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#1. check engine - from Ken Green
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Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 14:37:25 -0800 From: Ken Green <kgreen@csulb.edu> Subject: check engine In addition to -- or instead of -- the solutions Jim Bassett offers, try the procedure Jim Conforti describes at http://www.bonnevillemotorwerks.com/fault.html Ken Green 95 M3
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#2. My 528e is crying! - from Chris
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Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 17:37:32 -0800 From: "Chris" <ccurry@curry.org> Subject: My 528e is crying! *sigh* While my beautiful M3 sits in the garage dreaming happy dreams my 1985 528e is crying on the outside. What can I do to this poor little guy that would not require too much money, and by too much, I don't mean a lot, heh. It already has 85 M5 European Suspension. I'd like to track it or maybe just make it a (more) fun street car. I'm thinking I can pull the backseats... new paint job... hmmm. My dad has his own hangar with a lot of metal working stuff in it that he used to build a helicopter so I I could drive on up there and... any performance related parts that could be manufactured with moderate or less difficulty? Thanks, Chris
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#3. Performance BMW Magazine April 2002 - from Bill P
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Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 21:02:02 -0500 From: "Bill P" <billpanop@suscom.net> Subject: Performance BMW Magazine April 2002 I just got the new April 2002 issue of Performance BMW. I knew my car was going to be featured but guess how I felt when I saw it on the cover. It felt so good to know all my hard work will not go unnoticed. Here is a link to the cover and to the magazine online. Hope you like it. If you have any questions about mey car just ask. =20 http://www.nellyville.com/beemer/bill-cover.jpg <http://www.nellyville.com/beemer/bill-cover.jpg>=20 =20 http://www.performancebmwmag.com <http://www.performancebmwmag.com>=20 =20 http://www.dtmpower.net/featured_car/february2002/february2002.htm <http://www.dtmpower.net/featured_car/february2002/february2002.htm>=20 =20 http://www.dvinsight.com/videos/dtmfebruary.mpeg <http://www.dvinsight.com/videos/dtmfebruary.mpeg>=20 =20 Thanks for the bandwidth Bill P
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#4. Removing rear seat from sedan? - from Barrett Nicholas
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Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 20:04:16 -0600 From: Barrett Nicholas <barrettn@swbell.net> Subject: Removing rear seat from sedan? The Bently manual refers to a bolt behind the arm rest that I can't seem to find, anyone removed their rear seat? This would be on sedan without the fold down seat option. Thanks, Barrett
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#5. Front end thunk? kmac street mileage? Anyone in Houston with a - from Barrett Nicholas
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Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 21:22:58 -0600 From: Barrett Nicholas <barrettn@swbell.net> Subject: Front end thunk? kmac street mileage? Anyone in Houston with a Steelman ChassisEar? I've had kmac camber plates in my car about 40k miles now, and just recently developed a thunk in the front I can't pin down. It's like the thunk-thunk of hitting an expansion joint, but without the second thunk. It'll happen when traveling straight and level with no change in direction or acceleration. I've looked under the front end trying to find something loose (Kmacs, Bilsteins, H&R 29910s, RD Sport sways, Brembo 4 pot calipers) but can't seem to find it. I even (gasp, the horror) paid someone else to look at it for me - I'm in Houston, so I went to Bavarian Machine Specialties, they do the work for most of the club racers here in town, but they couldn't find it either. I'm sure if I left it with them for a couple three hours (at $70 an hour) they could track it down, but I'd rather not spend that much in just diagnosing the problem if I can avoid it. Unless someone comes up with checking something I've missed (ball joints, sway bar ends, strut tops, strut-kingpin bolts, etc.), I'll need to get my hands on a ChassisEar and pin this down. Does anyone in the Houston area have one, or am I going to have to buy one and loan it to all of you when you have the mystery clunk you can't find? For those who don't know what a ChassisEar is, here's a link, http://www.ai-supply.com/search/ShowItem.asp?ItemCode=STE+06600 <http://www.ai-supply.com/search/ShowItem.asp?ItemCode=STE+06600> it's a set of microphones on the end of long leads with a headset and switch to select which pickup you're listening to. For those or you with kamc plates, how many street miles do you think a person should be able to get from them? Turner Motorsport seemed to think that 40k was way early for them to give it up. Tia for the help, Barrett
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#6. Re: [E36M3] My 528e is crying! - from Peter Guagenti
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Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 21:59:41 -0800 From: Peter Guagenti <peter@guagenti.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] My 528e is crying! on 3/9/02 5:17 PM, Chris at ccurry@curry.org wrote: > While my beautiful M3 sits in the garage dreaming happy dreams my 1985 528e > is crying on the outside. What can I do to this poor little guy that would > not require too much money, and by too much, I don't mean a lot, heh. It I had the same car and loved it. I wasn't tuning them when I owned it, but I know some folks who have done work to them. Bill Arnold campaigned one in the One Lap last year. He replaced the eta head with the head from a 325i, and installed a chip for that swap from Dinan. He replaced the brakes with brakes from the 740i (don't know the details) and got some upgraded (read: light) wheels and tires. The thing was a total sleeper. They did pretty well (it was covered in the Roundel). He had done some lightening, but not a whole lot. The interior was intact. If I were you I'd also replace the metal bumpers with the fiberglass Euro replicas. That'll save you a ton of weight. -peterg (love my M3, but miss my little 5)
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#7. Dealer to replace my diff - from Drew Bamford
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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 07:25:27 From: "Drew Bamford" <drewbam@hotmail.com> Subject: Dealer to replace my diff Just FYI regarding my noisy differential (it makes a whine that is most apparent upon deceleration at around 40mph). I took the car to the dealer today, and they tried replacing the fluid. The whine is still there, so they will be replacing the entire unit under warrantee in a week or so. My car has 32K miles, with only about 10 track days. I guess I should start taking corners more slowly ;-) drew | '98M3/4 with noisy rearend, heh heh _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
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#8. Re: [E36M3] DoubleLocking? + Locking - from Reid Conti
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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 02:33:09 -0800 (PST) From: Reid Conti <reid@conti.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] DoubleLocking? + Locking > >Also, what the > >lock button does on the center console, next to the shifter? It locks > >all doors, but is that it? Or does it do something else? > > Check the owners manual, but I believe it locks the doors & trunk, but > leaves the gas door unlocked. This allows you to be safe and secure inside > while the very-dangerous gas station attendant fills your tank :-) > > (Seriously, I'm sure there's a good reason for the security feature, but > since I've always pumped my own gas, it's lost on me.) Can't pump your own gas in Oregon :) ... which makes me wonder, are there any other states like that? I don't think there are.. Of course when you show up at a gas station in Oregon at 10pm with 15 BMWs, they tend to throw their arms up in the air, say fuck it, and tell you to go ahead and pump your own gas anyway. - reid
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#9. Re: [E36M3] Performance BMW Magazine April 2002 - from Reid Conti
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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 02:43:46 -0800 (PST) From: Reid Conti <reid@conti.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Performance BMW Magazine April 2002 Bill, Beautiful cover shot, man! Congrats, you should be proud. - reid > I just got the new April 2002 issue of Performance BMW. I knew my car > was going to be featured but guess how I felt when I saw it on the > cover. It felt so good to know all my hard work will not go unnoticed. > Here is a link to the cover and to the magazine online. Hope you like > it. If you have any questions about mey car just ask. > =20 > http://www.nellyville.com/beemer/bill-cover.jpg > <http://www.nellyville.com/beemer/bill-cover.jpg>=20 > =20 > http://www.performancebmwmag.com <http://www.performancebmwmag.com>=20 > =20 > http://www.dtmpower.net/featured_car/february2002/february2002.htm > <http://www.dtmpower.net/featured_car/february2002/february2002.htm>=20 > =20 > http://www.dvinsight.com/videos/dtmfebruary.mpeg > <http://www.dvinsight.com/videos/dtmfebruary.mpeg>=20 > =20 > Thanks for the bandwidth > > Bill P
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#10. Open Track Challenge? - from Mel Silva
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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 09:20:10 -0600 From: "Mel Silva" <melsilva@mindspring.com> Subject: Open Track Challenge? I'm sure most of you have heard of the Open Track Challenge - 7 tracks in 7 days- but if not, check it out. http://www.opentrackchallenge.com/ Frankly I don't see nearly enough M3's on the registrar's list. This sounds like the ultimate vacation to me. IT has been way too long since I've had seat time. -Mel