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#1. 1999 M3/2 for sale - from Yankee397@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 20:19:22 EST From: Yankee397@aol.com Subject: 1999 M3/2 for sale Selling my 1999 Alpine white exterior/Dove grey interior 2 door M3 with 28k miles. The car is in absolutly perfect condition and has no flaws. Can be supplied with all stock parts or can be purchased with modifations that I have made. These mods include: Euro clear lights, euro ellipsoids, Dinan carbon fiber cold air intake, B&B Triflo ehaust with DTm tips, 18" polished BBS RC rims with Yokohama AVS Sport tires, Bilstein sport shocks, H&R race springs, RD sport sway bars, Active Autowerk Strut tower brace, Ron Stygar Short Shifter, Ron Stygar upgraded clutch pedal and clutch stop. This amounts to over 6k in upgrades and all are included in the price of the car. Please feel free to email me as I will entertain any reasonable offer. Also email for pictures. Car was serviced by BMW with synthetic oil, waxed twice a month with zymol/zaino bros. and still has a year on its original warranty.
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#2. Re: Track pads for Roebling Road - from James Clay
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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 20:39:09 -0500 From: "James Clay" <james@bimmerworld.com> Subject: Re: Track pads for Roebling Road Roebling is light on brakes. I have run there recently in a full street car with street pads without warping rotors or damaging anything. Make sure you have plenty of pad, your favorite street flavor will work fine. James ----------------------------------------------------------- James Clay http://www.bimmerworld.com Engineered BMW Performance BMWCCA/SCCA Racecar Rental Genuine OEM and Used BMW Parts (540) 639-9648 ----------------------------------------------------------- I will be going to Roebling Road in a couple of months, what would be a good choice of pads to run for this track.
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#3. Re: [E36M3] Autopower roll bar - from Scott Chan
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Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 17:46:12 -0800 From: Scott Chan <scottch@juniper.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Autopower roll bar One important thing to be careful of is the floorpan on BMWs (at least the E30 and E36) have large oval holes which are plugged by tack-welded plates. Roll bar feet tend to want to be placed on these weak sections. Be careful about where you place the bar and bolts.
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#4. Re: [E36M3] Do anti-sway bar bushings wear out? - from Chester Wong
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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 17:51:31 -0800 (PST) From: Chester Wong <chester_p_wong@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Do anti-sway bar bushings wear out? > I recently replaced the rear trailing arm bushings with Powerflex bushings > (highly recommended). The bushings we're toast, torn around the metal > sleeve. Thanks to Chester for renting out the right tool for the job. No problem. The cool thing is the tool pulls from the perimeter so you can really see the extent to which the bushings were failing. > Now I'm wondering if all the other suspension bushings need > replacement. What experience do people have with the wear of front control > arm bushings, anti-sway bar bushings and rear beam bushings? The car is > tracked regularly and used as a daily driver. My car with 34k NYC miles wasn't too bad up front in terms of control arms. The swaybar links, however, need to be replaced quite frequently...more so if you have aftermarket bars. The heim joints (not sure if that's what you'd call them for the factory sway bar links) develop a little play. This play allows for just a slight acceleration of the bar with respect to the strut. The the travel finally ends, you get a jack hammer effect. When you replace the front sway bar links, you'll actually think your car feels smoother. Chester ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/
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#5. drag - from kit wetzler
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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 19:02:39 -0800 From: "kit wetzler" <kitwetzler@mindspring.com> Subject: drag > And for comparison, the CD of the Lexus LS430 is 0.26, or with the optional > Adaptive Variable Air Suspension just 0.25. just remember that total drag = coefficient of drag times frontal area... a ferrari with 12 square feet of frontal area and a drag coefficient of .35 is slipperier than a lexus with 50 square feet and a .25 coefficient. (numbers plucked handily out of orifices) -kit
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#6. FS: AA Generation III exhaust - from S Lafredo
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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 22:06:01 -0500 From: S Lafredo <slafredo@fast.net> Subject: FS: AA Generation III exhaust For Sale: AA Generation III exhaust for $500 if you pick it up from Philadelphia, PA
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#7. FS: Dinan stuff, Powerflex bushings & car bra - from Bob Lenarcik
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Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 23:45:03 -0800 From: Bob Lenarcik <lenarcik@pacbell.net> Subject: FS: Dinan stuff, Powerflex bushings & car bra I have some items for sale. Buyer pays shipping. I will deliver free to the SF/Monterey Bay area. Contact me privately via email if you are interested. - Bob mailto:lenarcik@pacbell.net * Powerflex Bushings: Ordered sets from 2 suppliers - one for me and one for a friend who backed out after it was too late to return them. Both sets are new and still in original blister packs. 1 set PFF-303 front control arm bushing offset for 95 M3 or 96+ M3 with e30 M3 Aluminum arms $56.00 1 set PFR5-3608 rear trailing arm front bushings $49.00 Both sets for $100.00 * Front Bra for 97 M3 - original BMW part. Box was opened but bra was never installed on the car. Paid $89 new $60.00 * Dinan Front Strut brace - brushed aluminum with CF inserts. Fits M3 with ASC+T. Should also fit '95 M3s. Used but in good shape. Paid $399 new $175.00 * Dinan Cold Air Intake for '97 M3. Includes all hardware except nutserts for mounting to chassis. Used - filter needs cleaning otherwise in good shape. Paid $399 new $175.00
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#8. Trailing arm bushing - from Burgess, Kim L
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Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 00:37:32 -0800 From: "Burgess, Kim L" <kim.l.burgess@boeing.com> Subject: Trailing arm bushing Peter Fanning wrote: "I recently replaced the rear trailing arm bushings with Powerflex bushings < snip > Peter Fanning '98 M3/4" Peter - I have seen your sedan at SIR (now SRP?) and I know you run pretty hard/quick... was there any indication of mount failure at the trailing arm pick-up? KLB 99M3/2
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#9. Re: shot shocks - from Robert_J_Norwalk@raytheon.com
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Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 07:54:44 -0500 From: Robert_J_Norwalk@raytheon.com Subject: Re: shot shocks Mike, Don't worry about the color, the yellow ones are the ones you want. The difference between track and street is the rebound setting. Soft for the street, stiff for the track. I feel the Koni's are the best OE form factor solution out there. I think you'll be pleased with them. Adjustability on car: Depends what you drive - 95 M3 fronts are adjustable from under the hood, 96+ are not centered in the strut tower, so realistically they're not (although I'm sure if someone has figured out a way they'll pipe up). Backs are really an off the car exercise, but I usually leave mine at 3.5 turns from soft and forget'em. BTW, the Koni's I just installed on my Chevy Z06 are red. I called Koni to ask about a sport application and they chuckled, and said they should have painted them yellow. They said their shocks are really application specific, and the application means more than the color. Evidently the "reds" for the C5 corvette are a steel bodied one-off of their all out racing shock Try'em, you'll like'em Rob 93 325 - with M3 suspension bits 01 Z06 - momentum no more Quote: Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 11:30:46 -0600 From: "Michael Stembera" <m_stembera@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] shot shocks These are the Sport(Yellow) line which I thought was more for the track. I could not find any of the Special(Red) line which is more for the street. (I would like to stick w/ OEM springs.) One last question; are these adjustable while on the car or does one have to take them off? Ok, one more; where do I get them for cheap? Thanks!! Mike
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#10. Shark & Intake - from Patrick Mallon
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Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 09:38:35 -0500 From: "Patrick Mallon" <zez413@home.com> Subject: Shark & Intake Just recieved my Shark injector and Intake from Eurosport! I am about to start the installation and I wanted to know if anyone had any tips. I have a 98 M3/2 5-speed. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanx, Patrick Mallon