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#1. RE: [E36M3] 15W50 Mobil 1 for summer: anyone use this? - from Go, Jeffrey
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Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 01:11:08 +0200 From: "Go, Jeffrey" <jeffrey.go@sap.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] 15W50 Mobil 1 for summer: anyone use this? Yes 15w-50 here in San Jose, bay area... For a 1996 M3... Been using it since I bought the car 6 years ago... -----Original Message----- From: Geof McLaughlin [mailto:gfmiiilist@attbi.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 1:24 PM To: E36M3 Subject: Re: [E36M3] 15W50 Mobil 1 for summer: anyone use this? Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 16:13:45 -0400 From: Geof McLaughlin <gfmiiilist@attbi.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 15W50 Mobil 1 for summer: anyone use this? At 02:03 PM 4/8/2003 -0600, Msebmwman@aol.com wrote: >Anyone here use the Mobil 1 15W50 product for summer driving or cars that may >spend some time on the track in summer? Curious if there are any issues with >this heavier weight product. I usually use 10W30 Mobil 1 in my M3 but summer >track days can be hot here in Southern California. A heavier weight oil offers an additional degree of engine protection as it guards against oil breakdown. There is no downside other than perhaps slightly degraded fuel mileage, but this is a non-issue for track driving. I use it exclusively in my E36 M3 race car. Geof ************************************************* Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: Taylor Autosport http://www.taylorautosport.com Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com BMW M3 Specialties http://www.jt-designs.com Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com DIGEST INFORMATION: http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm *************************************************
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#2. RE: [E36M3] Hose Clamps - from Andrew E. Kalman
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Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 16:19:35 -0700 From: "Andrew E. Kalman" <aek@pumpkininc.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Hose Clamps Re: >Speaking of hose clamps. Does anyone have a good source for high >quality metric hose clamps? I've been thinking of ordering a >variety of them to keep with my spare parts. Drop by Global Metrics in Belmont and ask to see theirs. Personally, however, I find the Mercedes ones to be the nicest. -- ______________________________________ Andrew E. Kalman, Ph.D. aek@pumpkininc.com
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#3. RE: [E36M3] 15W50 Mobil 1 for summer: anyone use this? - from Scott McClung
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Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 16:40:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Scott McClung <smlists@pacbell.net> Subject: RE: [E36M3] 15W50 Mobil 1 for summer: anyone use this? I've been using the BMW synthetic in 5W30 weight, also San Jose - summer, winter, all year. Had the car for 1 year. This is what BMW recommends. I do track the car occasionally, but it's 95% + a daily driven street car (and a fun one at that). Should I be using the 15W50 instead? Scott "Go, Jeffrey" <jeffrey.go@sap.com> wrote:Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 01:11:08 +0200 From: "Go, Jeffrey" Subject: RE: [E36M3] 15W50 Mobil 1 for summer: anyone use this? Yes 15w-50 here in San Jose, bay area... For a 1996 M3... Been using it since I bought the car 6 years ago... -----Original Message----- From: Geof McLaughlin [mailto:gfmiiilist@attbi.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 1:24 PM To: E36M3 Subject: Re: [E36M3] 15W50 Mobil 1 for summer: anyone use this? Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 16:13:45 -0400 From: Geof McLaughlin Subject: Re: [E36M3] 15W50 Mobil 1 for summer: anyone use this? At 02:03 PM 4/8/2003 -0600, Msebmwman@aol.com wrote: >Anyone here use the Mobil 1 15W50 product for summer driving or cars that may >spend some time on the track in summer? Curious if there are any issues with >this heavier weight product. I usually use 10W30 Mobil 1 in my M3 but summer >track days can be hot here in Southern California. A heavier weight oil offers an additional degree of engine protection as it guards against oil breakdown. There is no downside other than perhaps slightly degraded fuel mileage, but this is a non-issue for track driving. I use it exclusively in my E36 M3 race car. Geof ************************************************* Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: Taylor Autosport http://www.taylorautosport.com Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com BMW M3 Specialties http://www.jt-designs.com Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com DIGEST INFORMATION: http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm ************************************************* ************************************************* Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: Taylor Autosport http://www.taylorautosport.com Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com BMW M3 Specialties http://www.jt-designs.com Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com DIGEST INFORMATION: http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm *************************************************
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#4. Gone to the Happy Autocross in Heaven! - from Joe Dyer
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Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 17:04:37 -0700 From: "Joe Dyer" <joedyer@attbi.com> Subject: Gone to the Happy Autocross in Heaven! Dear E36M3 buddies, My dear delightful 95 BMW M3 Stage 3 modified by Dinan, has succumbed due to the injuries it sustained on March 7 when a Town Car Limousine pulled out across my path. I T-boned him in front of the driver door. My BMW will be remembered by its starring role and cover picture on the July 1997 Road & Track (and for winning Ben Liaw's special car award contest he held when starting his Rogue Engineering business). It has been a faithful servant for occasional track days and for regular autocrosses. The costs to repair reached a level where the Insurance company was unwilling to go. And then it may never have been the same performing car, had I opted to restore it anyway. It will be transported to the Co-Part Auction Site in San Martin, CA for auction. If you have a bidders license and desire to acquire it to salvage all the Dinan upgrades, be my guest. I do not have the energy to go through the parting-out process myself. Oh, BTW, the air bag test worked perfectly. I had the bruised ribcage to prove it! Joe Dyer
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#5. Re: [E36M3] Gone to the Happy Autocross in Heaven! - from Jim Bassett
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Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 17:47:50 -0700 From: Jim Bassett <jimbassett@attbi.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Gone to the Happy Autocross in Heaven! At 05:13 PM 4/8/03, Joe Dyer wrote: >Dear E36M3 buddies, > >My dear delightful 95 BMW M3 Stage 3 modified by Dinan, has succumbed >due to the injuries it sustained on March 7 when a Town Car Limousine >pulled out across my path. Oh no! Sorry to hear that Joe. Glad to hear you're OK, though. >It has >been a faithful servant for occasional track days and for regular >autocrosses. I recall fondly all the autox battles you & I had with our respective M3s. Cheers, Jim Bassett 1998 M3/4 - retired to daily-driving duty only 1993 325is #44 - haven't autocrossed it...yet
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#6. RE: [E36M3] Review of '03 330i vs '95 M3 - from DocWyte
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Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 18:20:18 -0700 (PDT) From: DocWyte <josh_wyte@yahoo.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Review of '03 330i vs '95 M3 Intuitive for me, in that I want to push the stick up (away from me) for upshifts and pull it down (towards me) for downshifts. The other way is totally opposite to what I think as common sense. Of course, I mount my x-rays opposite to everyone else in dentistry too, so I'm a bit different. They all mount the patients right x-ray on the left side and left on the right. That always threw me and I thought it was totally stupid. I mount the patients right x-ray on the right side, left on left... -josh > Did your wife know you were stopping by the autox on > the way to the grocery store > My wife's 540iT is the same way - towards driver for > downshift and away for upshift - seems intuitive > enough to me and works pretty nicely on the twisty > roads. No substitute for a manual, but a good > compliment to the nice torquey V8 powerhouse in the > 540. > Scott ===== __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com
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#7. Who wants to go in on a 24lb injector buy? - from DocWyte
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Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 18:24:23 -0700 (PDT) From: DocWyte <josh_wyte@yahoo.com> Subject: Who wants to go in on a 24lb injector buy? Well, On the advice of Josh@Eurosport I'm going to pick a set of these up. He thinks I'll be pushing my stock 17.5lb injectors pretty close to the limit with my next mod and I'd rather have a little more injector headroom. Summit Racing sells a set (there are 8 in a set) of the 24lb injectors for $220. I need three other people to join in with me. We'll buy three sets for a total of 24 injectors and split them amongst us. It works out to $165 a person plus shipping. ECIS sells these for $230 for a set of 6. I've already got one other person who's expressed interest, so I really just need two people. If more are interested, we can always just order more injectors... -josh ===== __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com
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#8. RE: [E36M3] Review of '03 330i vs '95 M3 - from Jim Bassett
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Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 18:37:49 -0700 From: Jim Bassett <jimbassett@attbi.com> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Review of '03 330i vs '95 M3 At 06:23 PM 4/8/03, DocWyte talked about: >Intuitive for me, in that I want to push the stick up >(away from me) for upshifts and pull it down (towards >me) for downshifts. The other way is totally opposite >to what I think as common sense. But also totally opposite from most true sequential boxes I've seem. Granted, that's just from watching many races on Speed Channel :-) All this shows is that "common sense" isn't necessarily all that common <bg>. Jim Bassett
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#9. Re: 15W50 Mobil 1 for summer: anyone use this? - from Jay L.
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Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 18:42:48 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jay L." <joong@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: 15W50 Mobil 1 for summer: anyone use this? I agree with you about the weight issues. Main advantage for the heavier oils is for sealing. I've never heard about anyone's lightweight synthetic oils "breaking down." Regarding the E39 M5 oil, the heavier weight is only specified for the early cars (2000). They burn a LOT of oil. The 2001 and up models like mine run fine on 5W-30 (I use 0W-30), although they still burn a lot more oil than an average car. I guess they improved the piston rings or something, I forgot what it was exactly. ----- Original Message ----- > -------------------- 7 -------------------- > Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 18:21:56 EDT > From: Gcfuller@aol.com > Subject: 15W50 Mobil 1 for summer: anyone use this? > > > Gosh, I hope I don't start a war. But, from what I understand a thick > SYTHETIC does not offer any more protection in hotter weather than a thinner > one, and may actually be worse in some cases, i.e. lifter ticking. > If we were talking CONVENTIONAL oil, this would be true, but sythetics do not > thin nearly as much as conventional oils, and have a much higher film > strength. In fact, a thinner synthetic oil circulates faster, drawing more > heat away from the engine parts, and providing more consistant lubrication. > > This is why BMW recommends a 15W40 or higher conventional oil, but only a > 5W30 synthetic year round. And, they also changed the BMW brand oil from a > 5W40 to a 5W30. > It is also why some autocrossers (so I have heard - I don't autocross) have=20 > had ticking problems with heavier sythetic oil, and it goes away with a=20 > lighter synthetic. =20 > In short, a lighter, faster moving sythetic oil protects better than a=20 > thicker one. > > Either way, you are much better off with any weight sythetic you use than a=20 > conventional, but it might be time to re-think which one you use. What=20 > applied to Dino-oil does not necessarily apply to synthetics. > > The only monkey whench in this is the E39 M5 and E46 M3, which require 10W60= > =20 > special BMW Catrol made oil, or sometimes they blow up. Our E36's are fine= > =20 > on 10W30 synthetic, and may actually be better off. And you'll make more=20 > power too! Again, this is my opinion only, and your mileage may vary. Just= > =20 > another data point for everyone to consider. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com
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#10. RE: [E36M3] Review of '03 330i vs '95 M3 - from Robert Puertas
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Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 18:44:12 -0700 From: "Robert Puertas" <Puertas@cox.net> Subject: RE: [E36M3] Review of '03 330i vs '95 M3 Sorry if someone already explained this, but most modern racecars are push for downshift, pull for upshift. When you are breaking into a corner, your momentum pushes your body forward against the belts making a forward push to downshift more natural, and when you are accelerating out of the corner, you are pushed back into the seat making the pull back to up-shift easier. Robert Puertas '95 M3 (daily driver) '87 BP RX-7 Turbo (for Solo2) '97 Allkart 125cc Shifter Kart (for fun) -----Original Message----- Intuitive for me, in that I want to push the stick up (away from me) for upshifts and pull it down (towards me) for downshifts. The other way is totally opposite to what I think as common sense.