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#1. Re: [E36M3] 3.2L engine swap - from Rex Tener
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Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 16:18:51 -0800 From: Rex Tener <rex_tener@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 3.2L engine swap At 03:26 PM 2/5/2003 -0600, Juan Bruce wrote: >I've run across a good deal on a 3.2 motor from a low mileage '99 M Coupe. >I was thinking about swapping this into my early '95 M3 (pre EWS). I >assume I can just keep my OBD I intake manifold, computer etc. and all I >would need is a custom chip. Is there more to this swap? Does someone >sell a kit? Hi Juan, I ran across this last night on bimmerforums, it looks like the information that you are looking for: <http://homepage.mac.com/aceves/OBD_ONE1.html> -- Rex Tener rex_tener@yahoo.com
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#2. RE: Tires and Guibo replacement - from BOOM,BILL (HP-Roseville,ex1)
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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 19:26:56 -0500 From: "BOOM,BILL (HP-Roseville,ex1)" <bill_boom@hp.com> Subject: RE: Tires and Guibo replacement > From: HYPERM3@aol.com > Subject: Tires and Guibo replacement > > > Tires: To all those thinking of getting the Pilots...DON'T. > Seriously, they > suck dry or wet. They squeal like crazy and don't have high > limits at all > (even on the street). Just as another (contrary) data point, I thought the Pilots that came stock on my 99 were very good. They only squeal when pushed to the limit, which comes in handy if you're the type who likes audible warnings that your tires are approaching the limit. When I switched to using R-compounds for the track, I saw a 3 sec/lap improvement on a ~2:20 course. If the Pilots sucked that much, I would think the difference would have been greater. Also, I got 35K miles out of the Pilots (I do tend to drive conservatively on the street, but they did have about 8 track days on them.) I switched to S-03's when the Pilots were worn out, but only because they were slightly cheaper than the Pilots and because I wanted to try something different. I can detect no difference betwen the Pilots and the S-03's in dry performance on the street (haven't had the S-03's in the rain yet.) - Bill
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#3. RE: [E36M3] Tires and Guibo replacement - from Jamie Howton
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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 18:29:58 -0600 From: "Jamie Howton" <jhowton@fotofab.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Tires and Guibo replacement The Guibo can easily be replaced with the car on jackstands. You don't need to roll the car to rotate the driveshaft, just take the car out of gear, release the parking brake (after correctly putting the car on all 4 jackstands) and you can rotate the driveshaft very easily by hand. You also don't need a tranny jack to lower the transmission for this job. The tranny and engine are pretty well balanced on the motor mounts. When you unbolt the transmission mount, you can lower it by hand until the front of the transmission comes to rest on the X-brace. When it comes time to bolt the rear trans mount back on you can lift it into position by hand (assuming you can bench press about 40lbs that is). Make sure you buy the six lock nuts that attach the Guibo to the tranny output flange and the driveshaft, P/N 07 12 9 900 047 (95 M3) they are one-time use. The Bentley manual has the complete procedure including exhaust removal, I would recommend that you check that out. Also, get a long breaker bar because those guibo bolts are tight. Regards Jamie Howton 2002 330i 5 Spd Steel Blue Metallic SP 1995 M3 5 Spd Arctic Silver 1979 Porsche 928 5 Speed Opalmetallic
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#4. My M is back! - from DocWyte
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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 16:54:00 -0800 (PST) From: DocWyte <josh_wyte@yahoo.com> Subject: My M is back! Well, the dealer replaced the DME under the emmissions warranty (how long is this warranty? My car is 8 years old!) and everything is fine. They even swapped over my JC chip without even blinking. I'm still a little fuzzy on how a fried coil pack can short out the DME, but whatever.. -josh ===== Josh Wyte Momentum Motorsports 508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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#5. RE: [E36M3] Tires - from Dames, Mark
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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 17:18:37 -0800 From: "Dames, Mark" <Mark.Dames@PDO.Co.Santa-Clara.CA.US> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Tires Huh? Pilots squeal on the street? Sounds like you've got them inflated incorrectly and/or you're pushing a set of 225's in the front too hard. On the track they hold great for street tires if you've got them inflated properly. They may not be as fast as R-compounds but you won't crash with them either. IMO they are going to be your best all round street/track set up assuming you get rid of your front rims, put a second set of rear 8.5" ers on the front and put 245's on all four corners. They hold, they communicate (yup, squeeling on the track is a good idea), and they'll telegraph when they're approaching adhesion limits. mark. 98 M3/4 8.5's w/245 Pilots @ all 4 corners -----Original Message----- From: HYPERM3@aol.com [mailto:HYPERM3@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 3:56 PM To: E36M3 Subject: [E36M3] Tires and Guibo replacement Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 18:52:19 EST From: HYPERM3@aol.com Subject: Tires and Guibo replacement Tires: To all those thinking of getting the Pilots...DON'T. Seriously, they suck dry or wet. They squeal like crazy and don't have high limits at all (even on the street). If you heard or read good things about them, consider the source. Was it someone who used them on the same car, or a magazine that got advertising $$$? No, I don't consider the street a race course.....all the time...but I do drive my car hard on off ramps, on ramps, and back roads and I prefer to know I have tires that can back me up. In terms of the YOK ES-110, they are a very loud tire. I think they handle well but are horrible in a straight line accelerating in the wet. They will spin easily. No, they aren't bad tires for the money, but they are worth the money you pay. I would gladly fork over another $100 to know that ill be able to stop that much shorter or evade a swerving car that much quicker with better tires. Someone mentioned the Falken Azenis. They from what I hear on the auto-x side of things are the s%%t! My buddy had the Kumho Ecsta on his car for a bit before he sold them and they made a big difference. I know the MX are really on the up and up. But back to the Azenis, I seriously would try them myself. They seem to be the Yok A032-R of the new generation. Fantastic street/race tires. Guibo: I just replaced mine the other night. Not as easy as I expected. If you don't have access to a lift then just forget doing this right now. Jack stands absolutely do not apply. That said, once your car is in the air, make sure its not hot. You will burn yourself on many things underneath there. First thing to do is undo the bottom 3 bolts on the guibo. Lower the car just a bit and have someone underneath while you roll the car bkwd or fwd until the other 3 bolts are now on the bottom. Undo the last 3 and then unbolt the 4 exhaust bolts in the rear. Now make sure you have a tranny lift. Unbolt the 4 tranny mount bolts and with the lift under it, slowly lower it. The driveshaft will pull down with it and you will be able to jiggle it back and forth to get it off the tranny. Now take off the Guibo and examine it. When putting the guibo back on, make sure you align the arrows on the sides with the flanges on the driveshaft and the tranny. Now do everything in reverse and you should be OK. Any questions on this contact me personally. Alex "HyperM3" Demsky 97 S/C M3 Ban Low Performance Drivers, Not High Performance Cars.
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#6. Re: Tire choices - from Joe Tan
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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 19:45:14 -0800 (PST) From: Joe Tan <mailjtan@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Tire choices I'd have to disagree with Chip on this one. I've driven on many different type of tires and tires makes all the difference even for streets driving. It could be the difference in stopping on time or having the ABS kicking in and hit the car in front of you in a emergency stopping situation. Another scenario is when you do a emergency avoidance manuver. It can be the difference in keeping the car under control and drive on or have the tires loose traction and slide off the road into a ditch. And finally it's just more fun doing spirited driving in the canyon roads when you have confidence in your tires. We spent the extra money in getting a M3 instead of a standard 3 series. So why handicap your M with less quality tires? Joe. > Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 09:20:04 -0500 > From: "Chip Mitchell" <chipm@arches.uga.edu> > Subject: Re: Tire choices > > Alex, > > I have to total opposite opinion on tires in general. For a variety of > reasons (and I won't preach to the board) I don’t go around pushing my > car to the limits down the local main street. I've had nice tires, and > I've had cheap tires. The truth is, on the street, they are all round > and black and grip the road with more than enough sticky stuff to get > you into trouble. > > Once you get into "testing the limits" of the car, that’s what > controlled environments and track tires are for - in any other situation > > (including most beginner DE use) there is not a lot of reason from my > point of view to pay twice as much for tires. > > YMMV, > ChipM __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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#7. Re: Tires - Another Datapoint - from The Buch
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Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 20:59:12 -0800 From: The Buch <the_buch@telus.net> Subject: Re: Tires - Another Datapoint Had the PSports then changed to the S-03s ... hate the S-03s, particularly after stiffening up the rest of the suspension - they take every ridge on the highway at high speed and I have to work hard to drive the car safely ... alignment just done and not the issue. Doug
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#8. Camber and strut hats - again! - from Tim Williams
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Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 00:08:09 -0500 From: "Tim Williams" <willtj@bellsouth.net> Subject: Camber and strut hats - again! Anyone else having trouble using the list search engine? In any case, anyone tried installing swapped (l-r) 96 strut hats on a 95 M3? I know it has been done and reported on the list. I'd like to know the camber gain (I would be starting with around 1.3) with this arrangement. Thanks in advance, Tim 95 M3 time for at least new shocks
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#9. Re: [E36M3] Camber and strut hats - again! - from Chris Teague
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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 21:21:18 -0800 From: "Chris Teague" <cteague@cox.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Camber and strut hats - again! Tim, As a rough estimate, add 0.9, so you should be at 2.2, or possibly slightly less. Chris 97 M3/4 ----- Original Message ----- > Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 00:08:09 -0500 > From: "Tim Williams" <willtj@bellsouth.net> > Subject: Camber and strut hats - again! > > Anyone else having trouble using the list search engine? > > In any case, anyone tried installing swapped (l-r) 96 strut hats on a 95 M3? > I know it has been done and reported on the list. > > I'd like to know the camber gain (I would be starting with around 1.3) with > this arrangement. > > Thanks in advance, > > Tim
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#10. RE: [E36M3] FW: Intro & question - from K.C. Boyce
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Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 07:30:02 -0500 From: "K.C. Boyce" <kcb@abcgroup-inc.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] FW: Intro & question > We need to work on that sig...how about M3/4? :-) What...M three-quarters? Is that a portion of the upcoming M2? Or less than the M1? Being down in the South, I figured that the "crew cab" nomenclature was more apropos. ;-) KC Boyce '97 M3/4 (there, you happy?)