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#1. FS: 1995 M3 LTW, race/track/street - from Miki Haraguchi
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 09:20:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Miki Haraguchi <mharaguchi@yahoo.com> Subject: FS: 1995 M3 LTW, race/track/street Posting for John Browne. Please contact him at john@workpump.com if interested. The car is located in the Greater Seattle Area. Serious inquiries only please. Thanks! Miki 1997 328is 1995 M3 LTW ------------------------------ The real meal deal. 95 M3 Lightweight, SN 7954, only 21k miles, still street legal, ready to race. Known to many as PeeKay the Wonder Car. Beautiful to look at and delightful to drive. Only four race weekends in two clean logbooks (SCCA and ICSCC). Professionally built and maintained. The car is in the Seattle area, and is available as a package deal with a late model Wells Cargo 24' enclosed car hauler with many upgrades and options. Email for pictures and more details. M3 LTW $29,900 firm. With trailer, $37,000. - All trunk kit parts (oil pump upgrade not yet installed) - Conforti chip - upgraded intake system with euro air box, 540 HFM, oversize throttle body - JRZ shocks - coilovers with full ride height adjustability on all corners - 2 sets springs, including Group N Eibach progressives - Extra set of Bilstein Group N racing shocks (coilover fronts) - Original (low) wing included; high-wing installed - extra flag decals - Sparco Rev seats - Custom Dave Clark cage (red) - Sparco wheel - Net, fire system, elec cutoff. SCCA and ICSCC logbooks are clean - 1 set Fikse 9 X 17 wheels with unused Hoosier 245/40s - 1 set (4) LTW forged Motorsport rear wheels (8.5 x 17) - 1 set OZ Monte Carlo 8 x 17 wheels with Michelin Pilots - Original spare wheel and tire - Original rear wing with brake light - Radio harness with roof-mount antenna and PTT button on wheel - New Simpson cam lock belts for driver side - Still in box hot lap timer system - Stainless brake lines - ducts in fog light holes - floating rotors - Borla exhaust - adj camber plates - setup and track data available __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
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#2. Why does my car's front end have the heebie jeebies - from Paul Elliott
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 13:30:36 -0400 From: "Paul Elliott" <elliott.paul@worldnet.att.net> Subject: Why does my car's front end have the heebie jeebies Jason, >>The moral of the story is do not trust the equipment, even if it is the newfangled Hunter GSP9700 machines that TireRack uses. Check every variable.<< Im sorry you went through that hassle with your wheels. But, I can tell you from personal experience that this machine really IS super duper. I had my wheels balanced and checked 4 times by the dealer, and another two by independants. Each time, they said they were balanced, and each time I would have a 70mph shimmy. Finally I located a local shop with the wonderful GSP9700. It reported all 4 were out of balance to varying degrees. After it placed the weights according to the machine, Bingo, for the first time after a year of use, the car finally was completely shimmy free. Our M3s are extremely sensitive to the slightest balance issues, because of the tightness of its front end and steering components, and imbalances so small they would never be noticed on another car, will drive us crazy in ours! I stand by this machine. Thats not to say that occasional issues like the one you picked up wont happen. Nothing is perfect. But, all else being equal, this machine will solve most balance related issues that other machines will not detect. Paul Elliott --------------------------------------------------------- '99 White M3; 45-50K miles; Dinan stage II SC kit with 6" RMS crank pulley: 11 psi; AA Water/Methanol Injection; Fikse FM-10s; X-Brace; Dinan Koni Suspension; Stygar SS and Clutch Stop; Sound by Polk, Excelon, JLAudio
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#3. BMW and Limerock - from Joseph Bachman III
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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 18:12:04 +0000 From: "Joseph Bachman III" <josephbachman@hotmail.com> Subject: BMW and Limerock I don't know if any of you all got up to Limerock this last weekend for any of the vintage racing. BMW sponsored, so they had a nice 507 in their tent. They also had several race cars there for show. You could win rides in a raffle. I did not. The list of factory racers is as follows: 2 2002 race cars, 3.0csl race car, M1 race car, E36 M3 race car, 2 E46 M3 GTR cars. Damn those things move fast. I'll make pictures available as soon a I get film developed and scanned. A great vintage car weekend all around. Regards, Jay Bachman '99 M3 coupe _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
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#4. Rear Trailing Arm Bushing? - from twisty M3
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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 11:46:36 -0700 From: "twisty M3" <twistym3@hotmail.com> Subject: Rear Trailing Arm Bushing? Quick inquiry... I've always tried to ignore all the talk of rear bushings, 'cause I'm hoping that ignorance will lead to bliss. ;) It sounds, however, that the rear trailing arm bushings tend to go bad on tracked cars. I don't *think* mine are too bad, but I'm having some front end suspension stuff taken care of this weekend while I'm out of town, so I'm wondering if this is some sort of preventative work I should have done. At what "age" do these tend to go bad? I've got about 86k miles on my '99 and I've recently upped my track dosage to 1-2 events per month. Is it worthwhile to ask them to replace these while they have the car on the lift? (If so, I'll probably go with stock parts for now, rather than dealing with poly. issues) Thanks, Jonathan L. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
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#5. Euro Headlight Trivia - from Reid Conti
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 11:52:26 -0700 From: Reid Conti <reid@conti.net> Subject: Euro Headlight Trivia Hey, I just learned some interesting things. Now we all know that the ZKW ellipsoid Euro lights were on 94 and earlier euro cars, correct? They use H1 bulbs. My understanding has always been that the 95 and later euro cars used a mix of Bosch and Hella lights, which actually were H7 equipped, and used a freeform reflector, instead of an ellipsoidal lens. The word on the street has always been that the H7 freeform units were more efficient with light, but didn't have the same razor-sharp cutoff that the ellipsoids have. So I took a rock clean through my passenger side (rectangular) lens. I ordered a replacement from Pacific BMW (list: 118.00, your price $84.78). I said that yes, I have a 95 M3, but the lens I need is for the ZKW's, which I believe were on 94 and earlier cars. They gave me a part number, and told me that it would take some time since it was backordered from Germany. Imagine my surprised when the lens showed up less than 2 weeks later! Once it became available, it had to be shipped from Germany to California, than California to Seattle. Anyhoo, it showed up, but it was the wrong lens. The lens is not just the clear glass rectangular part, as I thought. It also includes the black (plastic?) housing on the back, and the two round lenses as well. The part I got was a Bosch lens. The main difference is it has a whole row of nubs across the top of the rectangular part, molded into the glass. Weird. Also, the round lens for the low beam was wrong -- on the ellipsoids it has a perfectly smooth opening for the light to shine through, this one has a diffuse lens. I didn't play with it, but the dimensions looked identical. I think I could have pulled out the low beam plastic lens and replaced it with the round plastic lens from my ZKW, and then fit the whole unit on, and it would have worked ok.. this is assuming the dimensions are the same and the optics match up (it's also assuming the ellipsodal lens is part of the rear headlight bucket, and not part of the front piece). But in the interest of having a matching rectangular lens (without the nubs), I just called Pacific BMW to get it straightened out. The guy on the phone explained that the ZKW lights are listed for 4 door only, and the Bosch are for coupes! Weird. Anybody know if this is true? Obviously the lights are interchangeable, but why would BMW use one style lens on the coupe and another on the sedan? Is this correct? Anyhow, they're shipping me the ZKW lens, and sending UPS to pick up my Bosch one. It sounds like they're covering shipping on everything, which is incredible -- it was $12 freight to ship the original, so maybe they're eating $24 more between picking up my return, and shipping the new one. Or maybe they'll bill me for some of it. Either way, I'm pleased with the customer support. I've ordered stuff from them before, they always have good prices on BMW stuff. Here are the part #'s for those who are interested: Bosch Passenger Side Lens: 63 12 8 363 506 ZKW Passenger Side Lens: 63 12 8 363 508 - reid
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#6. Re: [E36M3] Euro Headlight Trivia - from Chester Wong
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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 12:02:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Chester Wong <chester_p_wong@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Euro Headlight Trivia > The guy on the phone explained that the ZKW lights are listed for 4 > door only, and the Bosch are for coupes! Weird. Anybody know if this > is true? Obviously the lights are interchangeable, but why would BMW > use one style lens on the coupe and another on the sedan? Is this > correct? That is true...or at least consistent with the ETK. Someone asked for the part numbers recently so I posted the ones for the ZKW as most people have those. Chester ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
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#7. Re: [E36M3] Rear Trailing Arm Bushing? - from Jim Bassett
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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 12:05:21 -0700 From: Jim Bassett <jimbassett@attbi.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Rear Trailing Arm Bushing? At 11:53 AM 9/4/02, twisty M3 wrote: >At what "age" do these tend to go bad? I've got about 86k miles on my '99 >and I've recently upped my track dosage to 1-2 events per month. Is it >worthwhile to ask them to replace these while they have the car on the >lift? (If so, I'll probably go with stock parts for now, rather than >dealing with poly. issues) At the very least, they should be inspected every time you have the car inspected for the track. It's pretty easy to see if they need to be replaced (I was able to inspect mine, and my untrained eyes could tell they were dead :-)). It's a couple of hours labor per side, plus you need an alignment afterwards. Stock parts are inexpensive. Jim Bassett 1998 M3/4 - new stock rear toe bushings 1993 325is #44 KP - TC Kline monoball rear toe bushings
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#8. question - from sma280@att.net
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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 19:05:02 +0000 From: sma280@att.net Subject: question Hello: Wondering if anyone has info on a check engine light which codes "secondary air flow sensor low cyl 4-6" on peake research. My car seems fine but I have thrown this twice in the last 4 months. Thanks, Mark Greene
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#9. Re: [E36M3] Rear Trailing Arm Bushing? - from Rich Beebe
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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 15:17:56 -0400 From: Rich Beebe <rich@beebecomm.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Rear Trailing Arm Bushing? at 86k miles, not to mention the track time, i think it's probably safe to say that your RTBs will be toast. i did my M3 at 75k and they were pretty well torn. i did the LTW at 50k and they were in better shape, but still worn. i'm sure you will feel a difference with the new bushings. i believe the GC shims also go a long way towards the better feel. rich 2 95s with 96+ bushings and GC shims From: "twisty M3" <twistym3@hotmail.com> > Quick inquiry... I've always tried to ignore all the talk of rear bushings, > 'cause I'm hoping that ignorance will lead to bliss. ;) It sounds, however, > that the rear trailing arm bushings tend to go bad on tracked cars. I don't > *think* mine are too bad, but I'm having some front end suspension stuff > taken care of this weekend while I'm out of town, so I'm wondering if this > is some sort of preventative work I should have done. > > At what "age" do these tend to go bad? I've got about 86k miles on my '99 > and I've recently upped my track dosage to 1-2 events per month. Is it > worthwhile to ask them to replace these while they have the car on the lift? > (If so, I'll probably go with stock parts for now, rather than dealing > with poly. issues) > > Thanks, > Jonathan L.
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#10. Parts Needed - Any racers out there? - from Peter Guagenti
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Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 14:30:47 -0700 From: Peter Guagenti <peter@guagenti.com> Subject: Parts Needed - Any racers out there? I have recently had a couple of stupid little things break on my car, so I'm hoping some of you with stripped-racers may have the parts. - Heater vent -- from the center of the dash on a coupe, must be black - DS Front Seat Belt -- from a coupe, black Let me help clean out your garage. ;-) -p