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#1. 2nd gear "zing" - from Jonathan Evans
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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 09:54:30 -0400 From: "Jonathan Evans" <jonathanevans@hotmail.com> Subject: 2nd gear "zing" Power shifting (as I understand it, shifting as quickly as possible without fully depressing the clutch) is causing a nasty crunch at worse, a zinging gears noise at best. Is this the second gear synchronization losing the battle with time? Will it get worse? I can drive the car normally just fine, although second gear requires minutely more effort to engage. Is the tranny mount bushing doohickey designed to prevent this? How about the x brace rubber piece that I forgot to install? Thanks Jonathan 95 M3
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#2. Re: [E36M3] Even crappier gas in CA - from Matt Henson
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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 07:06:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Henson <hensonator@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Even crappier gas in CA I think that most of those are not created equal. As far as I can tell, most of them "boost" octane by cleaning out any deposits in the combustion chamber, reducing excessive compression the probability of pre-ignition via smoldering carbon. The fact is that it's going to be hard for 12 oz of anything to significantly impact real octane. If they mix linearly (they usually do) then to raise 15 gals of 91 octane to 93, a 12-fl oz fluid would need an octane of ~131. To boost it to "104+" it would need an octane of 351. I think that it would also have to be compatible with gas and such. -Matt --- Robert Chay <rchay@mindspring.com> wrote: > Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 05:54:34 -0700 > From: Robert Chay <rchay@mindspring.com> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] Even crappier gas in CA > > You can always buy those octane booster additives. I > have no experience with it > but I met someone that used to put a bottle in with > 92 pump gas just before > getting to the track. > > -Bobby __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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#3. Re: [E36M3] 2nd gear "zing" - from Matt Henson
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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 07:10:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Henson <hensonator@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 2nd gear "zing" Jonathan, I thought that power shifting was done without lifting the gas, so that the flywheel energy is transferred after the clutch is released, reducing the energy lost during shifting. I would think that it would always be desirable to use the clutch, unless you are able to match revs perfectly a la F1, Ferrari, and I guess BMW. Anyway, yes, the 2nd gear synchro may be going bad, especially if the other gears wrk fine. -Matt --- Jonathan Evans <jonathanevans@hotmail.com> wrote: > Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 09:54:30 -0400 > From: "Jonathan Evans" <jonathanevans@hotmail.com> > Subject: 2nd gear "zing" > > Power shifting (as I understand it, shifting as > quickly as possible without > fully depressing the clutch) is causing a nasty > crunch at worse, a zinging > gears noise at best. Is this the second gear > synchronization losing the > battle with time? Will it get worse? I can drive > the car normally just > fine, although second gear requires minutely more > effort to engage. > > Is the tranny mount bushing doohickey designed to > prevent this? How about > the x brace rubber piece that I forgot to install? > > Thanks > Jonathan > 95 M3 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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#4. Re: [E36M3] 2nd gear "zing" - from Andrej Dolenc
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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 10:42:59 -0500 From: Andrej Dolenc <adolenc@erols.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 2nd gear "zing" At around 18k my tranny went bad, I ended up getting a new one under warranty. Symptoms were much the same, initially it was just harder to shift into 2nd gear. Eventually it got to the point where the only way I could shift into 2nd gear without a crunch was to double clutch. The 2nd gear synchro was the likely culprit, though they never said anything specifically since they replaced the whole tranny. Hope that helps, though it might not be what you want to hear... Andrej '97 M3 Jonathan Evans writes: > Power shifting (as I understand it, shifting as quickly as possible without > fully depressing the clutch) is causing a nasty crunch at worse, a zinging > gears noise at best. Is this the second gear synchronization losing the > battle with time? Will it get worse? I can drive the car normally just > fine, although second gear requires minutely more effort to engage. > Is the tranny mount bushing doohickey designed to prevent this? How about > the x brace rubber piece that I forgot to install? > Thanks > Jonathan > 95 M3
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#5. Re: [E36M3] 2nd gear "zing" - from Chester Wong
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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 08:03:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Chester Wong <chester_p_wong@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 2nd gear "zing" The rebuild kit is a bit pricey as well. Try $800 or so for the 1st and 2nd gear kit. D'oh! You better stop that power shifting! BTW, my understanding of power shifting used to be what Jon described. Then Paul Elliot told me what Matt said...no letting up on the gas between shifts...but still using the clutch. Chester --- Andrej Dolenc <adolenc@erols.com> wrote: > Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 10:42:59 -0500 > From: Andrej Dolenc <adolenc@erols.com> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] 2nd gear "zing" > > At around 18k my tranny went bad, I ended up getting a new one under > warranty. > Symptoms were much the same, initially it was just harder to shift into 2nd > gear. Eventually it got to the point where the only way I could shift into > 2nd gear without a crunch was to double clutch. The 2nd gear synchro was the > likely culprit, though they never said anything specifically since they > replaced the whole tranny. > > Hope that helps, though it might not be what you want to hear... > > Andrej > '97 M3 > > Jonathan Evans writes: > > > Power shifting (as I understand it, shifting as quickly as possible without > > fully depressing the clutch) is causing a nasty crunch at worse, a zinging > > gears noise at best. Is this the second gear synchronization losing the > > battle with time? Will it get worse? I can drive the car normally just > > fine, although second gear requires minutely more effort to engage. > > > Is the tranny mount bushing doohickey designed to prevent this? How about > > the x brace rubber piece that I forgot to install? > > > Thanks > > Jonathan > > 95 M3 > > > ************************************************************* > List Commands > UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. > DIR - sends a listing of files available in the list's GET directory. > GET filename1.ext,filename2.ext - sends the requested file(s). > > To issue a command/request to the server: > Send a message with the command you wish executed as the > subject of the message to the email address e36m3@bmw-m.net. > ************************************************************* > > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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#6. Re: [E36M3]Dead Speedo was: what is that grey thingee, etc? - from shane.a.kleinpeter@accenture.com
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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 11:22:14 -0400 From: shane.a.kleinpeter@accenture.com Subject: Re: [E36M3]Dead Speedo was: what is that grey thingee, etc? >Also, intermittently (every few months), my speedometer, odometer and >related readings on the OBC go dead for a minute or two. The tachometer is >fine. The dealer changed the console, but the problem returned. It's so >trivial, I'm not exactly worried. Anyone encounter this? My Speedometer dies intermittently. Told the dealer last summer, and he never could find the problem. No surprise, since it is an intermittent problem. Also, the odometer dies and I accumulate no mileage when this happens. I am assuming it is a problem with the pickup at the differential, as the tachometer works fine. This occurred this weekend at VIR (and was the first time in over 6 months it has happened). I was coming down the front straight, where I am usually at 115-120 mph, and I looked down to see I was going 0 mph. Kind of surreal, really. HTH. Shane Kleinpeter Tarheel Chapter '96 M3 P.S. A guy in an M3 at VIR this weekend apparently lifted going down into hog pen and got TTO. Nosed into the armco and did quite a bit of damage. This was Saturday morning, second session. Front of the car was pushed back to the front wheel on the passenger side, and pretty bad on the drivers side as well. Looked repairable, but it was a '95 and not sure how the insurance co. will feel about fixing a 7 year old car. Guy had a good attitude about the whole thing, and nobody was hurt. Surprisingly, the airbags did not go off, which should help the repair costs some.
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#7. Best price for G-tech - from Ed Tang
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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 09:16:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Ed Tang <etangf1@yahoo.com> Subject: Best price for G-tech George wrote: >Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 14:02:09 -0600 >From: George R Carr Jr <georgercarrjr@earthlink.net> >Subject: OT: Best price for G Tech I saw in the Car and Driver an ad for a free G-tech if you buy a set of BF Goodrich tires. They have a list. Unfortunately I believe the G-Force tires are limited to the KD, KDW, KDWS and the drag radials. If you need a new set of street tires, it's not a bad deal. Ed Tang 95 Cosmos M3 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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#8. Re: [E36M3] Re: Cracked Rear Shock Tower - from Ron Katona
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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 12:19:23 -0400 From: "Ron Katona" <rkatona@bellatlantic.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: Cracked Rear Shock Tower OK, plan "B." Looks like a fix using a cheap fabricated part, even maintaining the stock mounting location, geometry, and mounting hardware, is illegal in the SCCA SP rules. There is a part # in the ETK for this, so I'll be talking to the dealer and the insurance company today. -- Ron Katona From: "Ron Katona" <rkatona@bellatlantic.net> > peterg wrote: > >One thing to note -- this repair is sometimes covered by insurance. > Pete's > >was. They have to chop off the top of the tower an weld a new one on. > >Very pricey. > > Hadn't really thought about that, but I don't want to use factory parts > if the factory parts aren't up to the task. I'll have the shop come up > with something that will likely be both stronger and less expensive... > might not look as pretty, but unless you tear apart the trunk you don't > see the shock towers in back. > > The location is fairly easily accessible and I'll probably roll the car > in the shop and take apart the trunk for them. All they have to do is > cut and weld. Unlike the mounts for the toe bushing on the trailing arm, > this repair does not involve tearing apart the interior of the car. I > could see why the dealer might charge a lot for it, but what I plan on > having done should be less than my insurance deductible. > -- > Ron Katona >
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#9. RE: MORE: [E36M3] Tire Mounting Q&A - from Greg Cernosek
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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 12:58:54 -0500 From: "Greg Cernosek" <gcernosek@inetx.com> Subject: RE: MORE: [E36M3] Tire Mounting Q&A I placed a call to Toyo to ask them this very question. They told me that the yellow dot designates the lightest portion of the tire. The red dot designates the heaviest part of the tire. He suggested that the best way to mount their tires was to place the valve stem at the yellow dot. Hope that helps, Greg 98 M3/4 with lots of stuff -----Original Message----- From: Steven Tom [mailto:stom@qualcomm.com] Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 10:35 AM To: E36M3 Subject: Re: MORE: [E36M3] Tire Mounting Q&A Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 08:26:50 -0700 From: Steven Tom <stom@qualcomm.com> Subject: Re: MORE: [E36M3] Tire Mounting Q&A Also, There's a little yellow or red dot on the side of the tire. I remember that this dot is suppose to be either the lightest or the heaviest part of the tire. I believe it's where the joints overlap. Does anyone know if you are suppose to align this dot with the valve stem or opposite the valve stem? Is the dot the heavy or light spot? I hear that the other way to be thorough is to make them spin the rim before mounting the tires to find the heavy or light spot of the rim and then match the dot. I've spun the BMW rims and they are very good. steve At 10:15 PM 6/27/01 -0500, Mel Silva wrote: >Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 22:10:09 -0500 >From: "Mel Silva" <mel.silva@pdq.net> >Subject: MORE: [E36M3] Tire Mounting Q&A > >Thanks Tom. I was not willing to take my M3 to the two shops I called that >were listed on TireRack's site. The others are well into the 35 miles away >zone, so I didn't call them. I got a couple of recommendations that I go to >my local dealer with my new tires in hand and another half recommendation >for Discount Tires. Can anyone provide more details on the Hunter Machine? >This is my first time <grin> and I don't know yet what questions to ask the >potential installer. What are the complications that require the Hunter >Machine? > >Thanks in advance, >Mel > >PS> I miss Joe at Custom Alignment in Mountain View. > > > > > > > I don't know Houston, but Tire Rack has a list of installers on their > > web site. > >This is true but don't take that as a wholesale recommendation from >Tirerack. > >I checked out most of the shops that they have listed im my area and I >didn't find one that I would trust with an M3 17 inch wheel - none of them >had the proper equipment (the Tirerack sells a lot of 14,15 & 16 inch tires >that anyone can deal with - thus the listings). A couple of them were bold >enough to say they could mount 17 inch tires but hadn't done an M3 before - >they were even confident enough to say they would be responsible for any >damage. This still didn't build my confidence as their definition of damage >to a wheel is likely different than mine (they were only charging $10-$15 >per wheel) and it surely isn't worth the hassle of dealing with. > >I searched around and found a tire shop with the correct Hunter machine and >even then they struggled. > >Good luck! > >Tom Tice >'98 M3/4 >'99 540/6 > > > > > Carey > > --- Mel Silva <mel.silva@pdq.net> wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 13:42:53 -0500 > > > From: "Mel Silva" <mel.silva@pdq.net> > > > Subject: Dear Houston area participants > > > > > > So after doing a little local investigation, it is clear that I > > > will be > > > ordering my new tires from Tire-Rack. Now that that is settled, > > > any > > > suggestions on where to get mounting, balancing and alignment done > > > on my > > > third-party tires? I live in Northwest Houston, so driving to > > > Clear Lake or > > > SugarLand is not exactly convenient. > > > > > > Thanks much, > > > Mel > > >************************************************************* >List Commands >UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. >DIR - sends a listing of files available in the list's GET directory. >GET filename1.ext,filename2.ext - sends the requested file(s). > >To issue a command/request to the server: >Send a message with the command you wish executed as the >subject of the message to the email address e36m3@bmw-m.net. >************************************************************* > > > >************************************************************* >List Commands >UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. >DIR - sends a listing of files available in the list's GET directory. >GET filename1.ext,filename2.ext - sends the requested file(s). > >To issue a command/request to the server: >Send a message with the command you wish executed as the >subject of the message to the email address e36m3@bmw-m.net. >************************************************************* > ************************************************************* List Commands UNSUBSCRIBE - (in subject line) unsubscribes you from the mailing list. 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#10. [E36M3] Dunlop SP8000's or Kumho ECSTA 712's? - from Keith Tsang
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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 11:42:28 -0700 From: "Keith Tsang" <ktsang1@uclink4.berkeley.edu> Subject: [E36M3] Dunlop SP8000's or Kumho ECSTA 712's? Hi, I have an opportunity to buy some slightly used Dunlop Sp8000's at about the same price as a new set of Kumho Supra 712's. Which tire is better if I am only going to be doing street driving? Thanks, Keith