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#1. Reverse trouble - from HYPERM3@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 11:27:15 EDT From: HYPERM3@aol.com Subject: Reverse trouble Hey all, Lately when the car is warmed up, Ive been having trouble keeping the car in reverse. I can get it into reverse gear with no problem but once I start backing up, it will kick it out of gear and grind every time. When I'm just starting it up and pulling out of the garage, no problems. I have a 4 yr. old UUC SS kit in case that was a pertinent question. Anyone else experience this? If so, what to do? Thanks, Alex "HyperM3" Demsky 97 S/C M3 35k
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#2. Question for '95 M3 Owners with LTW Strut Brace - from Riley, Scott
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Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 10:57:16 -0500 From: "Riley, Scott" <sriley@cardinalcapital.com> Subject: Question for '95 M3 Owners with LTW Strut Brace I recently installed a LTW strut tower brace on my '95 M3 club racer. Within weeks, the nuts attaching the bar to the struts towers as well as the nuts at the end of the bar have superficial rust all of them. It is frustrating to have such a clean engine compartment only to have 6-8 rusty nuts being the first thing you see. Do they make caps for these nuts or do I just need to remove them and paint them black? The only problem with painting them is that I will mar them when they are re-installed. TIA, Scott
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#3. Suspension tuning questions - from Joe Tan
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Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 09:29:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Joe Tan <mailjtan@yahoo.com> Subject: Suspension tuning questions I have a question for the suspension gurus on the list. I am running coilovers and stock sway bars on my M3. I've set the ride height front and rear exactly 1" lower than stock. With this setup I am experiencing a lot of understeer in the front. Aside from getting bigger sway bars. can I tune out some of the understeer by playing with the ride height a little bit? Will I get less understeer by raising the rear suspension a little? Or is it the other way around? Thanks, Joe. '98 M3/4 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com
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#4. 4-point roll bar - from Scott McClung
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Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 10:27:55 -0700 From: Scott McClung <scott.mcclung@ubicom.com> Subject: 4-point roll bar Anyone on this list have a coupe with a 4-point roll bar? Can you keep the rear seats, and are they still useable? Any pics might be interesting to see. I'm considering replacing the Corvette with a '95 M3, or maybe even an E30. I would imagine the '95 would be the faster track car, especially if I got the power up near 300. The E30 M3's can't weigh a whole lot less than the E36 and even a pumped up motor has got to be down 50hp and even more tq... Thanks. Scott '98 M3/4 '94 Q45t '91 Corvette - track car
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#5. RE: Trivia Question - from Berney, Butch
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Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 10:50:56 -0700 From: "Berney, Butch" <butch.berney@lamrc.com> Subject: RE: Trivia Question Oops... <snip> >> As long as we are on trivia. How did it come to pass that wheel diameter is >> measured in inches, and width in millimeters? Actually, I don't know the >> answer to this either, but have looked :-) >Both wheel diameter and width are usually in inches, as In 7 1/2 by 17" >wheels. It's tires that are mixed, which is even stranger! *Tires* is what I meant to say. There must have been some kind of manufacturer agreement somewhere to make tire widths measured in metric, but keep the diameter in inches. It's goofy for sure :-) >Michelin tried to change all that a bunch of years ago with the TRX tires, >which were I think 380 mm diameter (on BMWs) and required special wheels. >These were supplied on at least 6 and 7 series of the era, but obviously >never caught on. Ahh, I am well aware of this one. My first new car was a 1983 Escort GT and it had 365mm(?) TRX tires. They were expensive, and even by the standards of the day, were not very good tires. Live and learn (in more ways than one). All my cars since then have been German...with *regular* sized tires! >on 5/10/02 1:18 PM, "Andrew-Taylor Autosport" <astaylor@taylorautosport.com> >responded: >> Seat belt hardware. >> 7/16 UNF. >Dingdingding! Andrew gets the virtual prize... <snip> Do all cars have 7/16 threads on the seat belts? Interesting trivia. I am sure it will come in handy some day :-) Butch
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#6. Re: [E36M3] 4-point roll bar - from Mark Radelow
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Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 17:53:29 +0000 From: "Mark Radelow" <radelow@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 4-point roll bar I have a 95 coupe with an autopower bar. Yes you *could* use the rear seats..."could" being the operative word. I wouldn't sit back there (even with padding) and certainly would not take the liability of letting anyone else sit back there. In terms of HP, 300hp isn't an easy number to reach. You are talking cams, chip, exhaust, intake, injectors to reach that number (maybe) and it will cost over $3000 to get there. And even then a reasonably prepped E30 M3 with a 2.5 liter Evo motor will whoop your butt. Still I would take an E36 over the E30 anyday... $10,000 engine rebuilds don't exactly excite me. Mark Radelow From: Scott McClung <scott.mcclung@ubicom.com> Reply-To: Scott McClung <scott.mcclung@ubicom.com> To: E36M3 <e36m3@bmw-m.net> Subject: [E36M3] 4-point roll bar Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 12:38:45 -0500 Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 10:27:55 -0700 From: Scott McClung <scott.mcclung@ubicom.com> Subject: 4-point roll bar Anyone on this list have a coupe with a 4-point roll bar? Can you keep the rear seats, and are they still useable? Any pics might be interesting to see. I'm considering replacing the Corvette with a '95 M3, or maybe even an E30. I would imagine the '95 would be the faster track car, especially if I got the power up near 300. The E30 M3's can't weigh a whole lot less than the E36 and even a pumped up motor has got to be down 50hp and even more tq... Thanks. Scott '98 M3/4 '94 Q45t '91 Corvette - track car ************************************************************* 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. ************************************************************* _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
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#7. RE: [E36M3] 4-point roll bar - from Scott McClung
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Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 11:02:25 -0700 From: Scott McClung <scott.mcclung@ubicom.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] 4-point roll bar Good to know. My thinking was driven by an attempt to combine my track car with my wife's "fun" car, and she needs to be able to haul a couple kids around. Sounds like if I'm willing to give up the bar it might be an option to consider. OK - so maybe 300 was optimistic, but I'm fully willing to spend $3K to get there. Although I might be a lot more tempted to stick to all the bolt on stuff which should get me to 275hp anyway, right? Still probably close to $2500-$3000 which is fine. E30 is still very interesting, however. The TMS website has a new 2.5L Evo shortblock for $2200. Add a stage 2 head and headers, intake, chip - etc and for maybe $5K it seems reasonable you could have a fairly stout motor maybe about the same 275hp. So given equal power levels do you think a E30 would still beat a E36 on a road course? I need to get my sedan out on the track for a reference point, but I also wonder how either of the 275hp-ish equipped M3's would fare against my current track car, a '91 vette. It's got about 10 lbs / hp and with 275/315 rubber and lots of torque I wonder if the cornering prowess of the M3's would make them faster. My rough guess is the M3's might be slightly faster on most tracks. I just hate to make a move that makes me slower out there.... I also like the protection of a 4-point bar, so that's another issue to wrestle with... Scott -----Original Message----- From: Mark Radelow [mailto:radelow@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 10:53 AM To: scott.mcclung@ubicom.com; e36m3@bmw-m.net Subject: Re: [E36M3] 4-point roll bar I have a 95 coupe with an autopower bar. Yes you *could* use the rear seats..."could" being the operative word. I wouldn't sit back there (even with padding) and certainly would not take the liability of letting anyone else sit back there. In terms of HP, 300hp isn't an easy number to reach. You are talking cams, chip, exhaust, intake, injectors to reach that number (maybe) and it will cost over $3000 to get there. And even then a reasonably prepped E30 M3 with a 2.5 liter Evo motor will whoop your butt. Still I would take an E36 over the E30 anyday... $10,000 engine rebuilds don't exactly excite me. Mark Radelow From: Scott McClung <scott.mcclung@ubicom.com> Reply-To: Scott McClung <scott.mcclung@ubicom.com> To: E36M3 <e36m3@bmw-m.net> Subject: [E36M3] 4-point roll bar Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 12:38:45 -0500 Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 10:27:55 -0700 From: Scott McClung <scott.mcclung@ubicom.com> Subject: 4-point roll bar Anyone on this list have a coupe with a 4-point roll bar? Can you keep the rear seats, and are they still useable? Any pics might be interesting to see. I'm considering replacing the Corvette with a '95 M3, or maybe even an E30. I would imagine the '95 would be the faster track car, especially if I got the power up near 300. The E30 M3's can't weigh a whole lot less than the E36 and even a pumped up motor has got to be down 50hp and even more tq... Thanks. Scott '98 M3/4 '94 Q45t '91 Corvette - track car ************************************************************* 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. ************************************************************* _________________________________________________________________ Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
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#8. Re: [E36M3] Question for '95 M3 Owners with LTW Strut Brace - from Chris Papademetrious
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Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 14:11:07 -0400 From: Chris Papademetrious <chrispy@ieee.org> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Question for '95 M3 Owners with LTW Strut Brace At 11:08 AM 5/13/2002 -0500, Riley, Scott wrote: >I recently installed a LTW strut tower brace on my '95 M3 club >racer. Within weeks, the nuts attaching the bar to the struts towers as >well as the nuts at the end of the bar have superficial rust all of >them. It is frustrating to have such a clean engine compartment only to >have 6-8 rusty nuts being the first thing you see. > >Do they make caps for these nuts or do I just need to remove them and >paint them black? The only problem with painting them is that I will mar >them when they are re-installed. Try looking for fastener shop in the yellow pages and get that size in stainless. I know of a place here that sells virtually every sort of fastener you could think of, in various metals and finishes. - Chris
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#9. RE: [E36M3] 4-point roll bar - from Mark Radelow
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Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 18:35:18 +0000 From: "Mark Radelow" <radelow@hotmail.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] 4-point roll bar I wouldn't take a 2-door E36 on the track without a bar (after my first time). I have seen too many photos of E36's flipped over and pretty much pancaked. The car just doesn't have great rollover protection. The bolt on's (excluding cams and euro-hfm) will get you to maybe 260. People claim that the Euro-hfm will net you 20hp, I have yet to see that. The best alternative is a s-charger or turbo but the good turbo kits are super expensive and the supercharger kits just don't put that much power out (280-300 to the wheels for the basic kits)... As far as the e30 is concerned, an evo motor makes some real stout power... But realistically to build a proper 2.5 you are talking $10,000. At least that's what people I have talked to who have 2.5's paid... -mark From: Scott McClung <scott.mcclung@ubicom.com> Reply-To: Scott McClung <scott.mcclung@ubicom.com> To: E36M3 <e36m3@bmw-m.net> Subject: RE: [E36M3] 4-point roll bar Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 13:08:47 -0500 Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 11:02:25 -0700 From: Scott McClung <scott.mcclung@ubicom.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] 4-point roll bar Good to know. My thinking was driven by an attempt to combine my track car with my wife's "fun" car, and she needs to be able to haul a couple kids around. Sounds like if I'm willing to give up the bar it might be an option to consider. OK - so maybe 300 was optimistic, but I'm fully willing to spend $3K to get there. Although I might be a lot more tempted to stick to all the bolt on stuff which should get me to 275hp anyway, right? Still probably close to $2500-$3000 which is fine. E30 is still very interesting, however. The TMS website has a new 2.5L Evo shortblock for $2200. Add a stage 2 head and headers, intake, chip - etc and for maybe $5K it seems reasonable you could have a fairly stout motor maybe about the same 275hp. So given equal power levels do you think a E30 would still beat a E36 on a road course? I need to get my sedan out on the track for a reference point, but I also wonder how either of the 275hp-ish equipped M3's would fare against my current track car, a '91 vette. It's got about 10 lbs / hp and with 275/315 rubber and lots of torque I wonder if the cornering prowess of the M3's would make them faster. My rough guess is the M3's might be slightly faster on most tracks. I just hate to make a move that makes me slower out there.... I also like the protection of a 4-point bar, so that's another issue to wrestle with... Scott -----Original Message----- From: Mark Radelow [mailto:radelow@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 10:53 AM To: scott.mcclung@ubicom.com; e36m3@bmw-m.net Subject: Re: [E36M3] 4-point roll bar I have a 95 coupe with an autopower bar. Yes you *could* use the rear seats..."could" being the operative word. I wouldn't sit back there (even with padding) and certainly would not take the liability of letting anyone else sit back there. In terms of HP, 300hp isn't an easy number to reach. You are talking cams, chip, exhaust, intake, injectors to reach that number (maybe) and it will cost over $3000 to get there. And even then a reasonably prepped E30 M3 with a 2.5 liter Evo motor will whoop your butt. Still I would take an E36 over the E30 anyday... $10,000 engine rebuilds don't exactly excite me. Mark Radelow From: Scott McClung <scott.mcclung@ubicom.com> Reply-To: Scott McClung <scott.mcclung@ubicom.com> To: E36M3 <e36m3@bmw-m.net> Subject: [E36M3] 4-point roll bar Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 12:38:45 -0500 Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 10:27:55 -0700 From: Scott McClung <scott.mcclung@ubicom.com> Subject: 4-point roll bar Anyone on this list have a coupe with a 4-point roll bar? Can you keep the rear seats, and are they still useable? Any pics might be interesting to see. I'm considering replacing the Corvette with a '95 M3, or maybe even an E30. I would imagine the '95 would be the faster track car, especially if I got the power up near 300. The E30 M3's can't weigh a whole lot less than the E36 and even a pumped up motor has got to be down 50hp and even more tq... Thanks. Scott '98 M3/4 '94 Q45t '91 Corvette - track car ************************************************************* 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. ************************************************************* _________________________________________________________________ Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.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. ************************************************************* _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
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#10. Re: [E36M3] 4-point roll bar - from Michael
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Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 15:52:19 -0400 From: "Michael" <95m3ltw@charter.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 4-point roll bar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Radelow" <radelow@hotmail.com> > In terms of HP, 300hp isn't an easy number to reach. You are talking cams, > chip, exhaust, intake, injectors to reach that number (maybe) and it will > cost over $3000 to get there. And even then a reasonably prepped E30 M3 > with a 2.5 liter Evo motor will whoop your butt. WHAT??????? a 300hp E-36 would SMOKE an E-30 with the 2.5. Just look at the club racing website for lap times between the cars. Hell, a well sorted H stock with stock motor would smoke a 2.5 E-30. I have done it many times!!! A friend just had a 2.5built for his track E-30. head to head against a chipped, strong stock 95 M3, they are dead even. So a 300hp E-36 would KILL it on a track, no questions. Trust me, an E-36 is way faster than an E-30. 300hp is easy to get with cams, chip, intake, there is no questions you will have over 300hp as every person I know that has done this is making 300+hp. Then the suspension design alone on the E-36 is light years ahead of the Trailing arms of an E-30. Trust me, you can make a much faster track car out of an E-36 than an E-30 and probably save money aswell.