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#1. seat covers - from russell
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 04:53:40 -0700 (PDT) From: russell <driver8m3@yahoo.com> Subject: seat covers anyone have any info on when we might get the seat covers ordered from seat savers a few weeks ago? i've lost the phone #.... also, anyone have a spare, yellow round plug the covers the jack insert? thanks, russell dakar 99 ===== "The State is the great fiction by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else." --FB __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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#2. Radio wiring harness - from Jim Musial
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 07:54:13 -0400 From: "Jim Musial" <jim_musial@usa.net> Subject: Radio wiring harness Anyone know where I can get a radio head unit wiring harness for a '97 E36 M3 with HK sound system. I would like to install an aftermarket CD player but do not like the idea of cutting wires and splicing them to the new radio. -jm/97 M3/2
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#3. Re: [E36M3] Hood Foam Question (was Re: UUC bar) - from peter@guagenti.com
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 06:39:12 US/Pacific From: peter@guagenti.com Subject: Re: [E36M3] Hood Foam Question (was Re: UUC bar) > > Remember only the '95 LTW > > ostensibly came with a strut tower bar. But the LTW has NO hood foam > > insulation. That eliminates your problem with hood bulging. If you were on a mission to eliminate any unnecessary weight from the car, would there be any adverse affects of removing the hood insulation? I understand about the gap that would create between the intake shield and the hood, but anything other than that? -peterg (looking to even the odds with those damn BSP 'vettes) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using HiSpeed Technologies Webmail. http://www.hispeed.com
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#4. Re: Hood Foam Question (was Re: UUC bar) - from S Lafredo
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 06:58:02 -0700 (PDT) From: S Lafredo <slafredo@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Hood Foam Question (was Re: UUC bar) I think BMW designed our cars the way they did for very specific reasons. I would _guess_ the hood foam keeps down the noise, protects the hood paint from excess heat and that the engine is designed to run at an expected temperature that was calculated w/the hood foam in place. Additionally, the foam probably protect the hood from the engine and small collisions between the two. In a previous car I was driving way to fast over a set of railroad track w/a dip and slammed the engine into the hood producing a small dent. For my 2 cents I would either make a track car or leave your street car alone. Removing hood foam, is going to do zip for increasing performance, saving weight, etc. If you want to save the weight of hood foam eat one less cheese burger at lunch today ;) S --- peter@guagenti.com wrote: > If you were on a mission to eliminate any unnecessary weight from the > car, would there be any adverse affects of removing the hood > insulation? I > understand about the gap that would create between the intake shield > and the hood, but anything other than that? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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#5. Re: Sway Bars - Advice and Input - from Neil Maller
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 09:12:27 -0500 From: Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> Subject: Re: Sway Bars - Advice and Input on 7/12/01 6:45 AM, "Chris Teague" <cteague@home.com> wrote: > The only advantage of the [22.2mm] Dinan front bar is that it is adjustable > with 4 different hole settings each side. On full stiff, it should be > equivalent to a 27mm bar with the stock end length. I doubt it. The stiffness of a bar in torsion is proportional to the *fourth* power of its diameter. That makes a 27mm bar 2.2 times as stiff as a 22.2mm bar, or 1.9 times a 23mm bar. Your Dinan bar would have to have double the end length to approach the effective stiffness of a 27mm bar. (This isn't intended to restart the debate about how stiff the bars should be, just to help people understand how stiff they actually are.) Neil 96 M3 - RD sways, other stuff
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#6. Re: [E36M3] Re: Sway Bars - Advice and Input - from Matt Henson
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 08:13:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Henson <hensonator@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: Sway Bars - Advice and Input Neil, To get a higher spring rate, one would want to decrease the arm length. So a 22.2mm sway bar can have the same effective spring rate as a 27mm if the arm length is cut in 1/2, not doubled. I haven't seen the Dinan bar but it's reasonable to believe that the shortest adjustment could be 1/2 as long as the stock one.. -Matt --- Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> wrote: > Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 09:12:27 -0500 > From: Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> > Subject: Re: Sway Bars - Advice and Input > > on 7/12/01 6:45 AM, "Chris Teague" > <cteague@home.com> wrote: > > I doubt it. The stiffness of a bar in torsion is > proportional to the > *fourth* power of its diameter. > > That makes a 27mm bar 2.2 times as stiff as a 22.2mm > bar, or 1.9 times a > 23mm bar. Your Dinan bar would have to have double > the end length to > approach the effective stiffness of a 27mm bar. > > (This isn't intended to restart the debate about how > stiff the bars should > be, just to help people understand how stiff they > actually are.) > > Neil > 96 M3 - RD sways, other stuff > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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#7. [E36M3] RE: UUC bar (was WTB strut tower bar) - from Dorffer, Rich
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 11:24:13 -0400 From: "Dorffer, Rich" <RDORFFER@CleIndians.com> Subject: [E36M3] RE: UUC bar (was WTB strut tower bar) Just as another data point, my UUC strut bar barely touches the hood foam and certainly does not indent the hood. I have a 95 M3 and something may be different about it (hood foam, etc. which has subsequently undergone a change since 95 and the part number is retroactive, whatever). This also was a second generation UUC strut bar. Regards, Rich 95 M3 - Hood bulges just a little at the front left corner from the Conforti intake. I can live with it though ;-)
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#8. Good tire/wheel mounting shop in MA?? - from Mike Tse
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 12:22:31 -0400 From: "Mike Tse" <phid_bombadier@hotmail.com> Subject: Good tire/wheel mounting shop in MA?? I just recently moved up to northern Mass. and am looking for a good shop that can mount/balance 17" M3 rims properly. Alignments? Location, prices, etc... TIA --- Mike Tse 95 M3 UUC/SS - M20 Flywheel/E30M3 Clutch BMWCCA NJ (Soon MA) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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#9. Subwoofer help... - from Mark Radelow
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 17:16:08 -0000 From: "Mark Radelow" <radelow@hotmail.com> Subject: Subwoofer help... I want to put a subwoofer in my car. Can anyone make any recommendations? Currently I have an amp that puts out 125 watts into 1 channel at 4ohms. I will eventually buy something in the 200-250 watts into 1 channel at 4ohms. I know I want a sealed box setup and either 1 or 2 8's or 10's. My budget is around $200 JUST for the subs (gonna build my own box). Thanks guys. Mark R. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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#10. Re: [E36M3] Re: Sway Bars - Advice and Input - from Joe Dyer
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 10:46:37 -0700 From: "Joe Dyer" <joedyer@home.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: Sway Bars - Advice and Input Neil, Am I wrong in my thought that the lever arm would have to be HALF as long instead of TWICE as long? Joe | Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 09:12:27 -0500 | From: Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> | Subject: Re: Sway Bars - Advice and Input |snip] | Your Dinan bar would have to have double the end length to | approach the effective stiffness of a 27mm bar. | | Neil | 96 M3 - RD sways, other stuff