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#1. RE: [E36M3] NSX - from Wayne Miller
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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 23:51:34 -0500 From: "Wayne Miller" <m3@waynemiller.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] NSX I have experience with both cars on the track because my dad has an NSX that I have taken to the track a few times and I have been on the same tracks in my M3. Both cars have mild but virtually identical (in their own way) engine, suspension, and brake modifications and both have harness bars. The NSX is a very easy car to drive fast and isn't all that prone to spinning. More than an M3? Yes but not too bad. In my eyes, the NSX is faster in a straight line and the M3 is ever so slightly better in the corners and during braking. I have been at Pocono when I had the M3 and my friend (about an equal level driver) had his NSX (again with the same basic modifications) and we were just about even overall with the M3 faster in some parts and the NSX faster in others. I would venture to guess that the more skilled driver in either car will be faster. I was at Mid-Ohio once in the NSX, when another NSX with the same mods as me passed me like I was standing still. I couldn't figure out what happened but it turned out to be Peter Cunningham driving the NSX at the time and not only does he race an NSX but Mid-Ohio is his home track. I was once at Bridgehampton and I was turning only 1-2 seconds slower lap times compared with my dad's friend in a Ferrari F40 so again the driver has much more to do with it than anything else. -Wayne '99 M3/2 with just about everything and soon to test the acceleration of the OBDII cammed car vs. the NSX (which dynoed at 264HP at the rear wheels) P.S. Even though I love the sound of my car with the cam kit (there is a difference) and my perennial favorite SuperSprint exhaust, the NSX with the engine screaming at 8,000RPM inches behind your head and the HKS Exhaust sounds better. P.P.S. My favorite picture of me in the NSX on a track is here (Mid-Ohio): http://www.waynemiller.com/html/tuesday_1.html but this one is pretty good too: http://www.waynemiller.com/html/the_bridge_4.html -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Dargan [mailto:darg01@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 7:57 PM To: E36M3 Subject: [E36M3] NSX Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 19:11:30 -0500 From: "Patrick Dargan" <darg01@earthlink.net> Subject: NSX I'm planning a track day with a local NSX Club. =20 Anyone know how our M3's will compare???? =20 TIA =20 Patrick Dargan
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#2. nsx vs. M3 - from Kit Wetzler
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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:36:51 -0800 From: Kit Wetzler <kitwetzler@mindspring.com> Subject: nsx vs. M3 > fast in one. Dont worry, if both are well driven, an M3 will hold its on > quite easy. No way. :) A mildly modded M3 won't have a chance of keeping up with a well driven NSX. I was turning 2:13s around buttonwillow, CCW #13, on street tires... I was doing 2:07s- 2:08s in my M3, with race tires and coilovers! doh. they are around 200-300 lbs lighter... They are easy to spin, but after driving an S2000 for a year, the NSX is cake. It's so well composed, very nice car to drive. -kit
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#3. H&R coilovers - from Kit Wetzler
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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:37:53 -0800 From: Kit Wetzler <kitwetzler@mindspring.com> Subject: H&R coilovers > i recall someone saying that the H&R Coilover kit has > linear rate springs. this is incorrect. they're > progressive. Nope. They're linear. Look at the spring. The coils are evenly spaced. In the rear, the barrel shape springs are wound closer together as the diameter decreases. -kit
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#4. Re: [E36M3] H&R coilovers - from Zack Steinkamp
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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:57:01 -0800 (PST) From: Zack Steinkamp <edsarkiss@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] H&R coilovers ??? maybe we have two different kits, kit ;-) my set is sitting next to me here (waiting patiently to be installed). the front coil spacing is (from the top, assembled in the strut): 1.7cm 1.9cm 3.1cm 3.3cm the spring has the part number 29 936 VA. it also has "H&R 6/99" imprinted on it. seems like the rears _could_ be linear, though. i just pushed down with all my weight on them and it seemed to compress evenly. but that wasn't too scientific ;-) -zs --- Kit Wetzler <kitwetzler@mindspring.com> wrote: > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:37:53 -0800 > From: Kit Wetzler <kitwetzler@mindspring.com> > Subject: H&R coilovers > > > i recall someone saying that the H&R Coilover kit > has > > linear rate springs. this is incorrect. > they're > > progressive. > > Nope. They're linear. Look at the spring. The > coils are evenly spaced. > In the rear, the barrel shape springs are wound > closer together as the > diameter decreases. > > -kit > > > ************************************************************* > 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!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com
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#5. Re: Adding an input to factory stereo for mp3 player... - from Ron Buchalski
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 06:48:20 From: "Ron Buchalski" <rbuchals@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Adding an input to factory stereo for mp3 player... Steve, You can't add a headphone level input to your factory radio. About the best you can do (besides the cassette adapter) is to get a Sound Feeder from Arkon: http://www.arkon.com/sf.html It takes the audio signal and transmits it using FM. Then, you tune it in with your radio. Kinda like those FM CD changers. I just bought the SF100 so that I can use a portable cassette player in a car with an in-dash CD player. The SF100 is great in that it plugs into the lighter (drawing power from the car), and provides DC voltage output to the portable device, so the portable device won't need to run on battery power. The DC output voltage is selectable for 3V, 4.5V or 6V (up to 500mA). I looked at Apple's website, and it says the iPOD needs 12V, 1A, so the SF100 won't be able to provide the power. So, you should check out the SF121. http://www.arkon.com/SF121.htm It runs on batteries. You'll only need to deal with one wire (connecting the SF121 to the iPOD). I purchased mine from bestbuy.com (the local BestBuy stores were out of stock). The list of retailers is also on the Arkon website: http://www.arkon.com/links.html Hope this helps! -rb >Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 15:09:49 -0800 >From: Steve Grigory <sgrigory@pacbell.net> >Subject: Adding an input to factory stereo for mp3 player... > >Here's a question... > >Is there a fairly easy (and worth doing) way to add an input to the factory >stereo setup in a 95 M3? I have the older style stereo head unit and the CD >changer. > >I'd love to hook up an input that would play music from my iPod. The iPod >has just the standard headphone output on it. > >Is there someway perhaps to tap into the CD changer and fool the head unit >into thinking the signal is from the changer? I don't care about being able >to control the iPod, I can do that by hand. I just want whatever it is >outputting to play through the car stereo. > >Oh, and I don't care for the thing that goes into your cassette player- >I've tried that in the past with portable CD players. > >steve _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
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#6. RE: [E36M3] H&R coilovers - from Rob Birkhead
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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 23:48:44 -0800 From: Rob Birkhead <rbirkz@earthlink.net> Subject: RE: [E36M3] H&R coilovers Kit, Sorry, mine are progressives too. I called H&R and confirmed this. So the kit they are selling now at least uses progreesive. I also know because I converted mine to linear springs and they have a much different feel. Rob -----Original Message----- From: Zack Steinkamp [mailto:edsarkiss@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 9:57 PM To: E36M3 Subject: Re: [E36M3] H&R coilovers Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:57:01 -0800 (PST) From: Zack Steinkamp <edsarkiss@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] H&R coilovers ??? maybe we have two different kits, kit ;-) my set is sitting next to me here (waiting patiently to be installed). the front coil spacing is (from the top, assembled in the strut): 1.7cm 1.9cm 3.1cm 3.3cm the spring has the part number 29 936 VA. it also has "H&R 6/99" imprinted on it. seems like the rears _could_ be linear, though. i just pushed down with all my weight on them and it seemed to compress evenly. but that wasn't too scientific ;-) -zs --- Kit Wetzler <kitwetzler@mindspring.com> wrote: > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:37:53 -0800 > From: Kit Wetzler <kitwetzler@mindspring.com> > Subject: H&R coilovers > > > i recall someone saying that the H&R Coilover kit > has > > linear rate springs. this is incorrect. > they're > > progressive. > > Nope. They're linear. Look at the spring. The > coils are evenly spaced. > In the rear, the barrel shape springs are wound > closer together as the > diameter decreases. > > -kit > > > ************************************************************* > 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!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com ************************************************************* 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. *************************************************************
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#7. Re: NSX - from Steve Grigory
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 00:10:02 -0800 From: Steve Grigory <sgrigory@pacbell.net> Subject: Re: NSX Patrick, I've run open track events when NSX's were around. Based on my experience, most NSX owners are there to just have fun. They have a nice toy, have spent a fair amount of cash fixing it up and they want to have some fun. I've come across one fast guy in a pretty heavily modified (but still street) NSX. The rest were pretty slow. This is just based on my experience. My advice is to get into the event if you can. Why? Because it's fuuuuuuuuuuuuuun to pass a mid-engine pure sports car in a sedan. :) steve 95 M3
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#8. RE: [E36M3] NSX - from Reid Conti
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 00:37:01 -0800 (PST) From: Reid Conti <reid@conti.net> Subject: RE: [E36M3] NSX No, Mel, the engine's SUPPOSED to be in the back.. :) - reid > From: "Mel Silva" <melsilva@mindspring.com> > Subject: RE: [E36M3] NSX > > No way! I didn't write that. However, I have seen my fair share of NSX's > pointed the wrong way at track events :P > > Mel
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#9. M3 vs NSX on track - from AVUSM3@aol.com
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 08:30:22 EST From: AVUSM3@aol.com Subject: M3 vs NSX on track In a message dated 2/12/02 10:47:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, e36m3@bmw-m.net writes: I was lucky enough to have 2 track days in my best friend's NSX last year at Firebird in AZ. I would say that compared to my car ('95 M3) his NSX would be very similar in terms of absolute speed on that sort of medium sized track. On a short twisty track with a lot of transitions the M3 would be better. On a long track like Watkins Glen a "well driven" NSX would probably be faster due to it's better top end over 100mph. The thing about comparing the two cars is this - If you currently drive an M3 you are driving the most balanced powerful rear driver on the road. You are probably very comfortable with your car and know what to expect on the track because your car is really quite safe and easy to drive near the limit. The NSX is a different story. Unlike the M3, if you have faults in your driving technique, the NSX will reveal them to you. In doesn't turn in nearly as well as our cars, it is not as stable in a turn, and it doesn't like to brake in a straight line at high speeds! I would agree with some comments from other listers - A well driven NSX is a fairly rare commodity. I have certainly seen them but they are in the minority. To give you an example - at Firebird last year I was driving my friend's stock '91 NSX. One of the active, and supposedly, fast guys in the local NSX club was driving his supercharged, kumhoed, coil-overed NSX behind me. Bottom line - he had 5-6 free laps to close a 200-300 yard distance on me and he couldn't do it. So if you run into one that can keep up with you, you can be sure that it is fairly well driven. John Cloutier '95 Avus Blue M3 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 19:11:30 -0500 From: "Patrick Dargan" <darg01@earthlink.net> Subject: NSX I'm planning a track day with a local NSX Club. =20 Anyone know how our M3's will compare???? =20 TIA =20 Patrick Dargan
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#10. RE: Power Steering change? - from Legerlotz, Alan
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 08:43:21 -0500 From: "Legerlotz, Alan" <alegerlotz@kronos.com> Subject: RE: Power Steering change? >>Has anyone ever changed or flushed out the power steering fluid on our >>cars? >> >>Just wondering if this is something I should plan to do come spring when I >>change all the other fluids in the car. The reservoir is the filter on the power steering system, so if you're changing the fluid, you should change the reservoir as well. Mine was finally changed last year (at 92,000 miles) when my mechanic/club racing sponsor saw that the fluid was getting pretty dark. Doing the fluid without the reservoir is like changing your engine oil without changing the filter. Keeping the fluid clean will save wear on your steering rack. -Al 1996 328is (#328 JP)