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#1. Re: [E36M3] Retainers - from Dorffer, Rich
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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 19:38:38 -0400 From: "Dorffer, Rich" <RDORFFER@CleIndians.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Retainers > Also, who has actually known someone to experience a failure? I would not > bother until doing a cam upgrade etc. I have never known anyone to > experience a failure from the few I have been around. Brett Anderson told me of a number of motors in which he saw the failure. He also said it was easy to tell which retainers were close to failing by the difficulty in removing them, which may or may not have been related to misshifts or bouncing off the rev limiter. When I had my retainers updated in 2000 (on my 6/95 prod. date M3), they all were easily removed hence a decent indication of no significant misshifts or significant bouncing off the rev limiter according to Brett. Later, Rich
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#2. Redline products - from Erik
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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 16:42:02 -0700 From: "Erik" <Erik@mpactmotorsports.com> Subject: Redline products Re: Watter Wetter specifically, a couple of points. 1.Unless you have an aftermarket water temp guage, you have no idea what your car runs at. 2.The factory gauge reads in the middle from about 175f to over 240f. 3.The needle is electronically controlled and only lets you know when there is a real problem. 4.When the guage starts to go over the middle, start thinking about getting somewhere where you can check it out. SOON! FWIW, my experience is that our cars tend to run at about 200f or so and will spike to about 225f on a 100 degree day with the AC on in traffic. WatterWetter does seem to drop the temp by about 5-10 degrees, as advertised. Best results are achieved when at least 50 percent or greater distilled water is used in the system. I basically leave whatever BMW coolant is in the block there, and fill the radiator with 2 bottles watter wetter and distilled water. Erik Lind MPACT Motorsports
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#3. Re: [E36M3] Retainers - from Jason Knight
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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 17:05:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Knight <knight2244@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Retainers I was under the impression that bouncing off the rev limiter was not a "bad" thing. I really don't like the way it sounds, but when I go the occasional track day (non race car) sometimes it is easier to hang in 3rd and bounce off the limiter for a second or two, than going to fourth for a moment. Is this doing damage to my 3.2l engine? I suppose it could be put forth that since it's a street car I should just shift to fourth and not sweat it, which is true, but I'm more interested in the issue of bouncing off the rev limiter. And it occurs to me that I have a Dinan chip which I believe raises the rev limiter. If there's an issue does this compund it? Jason --- "Dorffer, Rich" <RDORFFER@CleIndians.com> wrote: > Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 19:38:38 -0400 > From: "Dorffer, Rich" <RDORFFER@CleIndians.com> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] Retainers > > > Also, who has actually known someone to experience > a failure? I would not > > bother until doing a cam upgrade etc. I have > never known anyone to > > experience a failure from the few I have been > around. > > Brett Anderson told me of a number of motors in > which he saw the failure. He also said it was easy > to tell which retainers were close to failing by the > difficulty in removing them, which may or may not > have been related to misshifts or bouncing off the > rev limiter. > > When I had my retainers updated in 2000 (on my 6/95 > prod. date M3), they all were easily removed hence a > decent indication of no significant misshifts or > significant bouncing off the rev limiter according > to Brett. > > Later, > > Rich > > > ************************************************* > 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 > Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com > > DIGEST INFORMATION: > http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm > ************************************************* > > > > This e-mail and any attachments may contain > confidential and > privileged information. If you are not the intended > recipient, > please notify the sender immediately by return > e-mail, delete this > e-mail and destroy any copies. Any dissemination or > use of this > information by a person other than the intended > recipient is > unauthorized and may be illegal.
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#4. Wanted to Buy/Swap: Tan Interior - from Hunt Hodgetts
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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 18:17:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Hunt Hodgetts <hhodgetts@yahoo.com> Subject: Wanted to Buy/Swap: Tan Interior I have a 97 M3 Coupe with Black interior in above average condition. I would like to buy or trade for a tan interior. Anyone have a tan interior that they're tired of or one that they took out of a track car? Email me privately. Thanks, Hunt Hodgetts __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
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#5. Re: [E36M3] RE: winter tire help - from David Ripton
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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 22:47:50 -0400 From: David Ripton <dripton@ripton.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] RE: winter tire help bill townsend wrote: > I had the Bridgestone LM-22 snows on my 540 and they were awesome. Got > them at the tire rack. I did not mind putting my winters on I liked them > so much. <aol>Me too.</aol> I've had the 225/50R 16 LM-22s on my M3 for the last two winters and I've been very happy with them. In the wet and dry, they feel like all-seasons. Not great, but not squirmy and noisy like Q-rated snow tires. I'm not tempted to switch back to the S03s *too* early in the spring. We had real snow in the DC area last winter, and they worked fine in that too. As a result of constantly working late, I was first to attack a snowy empty parking lot several times (Didn't even have to break out the "I'm not doing donuts, officer; I'm doing improvised skidpad training" speech), and they spun and recovered entertainingly ^W in a very educational manner with no surprises. They were okay on plowed-but-still-snowy roads as well, and on plowed-and-melted-and-refrozen crusty crap. They track other people's tire tracks about as badly as you'd expect from a 225mm wide snow tire. Haven't tried them on smooth ice, but I suspect that they're really bad on it. -- David Ripton dripton@ripton.net
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#6. 1999 M3 for sale near Boston, 34k miles, $25k - from Dave Spragg
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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 22:59:12 -0400 From: "Dave Spragg" <david.spragg@comcast.net> Subject: 1999 M3 for sale near Boston, 34k miles, $25k 1999 M3, 2 door coupe, Fern Green Metallic (dark not the lighter Boston Green) with tan leather interior, 34k miles, moonroof, power heated seats, cruise, Harman-Kardon sound with CD changer, LOJACK vehicle recovery system, BMW keyless entry/alarm system, 30k service just completed, VIN: WBSBG9337XEY82062, never damaged, non-smoker, always garaged, extremely well maintained with all receipts, $25000, david.spragg@comcast.net - LOJACK can be transferred to new owner for ~$50 instead of buying new for $600 and it saves on insurance as well as peace of mind - never used for a commute (I don't have one) so this has been trips only to NC, CT, VT for the most part - Michelin Pilot Sports with ~6K miles on them Last shot before the trade-in so please spread the word. Dave Spragg
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#7. check engine - from driver8 ///M3
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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:06:28 -0700 (PDT) From: driver8 ///M3 <driver8m3@yahoo.com> Subject: check engine cant find my list of codes. any help would be appreciated. FC-? FE-? thanks, russell dakar99 ===== "democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."-ben franklin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
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#8. OT : Torque Wrench - from Venkata Yella
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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 21:17:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Venkata Yella <v_yella@yahoo.com> Subject: OT : Torque Wrench Folks, I'm looking for a Torque Wrench that is reasonably accurate and affordable(~$100). I would use it mainly for oil and coolant change on my M3. Any suggestions would be very appreciated. -Yella 99 M3 49K miles --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
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#9. RE: winter tire help - from daanesh chanduwadia
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Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 01:15:53 -0400 From: "daanesh chanduwadia" <daanesh@hotmail.com> Subject: RE: winter tire help I'll likely get laughed ff the list for mentioning Consumer Reports, but unlike the tire rack they have snowmakers! In their testing CR found it trailed the winter sport M2 and the 210 snowsport in every category but handling, where it tied on their 5 tier system ('every category' being snow traction, ice braking, dry braking, wet braking, and hydroplaning). Their conclusion? "Best suited to areas where snow is less severe. Quiet ride." I've tried them on a X5 and a Jetta III VR6 and was not impressed by how easily they skated across slushy surfaces. Definitely closer to a performance all season than most winter tires... Call me contrarian, but I'd rather drive on some of these tires year-round than many an 'all-season' - H rated snow tires have sidewalls that are fairly taut and conventional (non-multicell) rubber that's closer to a summer tires than the rubber used in an all-season 50,60, or 80K mile tire. There's also a lot of forgotten fun to be had in *reducing* the grip of the M3, a car that British scribes and scribblers have called 'overtyred'.. (This is an interesting read, especially towards the end: http://www.caranddriver.com/xp/Caranddriver/columns/2001/May/200105_columns_bedard.xml?) -daanesh, who's always been curious to try a 215/45R17 on his 95 just to see >"Tire Rack give a pretty good rating for this tire in 17" www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Michelin&tireModel=Pilot+Alpin" >"Good luck with finding a set of winter tires that are decent in snow and ice and good in the dry. It just doesn't happen. <snip> I've heard good things about the Michelin Artic Alpin."Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
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#10. Re: [E36M3] OT : Torque Wrench - from Jeremy Lucas
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Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 06:22:41 -0400 From: "Jeremy Lucas" <jlucas@columbus.rr.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] OT : Torque Wrench Sears Craftsman. Get the one with the numbers engraved on the shaft as opposed to the Digitorque one which has a little window and a digital readout (the digital readout wheel will slip if it gets warm enough, for example outside all day at a track day). Both these are on sale for $49.99 till 8/16 at craftsman.com but you might check your local store too. Sears #: 00944594000 for 3/8" drive: 10 to 75ft-lbs Sears #: 00944593000 for 1/2" drive: 20 to 150ft-lbs Jeremy Lucas 95 M3 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Venkata Yella" <v_yella@yahoo.com> To: "E36M3" <e36m3@bmw-m.net> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 12:18 AM Subject: [E36M3] OT : Torque Wrench > Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 21:17:11 -0700 (PDT) > From: Venkata Yella <v_yella@yahoo.com> > Subject: OT : Torque Wrench > > > Folks, > > I'm looking for a Torque Wrench that is reasonably accurate and affordable(~$100). I would use it mainly for oil and coolant change on my M3. > > Any suggestions would be very appreciated. > > -Yella > 99 M3 > 49K miles > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > > ************************************************* > 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 > Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com > > DIGEST INFORMATION: > http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm > ************************************************* > > > > This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and > privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, > please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this > e-mail and destroy any copies. Any dissemination or use of this > information by a person other than the intended recipient is > unauthorized and may be illegal.