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#1. WTT: 4 17" polished 5 spoke motorsport rims - from Shelhart2@aol.com
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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 20:46:52 EST From: Shelhart2@aol.com Subject: WTT: 4 17" polished 5 spoke motorsport rims It doesn't take long to start tinkering with the new toy. I've ressentially redone the front end (stabalizer links, control arm and tie rod) already and the power steering hoses, belts, etc. It has the larger RD say bars and is very tight and now free of noise :) The rims on the car are in excellent condition but I'm looking for a different look. I used to have a set of BBS RC's and like that style. The tires are also almost new. Anyone interested in a trade or selling a set of BBS CH's? 1995 M3 2002 Boxster S Shel
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#2. Individual throttle bodies - from RFKoby@aol.com
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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 21:15:01 EST From: RFKoby@aol.com Subject: Individual throttle bodies Hey Gang, I have been researching this for a long time myself. I have found supplier that has already made and sold several units. These complete assemblies cost over $2,800. This application requires running aftermarket ECU like Motec, TEC3, and run the engine on Alpha-N. This is definitely a racing application. To do this right would require special cams and pistons to really take advantage of the tuned intake runner length. Also would require a tuned runner length exhaust to match. Since I am involved in the Automotive field as a Product Engineer / Mechanical Engineer, they released photos of the first application and also release a CAD file for verification. There is only a slight interference with the oil filter canister cap that requires some clearance grinding on the cap for the TPS for the Alpha-N reference. This will definitely make a lot of HP, but requires lots of other work and money to do it right. bob
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#3. Re: [E36M3] 95 M3 rattle when RPMs come down - from Mpower
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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 19:59:36 -0800 From: Mpower <mpower@obikwan.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 95 M3 rattle when RPMs come down Help! I picked up the new tensioner, but I can't get the old one out. The problem is you need a pretty deep 32mm socket. I have that, but because it's so long, I can't get it on with the rachet attached. If I put the socket in first, I need about 1/4" more room to be able to slide the socket attached to the rachet in. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions? My socket is 3/4" driver, so the rachet is pretty big as well. I dont' know if anyone even makes a 32mm 1/2" driver. Thanks! ________________________________________________ Message sent using UebiMiau 2.7.9
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#4. Re: [E36M3] 95 M3 rattle when RPMs come down - from David Thomas
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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 20:35:51 -0800 From: David Thomas <dave@sasdatalink.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 95 M3 rattle when RPMs come down On Friday 01 December 2006 8:04 pm, Mpower wrote: > > Anyone have any ideas or suggestions? Use a wrench and your well calibrated 'torque wrist' ;-) They don't need to be that tight. I actually had to use a wrench on mine about 10K ago and its still just dandy. Tighten it down, put a few miles on it, check it again. You will be OK. Dave
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#5. Re: [E36M3] 95 M3 rattle when RPMs come down - from Mpower
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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 20:50:41 -0800 From: Mpower <mpower@obikwan.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 95 M3 rattle when RPMs come down Ok, good news bad news. I was actually able to wiggle the socket/rachet in, remove the tensioner and replace it with the updated one. Upon start-up, it sounded great. I let it idle for a bit to warm up, blipped the throttle from the throttle body. No noise on RPMs going down! Woohoo! Took it out for a spin, came back, pulled into the garage. You can hear the "marbles" again! :( You can hear it more pronounced going up in RPM vs just before it reaches idle on the way down. :( Any suggestions? How safe is it to drive the car like this? :( I'm running 0-30w Castrol (german castrol). I actually have a quart or so of 15-50w mobil1 in it as well. This is the same oil I've been running, so I doubt it's because it's too "thin" all of a sudden. The only thing I've done was put in a JimC chip. I don't believe that would effect the vanos/timing chain area would it? Afterall it's mechanical. I guess I should try to swap the chip back just to be sure. Thanks -kelvin From: David Thomas <dave@sasdatalink.com> To: Mpower <mpower@obikwan.com> Cc: E36M3 <e36m3@bmw-m.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 95 M3 rattle when RPMs come down Date: 02/12/06 04:36 > On Friday 01 December 2006 8:04 pm, Mpower wrote: > > > > Anyone have any ideas or suggestions? > > Use a wrench and your well calibrated 'torque wrist' ;-) > > They don't need to be that tight. I actually had to use a wrench on mine about > 10K ago and its still just dandy. Tighten it down, put a few miles on it, > check it again. You will be OK. > > Dave > > ________________________________________________ Message sent using UebiMiau 2.7.9
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#6. Re: [E36M3] 95 M3 rattle when RPMs come down - from Mark Dadgar
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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 21:01:09 -0800 From: Mark Dadgar <mark@pdc-racing.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] 95 M3 rattle when RPMs come down On Dec 1, 2006, at 8:54 PM, Mpower wrote: > Took it out for a spin, came back, pulled into the garage. You can > hear the > "marbles" again! :( You can hear it more pronounced going up in > RPM vs > just before it reaches idle on the way down. :( > > Any suggestions? How safe is it to drive the car like this? :( This likely isn't the chain tensioner, it's the VANOS unit. They wear and start to rattle like this. IIRC from my old '95, it was not at all an expensive repair. - Mark ----- mark@pdc-racing.net Check out my JustRacing Home Page at: http://www.justracing.com/homepage/mdadgar
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#7. Head bolt tool...which one? - from Peter Loron
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Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 11:49:57 -0800 From: "Peter Loron" <peterloron@gmail.com> Subject: Head bolt tool...which one? In prep for my upcoming head R&R on my 98 M3, I've been collecting the needed tools. I can get the OE-type head bolt tool from a number of places (part 88 88 6 112 250), and often it's around $50. But I also see single sockets that are E12 like this one: http://www.zdmak.com/wbstore/main.asp?action=PROD&PROD=MK-3901FE12&CTMP=1 ....for much cheaper. Does anybody have some feedback on which one to go for? Saving 80% is pretty attractive if I can just use the small socket and an extension to do the job. It looks thin, but I don't know if it's thin enough to get around the cam cages... Thanks. -Pete
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#8. Re: [E36M3] Head bolt tool...which one? - from Ed MacVaugh
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Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 15:12:49 -0500 From: Ed MacVaugh <macvaugh@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Head bolt tool...which one? I used one like you pictured on my E30 head jobs and when doing the 90 degree stretching exercise on the bolts, the socket broke in half lengthwise. For the E36 I went with the factory tool. I am in Baltimore Maryland if you wish to borrow it. Ed Peter Loron wrote: > Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 11:49:57 -0800 > From: "Peter Loron" <peterloron@gmail.com> > Subject: Head bolt tool...which one? > > In prep for my upcoming head R&R on my 98 M3, I've been collecting the > needed tools. I can get the OE-type head bolt tool from a number of places > (part 88 88 6 112 250), and often it's around $50. But I also see single > sockets that are E12 like this one: > > http://www.zdmak.com/wbstore/main.asp?action=PROD&PROD=MK-3901FE12&CTMP=1 > > ...for much cheaper. Does anybody have some feedback on which one to go for? > Saving 80% is pretty attractive if I can just use the small socket and an > extension to do the job. It looks thin, but I don't know if it's thin enough > to get around the cam cages... > > Thanks. > > -Pete > > > ************************************************* > Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: > > Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com > Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com > Eurosport High Performance http://www.eurosporthighperformance.com > Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com > Treehouse Racing http://www.treehouseracing.com > Elephant Motorsports Inc. http://www.elephantmotorsports.com > > DIGEST INFORMATION: > http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm > ************************************************* > > > >
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#9. Temp sending unit resistance - from Tom Yee
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Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 15:27:35 -0500 From: "Tom Yee" <tomgsr@hotmail.com> Subject: Temp sending unit resistance Hello, gruppe, I was hoping that the coolant gauge thread would continue; I hadn't saved it as it wasn't pertinent (at that time!). I haven't been able to access it in the archives as it is too new (?). I am presently having a similar issue to the low temp gauge reading. In my case, it was fine and consistent slightly below the center (vertical) line. After a cooling system service (thermostat, coolant pump, hoses, sensor for the fuel injection on the coolant rail, etc.), I now have a reading which is consistent but considerably lower on the gauge. The engine definitely gets hot (mechanic used a infrared temp monitoring device: about 90 C at the thermostat, slightly hotter at the rail, heater output about 60 C with fan full power, heat full on and measured at side vent of dashboard). I wonder if the temperature sending unit (also on the coolant rail?) may have been disturbed and no longer reads correctly. Does anyone know the resistance through the sending unit at normal operating temp and cold so that I can check for proper operation? Any other ideas? Thanks for thoughts! Tom Yee 88 M3 97 M3/4 _________________________________________________________________ Share your latest news with your friends with the Windows Live Spaces friends module. http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mk
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#10. Re: [E36M3] Head bolt tool...which one? - from Mike DePolo
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Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 16:59:05 -0500 From: "Mike DePolo" <smiked1@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Head bolt tool...which one? I bought a set of Advance Auto Parts brand e-torx sockets. I usually don't buy cheap tools, but I was in a hurry. They're much better than the Lisle brand you see everywhere, and they were very inexpensive. They also have a lifetime warranty, so if I break one I can just drive over and exchange it. I rocked one pretty hard with a 24" breaker bar breaking some bolts loose on an s14 clamshell and it didn't break. Mike On 12/2/06, Ed MacVaugh <macvaugh@comcast.net> wrote: > > Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 15:12:49 -0500 > From: Ed MacVaugh <macvaugh@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [E36M3] Head bolt tool...which one? > > I used one like you pictured on my E30 head jobs and when doing the 90 > degree stretching exercise on the bolts, the socket broke in half > lengthwise. > > For the E36 I went with the factory tool. > > I am in Baltimore Maryland if you wish to borrow it. > > Ed > > Peter Loron wrote: > > > Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 11:49:57 -0800 > > From: "Peter Loron" <peterloron@gmail.com> > > Subject: Head bolt tool...which one? > > > > In prep for my upcoming head R&R on my 98 M3, I've been collecting the > > needed tools. I can get the OE-type head bolt tool from a number of > places > > (part 88 88 6 112 250), and often it's around $50. But I also see single > > sockets that are E12 like this one: > > > > > http://www.zdmak.com/wbstore/main.asp?action=PROD&PROD=MK-3901FE12&CTMP=1 > > > > ...for much cheaper. Does anybody have some feedback on which one to go > for? > > Saving 80% is pretty attractive if I can just use the small socket and > an > > extension to do the job. It looks thin, but I don't know if it's thin > enough > > to get around the cam cages... > > > > Thanks. > > > > -Pete > > > > > > ************************************************* > > Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: > > > > Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com > > Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com > > Eurosport High Performance http://www.eurosporthighperformance.com > > Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com > > Treehouse Racing http://www.treehouseracing.com > > Elephant Motorsports Inc. http://www.elephantmotorsports.com > > > > DIGEST INFORMATION: > > http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm > > ************************************************* > > > > > > > > > > > ************************************************* > Please help support the E36M3 list by visiting our sponsors: > > Bimmerworld http://www.bimmerworld.com > Turner Motorsport http://www.turnermotorsport.com > Eurosport High Performance http://www.eurosporthighperformance.com > Rogue Engineering http://www.rogueengineering.com > Treehouse Racing http://www.treehouseracing.com > Elephant Motorsports Inc. http://www.elephantmotorsports.com > > DIGEST INFORMATION: > http://www.bmw-m.net/resources/digest_info.htm > ************************************************* > > >