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#1. Water pump belt - from Luis Rueda
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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 12:45:29 -0400 From: "Luis Rueda" <Luis_Rueda@Interliant.com> Subject: Water pump belt I replaced the water pump this past saturday (67k miles w/no signs of cracking or fatigue on 11/'95 M3) w/a metal impeller one as well as the t-stat housing (aluminum now) & T-stat (70 degrees instead of 90). The battery light on the dashboard is flickering and the power steering pump is sliping since the belt is loose after I put everything back together. To solve this, do I just adjust the tensioner w/the 8mm torque wrench? TIA, Luis '99 MCoupe '95 M3 '86 325
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#2. Re: [E36M3] Re: Hoosier SM/BSP tire pressures - from Rex Tener
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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 10:27:04 -0700 From: Rex Tener <rex_tener@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Re: Hoosier SM/BSP tire pressures At 12:35 PM 4/24/2002 -0500, Vern Anderson wrote: >I run the same wheel/tire setup but with -3.25 in the front and -3.0 in >the rear. I have had good luck with 32-34 front and 30-32 rear in >normal conditions (dry and 50+ degrees). I would like to thank Vern and all others that responded. I ran 36 front and 34 rear this past weekend and the car felt great, even on my limited camber. :-) Thanks! -- Rex Tener rex_tener@yahoo.com 1996 BMW M3, SCCA SFR Solo II Street-Mod/BSP #173
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#3. GP on Brembo cross-drilled or slotted rotors - from Mdriver13@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 13:30:57 EDT From: Mdriver13@aol.com Subject: GP on Brembo cross-drilled or slotted rotors To all, I just got Suzy's blessing to post a potential GP on Brembo c/d rotors. If you are interested drop me an email. The shop is Auto Addictions in Allentown, PA. They just became a distributor for Brembo. If you go to the Brembo site, you will see them listed. As of today, they are still waiting on Brembo to send all the necessary stuff to get pricing to me, but they have a willingness to deal, depending on numbers. Hope to hear from a few out there. Mel you're already on the list. Want to move on this within two weeks from today. Bob Gill 97 ///M3 coupe Philly Region SCCA AS Champion 1997 & 2000 BSP Champion 2001
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#4. Re: Clarification of MacPherson strut camber curves. - from Neil Maller
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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 12:36:25 -0500 From: Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> Subject: Re: Clarification of MacPherson strut camber curves. on 4/29/02 11:15 AM, TFRM3@aol.com wrote: > Just to clarify: m3 will gain negative camber for a long time, all the way > through any suspension travel on any m3. the reason for this is that the > geometry does not start to take away neg camber until the LCA is > perpindicular to the strut. As the control arm moves up into the body, at a > certain point the arc does go past center WRT * the ground*, but not WRT the > strut. So although the lower ball joint is bringing in the bottom part of the > strut very gradually, the top part of the strut is sliding inward along the > (very inclined) strut shaft at a faster rate, so the net gain is still > towards negative. This will become a zero gain and become a camber loss > suspension when the center of the wheel is about 7 1/2 inches from the fender > lip. Everything will hit everything else long before this happens. > A larger issue is that the rear camber gain is much more complicated, but > there are ways around this, but the simplest is to actually run the car > pretty low, but you must have a good handle on how to get rear travel to do > this. Much thanks to Jay Morris for this info. It's really not easy to figure this out, and I had actually considered as a winter project assembling a strut with no springs, then using a digital inclinometer to measure camber vs. travel while jacking the front hub. Neil 96 M3
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#5. Re: BMW CCA Golden Gate Chapter/South Bay - from Jeff Stowe
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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 13:33:02 -0700 From: Jeff Stowe <jrstowe@pacbell.net> Subject: Re: BMW CCA Golden Gate Chapter/South Bay Reid, Welcome to the center of the universe. First step is to get rid of any "all season" tires you may be using. Although I have heard of driving on wet roads, it is not a phenomenon we deal with here in the south bay <VBG>. The local BMW chapter is very active with lot's of driving schools and auto-xs. Additionally, there is tons of non-CCA track stuff going on around here. With 4 tracks in our backyard (thunderhill, sears point, laguna seca, buttonwillow) there are track events/driving schools available almost every weekend. Even at the non-CCA events the local M3 contingent is usually well represented. Given the M3 population and the number of listers here in the south bay we probably aren't as socially active as we could be. Sounds like a good opportunity for someone to step in and coordinate activities<hint> <hint>. Anyway, welcome to the neighborhood. Let me know when you move down, we can grab a beer and I'll tell you where the fun roads are. jeff > Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 22:41:26 -0700 > From: Reid Conti <reid@conti.net> > Subject: BMW CCA Golden Gate Chapter/South Bay > > I'm moving from Seattle to Santa Clara in the fall.. Just wondering how > active the Golden Gate chapter of the CCA is, especially for south bay area > events.. Any people from the list in the area? Is there a group of M3 > owners in the area that sometimes get together? > > thanks > > - reid >
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#6. RE: [E36M3] GP on Brembo cross-drilled or slotted rotors - from Carey Probst
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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 18:43:12 -0400 From: "Carey Probst" <hcprobst@alum.mit.edu> Subject: RE: [E36M3] GP on Brembo cross-drilled or slotted rotors Any pricing? > -----Original Message----- > From: Mdriver13@aol.com [mailto:Mdriver13@aol.com] > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 1:36 PM > To: E36M3 > Subject: [E36M3] GP on Brembo cross-drilled or slotted rotors > > > Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 13:30:57 EDT > From: Mdriver13@aol.com > Subject: GP on Brembo cross-drilled or slotted rotors > > > To all, > > I just got Suzy's blessing to post a potential GP on Brembo c/d > rotors. If > you are interested drop me an email. The shop is Auto Addictions in > Allentown, PA. They just became a distributor for Brembo. If > you go to the > Brembo site, you will see them listed. As of today, they are > still waiting > on Brembo to send all the necessary stuff to get pricing to me, > but they have > a willingness to deal, depending on numbers. > > Hope to hear from a few out there. Mel you're already on the list. > > Want to move on this within two weeks from today. > > Bob Gill > 97 ///M3 coupe > Philly Region SCCA > AS Champion 1997 & 2000 > BSP Champion 2001 > > > > ************************************************************* > 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: [E36M3] Water pump belt - from Jeff A
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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 17:56:38 -0500 From: "Jeff A" <aabel@austin.rr.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Water pump belt > I replaced the water pump this past saturday (67k miles > w/no signs of cracking or fatigue on 11/'95 M3) w/a metal > impeller one as well as the t-stat housing (aluminum now) > & T-stat (70 degrees instead of 90). > > The battery light on the dashboard is flickering and the > power steering pump is sliping since the belt is loose > after I put everything back together. To solve this, do > I just adjust the tensioner w/the 8mm torque wrench? > > TIA, > > Luis > '99 MCoupe > '95 M3 > '86 325 > Luis, This is off the topic of your original question, but why did you replace the Tstat with a 70 degree unit? I may be wrong, but it seems like a sure fire way to increase emissions, decrease engine life, increase fuel consumption. .. . Jeff stock Tstat
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#8. Re: [E36M3] GP on Brembo cross-drilled or slotted rotors - from Mdriver13@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:48:32 EDT From: Mdriver13@aol.com Subject: Re: [E36M3] GP on Brembo cross-drilled or slotted rotors To all that responded on this GP so far. I will try to get a GP price for as few as five people, and a price based on 10 of us. I know the price will certainly be lower than brembo's website price of $269 for the Sport rotors. They only sell front rotors as far as I can tell, drilled or slotted. If you're interested in the Grand Turismo sets ($2,000 and up), let me know that too. For a better description go to <A HREF="Brembo.com">Brembo.com </A>Bob Gill 97 ///M3 coupe Philly Region SCCA AS Champion 1997 & 2000 BSP Champion 2001
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#9. Re: [E36M3] Water pump belt - from NickG
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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 20:44:22 -0400 From: "NickG" <nick@tech-nick.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Water pump belt The tensioner has no manual adjustment; it's automatic. Maybe you installed the belt incorrectly, leaving too much slack? Nick > I replaced the water pump this past saturday (67k miles > w/no signs of cracking or fatigue on 11/'95 M3) w/a metal > impeller one as well as the t-stat housing (aluminum now) > & T-stat (70 degrees instead of 90). > > The battery light on the dashboard is flickering and the > power steering pump is sliping since the belt is loose > after I put everything back together. To solve this, do > I just adjust the tensioner w/the 8mm torque wrench? > > TIA, > > Luis > '99 MCoupe > '95 M3 > '86 325
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#10. Extended Warranty - from Wayne Miller
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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 21:05:30 -0400 From: "Wayne Miller" <m3@waynemiller.com> Subject: Extended Warranty In the beginning of September of last year, Chester and I started looking at a group-purchase of extended warranties from Warranty Gold ( www.warrantygold.com ). At the time, they were offering about $1,550 or so for a 5 year/100,000 mile "Diamond" warranty that you could pay for over 12 months with no interest. After September 11th, I basically forgot about the whole idea but now my car is approaching 48,000 miles and their limit to purchase one is 50,000 miles so I am ready to proceed. I will call them tomorrow to see what kind of deal that I can work out but if anyone is interested, please let me know soon. I have no relationship with them or any other warranty company and I know that some people think that extended warranties are a waste of money but I saved at least $10,000 on my Subaru SVX with one, a few thousand on an Oldsmobile Aurora but I lost money on the extended warranty on an Acura NSX. Please respond to me directly if interested so as not to fill the list with "I'm in" E-mails. When it comes time to make the order, I will post whatever details are worked out. -Wayne