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#1. [E36M3] no license plate bumper trim - from Patrick Goss - PA
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:17:45 -0500 From: Patrick Goss - PA <Patrick_Goss@GMACM.COM> Subject: [E36M3] no license plate bumper trim Previous Owner drilled it for a plate, and my state doesn't require a front one, so does anybody know the part number for this? How about a good place to get one? I think the M bumper takes a different one vs. the other e36's. Thanks, Patrick Goss
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#2. Re: Stagger vs. all 7.5 or 8.5....I am buying new tires - from Stan.Shaw@Excell.Net
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:28:20 -0500 From: <Stan.Shaw@Excell.Net> Subject: Re: Stagger vs. all 7.5 or 8.5....I am buying new tires Hi Steve, I run 8.5" M-Contours on all four corners with a TC Kline Trackline suspension without any issues. I am currently running 235s, but have been told 245s should work without issue as well. I use the 7.5s for winter wheels. Regards, Stan Shaw Stan.Shaw@Excell.Net Phone: (413) 599-0399 Fax: (413) 599-0421 Excell.Net Owner/Operator http://www.Excell.Net/ 928 Owners Club President http://www.928OC.org/ 928Racing.net Team Member http://www.928Racing.net/ "Liberty once lost is lost forever." - John Adams
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#3. Various Parts for Sale - from Perry Shang
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:34:48 -0500 From: "Perry Shang" <scsi_one@hotmail.com> Subject: Various Parts for Sale Hi, all I got to clean my garage yesterday. I found these parts that I no longer needed. So, here they are. You can see the photo @ http://www.itekgroup.com/perry/sale_info.html UUC Motorwerks EVO II Short Shifter for E36M3 and E36 328 Brand New in the box never installed. It has UUC Short Shifter, ERK, delrin carrier bushings and full installation instruction. UUC listed short shifter on back order right now. $355 new, asking $270 plus shipping BMW E36M3 '97 ECU VIN: WBSBG9329VEY75330 This is out of my friend's wrecked M3. The M3 suffered a 20 mile front end collision with a tree. A reflahed ECU from BMW cost $900, asking $500 plus shipping BMW '95 to 9/96 E36 Euro side blinkers This come out of a 95 325is 3 years ago. New $34, asking $20 plus shipping Xenon Transformer and Xenon Relay (prevent headlamp failed fault) This came out of a 97 M3. Xenon bulbs didn't survive the crash. :( $488 brand new, Asking $300 plus shipping. Thanks for the bandwidth. Perry
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#4. Re: [E36M3] '95 M3 with Euro HFM - Pinging - from Boen168@aol.com
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:41:43 EST From: Boen168@aol.com Subject: Re: [E36M3] '95 M3 with Euro HFM - Pinging I have a Dinan set up...chip, throttle body, airbox, HFM and exhaust on my '95 and recently also added Evosport underdrive pulleys with no pinging on So. California's 91 Octane gas. Your pinging could possibly be due to failures of your antiknock sensors...there are 2 of them, front and back...either or both could be the culprit. However, on my '88 M3, every other 3/4 tankful of 91 octane, I added 2/3 gallons of 100 octane unleaded to boost the gas tank octane to 93/94. Car runs simply awesome with this combination. Regards, David In a message dated 3/30/2004 12:21:24 PM Pacific Standard Time, e36m3@bmw-m.net writes: Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:53:50 -0500 From: "Jonathan Evans" <jonathanevans@hotmail.com> Subject: 95 M3 with Euro HFM - Pinging Well the weather is finally changing for the better here in the Old North State, but it seems my '95 liked the cool weather better. Either I got a bad batch of gas on my last fill up, or the Jim C. Euro HFM setup is maxing out the fuel injector nozzle doohickeys. I've heard it mentioned before, but what was the calculated (or measured) pulse width on the duty cycle at WOT with the 95 injectors? Possible remedies: -Fuel injector cleaner (never really trusted that this did anything) -Stick with one brand of 93 octane gas. Is it possible to get 5 gallons of 100 octane gas and just mix some in every fill up? Hmmm... -Don't do any two of the following at the same time: Floor it, use A/C, have passenger in car. I guess it's time to think about upgrading to the 3.2L injectors. Does this require a software change? Thanks Jonathan Evans 95 M3 - 94ish octane 92 Miata - 87 octane (But I get the same gas mileage with either car)
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#5. Re: 97 M3 Sedan Suspension R&R - from Neil Maller
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:46:20 -0500 From: Neil Maller <neil.maller@gte.net> Subject: Re: 97 M3 Sedan Suspension R&R on 3/30/04 3:20 PM, "Dave Arnold" <air2daa@insightbb.com> wrote: > I also heard some knocking from the rear, and on investigating, it seems the > right rear shock is loose, like the top bolt need to be tightened. When you > rock the car from side to side, there is play and it knocks. Never mind that other stuff: you need to replace the rear shock mounts right now. Don't wait. Your stock RSMs are disintegrating, and if they're really bad and one lets go, you'll be viewing a shock shaft sticking through the rear speaker. Use either E46 M3 RSMs (inexpensive at under $20 each) or aftermarket from JTD or Ground Control for something more aggressive at about $100 or so the pair. Neil 96 M3
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#6. Shuffle steering - finally in writing! - from James Clay
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 16:37:13 -0500 From: "James Clay" <james@bimmerworld.com> Subject: Shuffle steering - finally in writing! I am posting this to several lists that spend time on the track because I think it is worthwhile. Shuffle steering is a HUGE pet peeve of mine. As a former shuffle steerer, I stopped and went back to the mostly fixed hand position when I went to a pro school and heard it from a professional instructor. Before that, it made so much sense. After changing to fixed hand position I can say it has definitely saved my car a few times. And then today, I saw it, thanks to Tammi Hull in a June 2002 Roundel article. I had heard about her wreck and have no idea even why I had that Roundel near my desk, but decided to take a peek at the article to see what happened. "The car wiggled, but I caught it and then I floored it. I thought the car was pointed straight because its nose was, but the tires weren't - and I shot across the track into the wall. Hard." Tammi's car was toast from the incident, but she was fine. If you are shuffle steering, you simply cannot react instinctively with the speed required to correct some high speed situations. I absolutely hate having to deal with it with my students because I try not to force them to do something that is uncomfortable, but I also know that our chances of making a save if things go wrong are a lot smaller. I don't get on a soapbox often (never) or typically bring up completely random new topics, but I think this one is super important. Feel free to discuss or disagree, but that is my opinion post for 2004. James James Clay http://www.bimmerworld.com Engineered BMW Performance 540.639.9648
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#7. RE: [CR] Shuffle steering - finally in writing! - from Scott T. Smith
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:08:44 -0800 From: "Scott T. Smith" <scott@gelatinous.com> Subject: RE: [CR] Shuffle steering - finally in writing! On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 13:59, Blake Nancarrow wrote: > And this reminds me of another important concept, possibly used in such > emergencies: we need to know when to let go of the wheel! Again, there have > been occasions where I got sooo sideways that I could not dial-in the > turning corrections fast enough. I let go, let the wheel spin, and > regrabbed. I have used this more than once and I highly agree that it is useful. I thought the whole shuffle steering thing included this technique (since you are no longer at 9&3). But I got in an argument with Mark Kirberg about this once and he adamently said you should never let go of the wheel, basically saying you should be man enough to countersteer quickly enough. I gave up trying to argue with him and still continue to let go. > I personally consider rally drivers the best technically--and I think > you'll find that almost all of them drive at 9-n-3 all the time. And it > definitely saves them. yeah, but they have uber-close-ratio steering boxes! Scott
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#8. Re: [E36M3] RE: [CR] Shuffle steering - finally in writing! - from Mark Dadgar
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:54:59 -0800 From: Mark Dadgar <mark@pdc-racing.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] RE: [CR] Shuffle steering - finally in writing! On Mar 30, 2004, at 2:10 PM, Scott T. Smith wrote: > On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 13:59, Blake Nancarrow wrote: >> And this reminds me of another important concept, possibly used in >> such >> emergencies: we need to know when to let go of the wheel! Again, >> there have >> been occasions where I got sooo sideways that I could not dial-in the >> turning corrections fast enough. I let go, let the wheel spin, and >> regrabbed. > > I have used this more than once and I highly agree that it is useful. > I > thought the whole shuffle steering thing included this technique (since > you are no longer at 9&3). But I got in an argument with Mark Kirberg > about this once and he adamently said you should never let go of the > wheel, basically saying you should be man enough to countersteer > quickly > enough. I gave up trying to argue with him and still continue to let > go. That's ok, Scott. There's a bunch of us who still think you're totally smoking crack on this one. :) - Mark, thinks giving up complete control of the car is not a good solution for regaining control of the car, doesn't teach shuffle-steering either
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#9. RE: [E36M3] no license plate bumper trim - from Jeremy Conners
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 17:57:56 -0500 From: "Jeremy Conners" <jeremy.conners@comcast.net> Subject: RE: [E36M3] no license plate bumper trim This is the version for the M3 w/o license plate mounting (ie it is a textured piece of trim that reads BMW in the center). Center Buffer Strip (w/BMW) 51 11 2 265 636 ~$17.50 <SNIP> Previous Owner drilled it for a plate, and my state doesn't require a front one, so does anybody know the part number for this? How about a good place to get one? I think the M bumper takes a different one vs. the other e36's. Thanks, Patrick Goss <SNIP>
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#10. RE: [personal] Re: [E36M3] RE: [CR] Shuffle steering - finally in - from Scott T. Smith
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:06:13 -0800 From: "Scott T. Smith" <scott@gelatinous.com> Subject: RE: [personal] Re: [E36M3] RE: [CR] Shuffle steering - finally in writing! On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 15:02, Marco Romani wrote: > Have you tried smoking crack and racing ;-) I think smoking crack would be cheaper! Scott