhouten@ix.netcom.com> Subject: RE: Blanton Diff Thanks for the contact info. John
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#6. staggered LTW wheels - from Reid Conti
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Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 10:18:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Reid Conti <reid@conti.net> Subject: staggered LTW wheels I read on the unofficial m3 page that the Euro M3 also had staggered wheels in .. at least 97 I believe. So it looks like the staggered sizes are not just US, maybe all 95's were same and 96+ here and in europe were staggered. Also, the better contact patch with wider tires is a myth. Physics tells us that, given a certain air pressure and car weight, etc, the contact patch will be the same size. On a wider tire, the contact patch is wide and short. On a narrow (say, 195 series) tire, the contact patch is narrow (duh), but it's much longer, so the size is the same. A wider tire has the following advantages: Straight-line acceleration (deceleration too, I guess) stability more stability (Grip, too?) in cornering. - reid > Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 13:43:29 -0400 > From: "Jonathan Evans" <jonathanevans@hotmail.com> > Subject: staggered LTW wheels > > A wider rim in the rear must give at least a slight better contact patch. > More rim under the tire. > > I've also heard it was a high level decision not to put staggered tires on > M's going to the US. Who knows? > > I just order 225/45-17 for the front. We'll see how different they are than > the 235/40 were on the front with turn in and understeer. Still keeping the > 245/40 in the rear. > > Jonathan > 95 red M3 with stock LTW wheel option.
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#7. [OT] In-Car Videos Temporarily Off-Line - from Andrew E. Kalman
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Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 11:02:20 -0700 From: "Andrew E. Kalman" <aek@pumpkininc.com> Subject: [OT] In-Car Videos Temporarily Off-Line Hi Everybody. Well, it looks like the videos were sufficiently popular, and sufficiently large, that the downloads exceeded our monthly allotted bandwidth. Therefore they'll not be available until I get that fixed / find a new home for them. Sorry, -- ______________________________________ Andrew E. Kalman, Ph.D. aek@pumpkininc.com
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#8. Re: [E36M3] Mushy brakes - from Colin_S_Whelan@rrfc.raytheon.com
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Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 13:22:40 -0400 From: Colin_S_Whelan@rrfc.raytheon.com Subject: Re: [E36M3] Mushy brakes Mike, My brake pedal was also soft for the first 1/2" of travel and the dealer performed brake bleeding didn't improve it. I ended up replacing the pads and rotors (at 32K), even though the old pads still had about 1/3-1/2 left. The brake pedal feels good now - very firm and linear. Colin '98 M3/2 (Euro rotors, R4-S pads...)
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#9. E46 M3 - from david tow
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Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 11:56:07 -0700 From: "david tow" <david_tow@hotmail.com> Subject: E46 M3 Last night I'd just had a chat with my neighbor who's owned a LS blue E46 (Bay Area). He paid 5k over the sticker price. When being asked how he liked the car, he said he loved the acceleration and refinement of the car. He, however, also expressed regret of selling his 95 E36; he missed the sounds and the light weight feel of the old car. David Tow _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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#10. Re: [E36M3] [OT] In-Car Videos Temporarily Off-Line - from Jesse Caldwell
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Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 13:10:38 -0600 From: Jesse Caldwell <Jesse.Caldwell@Colorado.EDU> Subject: Re: [E36M3] [OT] In-Car Videos Temporarily Off-Line > > Well, it looks like the videos were sufficiently popular, and > sufficiently large, that the downloads exceeded our monthly allotted > bandwidth. > > Therefore they'll not be available until I get that fixed / find a > new home for them. > I'm missing the rear view video at laguna, but you an grab the other two from ftp://matrix.colorado.edu/kalman-movies/. andrew, if you want to shoot that last movie over to me, i'll post it here as well. i'm the local security nazi and convenience is not in my vocabulary -- if you have any trouble with an active/passive ftp client or the firewall bites you, let me know and i'll get it fixed right away. i love watching movies of others driving (especially others driving at really nice tracks). didn't want any other list members to be deprived. Jesse