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#1. Re: [E36M3] Interior Stripping; weight savings - from Walter J
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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:45:18 -0500 From: "Walter J" <walter.gator@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Interior Stripping; weight savings > My challenge now is to pull the carpet, remove any sound deadening material > underneath, and then replace the carpet. If anyone has done this, I would > appreciate some advice as I don't want to break the interior panels in the > process. The carpet is very heavy itself... Close to 30lbs. it has about 2" of heavy foam backing. I've seen some nice results at the track from guys who made aluminum covers for the floor and then painted them to match. I've also seen a guy with spray on bedliner mixed with paint to match on the floor and tunnel. Pretty slick looking for a race car - and easy to clean with a hose! > > I have also wondered how feasible it would be to pull the motors out of the > vaders, leaving them fixed (no longer adjustable) and putting them back into > the car. That might gain 10-15 lbs each. The motors seem to be of a > similar size and weight as the motor that drives the sunroof mechanism. Probably better to see if you could trade somebody looking for a cushy upgrade or sell them outright and go get a set of lightweight seats from Recaro or other. The non-motorized seats were still ~65lbs each IIRC. You can get a pretty comfortable replacement that adjusts manually for half that weight including mounts. You can quarter it if you can live with a CF shell :) -- Walter Jordan
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#2. Re: scissor lift - from david kroth
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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:49:26 -0800 (PST) From: david kroth <david_kroth@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: scissor lift Holy cow. At that price and weight/portability everyone should have one. Nice article, btw. Colin wrote: > I'd estimate each platform at about 150 lbs or so, > and the hydraulics at 75 > lbs. I had it delivered to a local freight place. It > came on a pallet, so > we could easily pick each piece up and toss them in > a pick-up. > > I paid about $1800 or so from www.asedeals.com. > Thanks, > Col Thank you. David Kroth david_kroth@yahoo.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
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#3. Re: [E36M3] Interior Stripping - from Kirk
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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:33:18 -0800 From: "Kirk" <admranger@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Interior Stripping One thing NOT to do is use anything metal on the trunk sidewall sound deadening (or force things). Don't even f'n ask how I know...(searching for number of paintless dent removal friend....). Once I get the diff, driveshaft, new exhaust, and new front suspension back in, I'll be taking the carpet, sound deadening, and rest of the stereo out. What the heck am I going to do on Sunday? =8^P Cheers, Kirk Lachman Sin City Chapter '95 M3...kinda...
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#4. Vanos install question - from Shelhart2@aol.com
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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:10:04 EST From: Shelhart2@aol.com Subject: Vanos install question I've finally gotten around to installing my Dr. Vanos Stage 2 kit for my 1995 M3 tonight. I figured I'd at least get the valve cover off, cam block installed etc tonight and then tomorrow take the vanos out. Quick question... I have an aftermarket flywheel and I can't see any hole in it to put the pin through. I think it's a UUC LTW flywheel because it was on the car when I bought it. As long as the timing marks line up (front camshaft lobes and cam blocks are in place in the rear, am I ok? I assume the stock flywheel had a hole to secure TDC? Shel 1995 M3 2005 330CI **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489
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#5. RE: Interior striping - from bob thomas
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Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 04:10:15 +0000 From: bob thomas <bobthomas18@hotmail.com> Subject: RE: Interior striping If the sound deadener is the black hardened tar-like stuff that's in the older BMWs, you can cover it with dry ice. It should become brittle enuff to crack & remove, Less mess than using heat & solvents. _________________________________________________________________ Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! http://biggestloser.msn.com/
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#6. Re: [E36M3] RE: Interior striping - from Mark Dadgar
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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:25:23 -0800 From: Mark Dadgar <mark@pdc-racing.net> Subject: Re: [E36M3] RE: Interior striping On Jan 31, 2008, at 8:19 PM, bob thomas wrote: > If the sound deadener is the black hardened tar-like stuff that's in > the older BMWs, you can cover it with dry ice. It should become > brittle enuff to crack & remove, Less mess than using heat & solvents. That works really well on E30s but less well on E36s. It's thicker on the E36. - Mark ----- mark@pdc-racing.net Check out my JustRacing homepage at: http://www.justracing.com/homepage/mdadgar
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#7. Re: [E36M3] Vanos install question - from Jamie Howton
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Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 03:30:51 -0600 From: "Jamie Howton" <jhowton@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Vanos install question Shel, I had the same problem when I did my head gasket. I found that the TDC marks are not accurate enough in and of themselves to properly get everything lined up correctly, you could easily be off several teeth in the engine timing. I had to use a dial indicator to measure through the sparkplug hole to the top of the first piston to correctly find TDC. FWIW, I had the same UUC flywheel. I asked Rob about it and the early ones didn't have the timing hole, I guess if you ever sell it you can advertise it on Ebay as one of the "rare - no timing hole" lightweight flywheels. Regards Jamie On Jan 31, 2008 10:19 PM, <Shelhart2@aol.com> wrote: > Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:10:04 EST > From: Shelhart2@aol.com > Subject: Vanos install question > > I've finally gotten around to installing my Dr. Vanos Stage 2 kit for my > 1995 M3 tonight. I figured I'd at least get the valve cover off, cam block > installed etc tonight and then tomorrow take the vanos out. Quick question... > I have an aftermarket flywheel and I can't see any hole in it to put the pin > through. I think it's a UUC LTW flywheel because it was on the car when I > bought it. As long as the timing marks line up (front camshaft lobes and cam > blocks are in place in the rear, am I ok? I assume the stock flywheel had a > hole to secure TDC?
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#8. Re: [E36M3] Vanos install question - from Shelhart2@aol.com
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Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 08:07:16 EST From: Shelhart2@aol.com Subject: Re: [E36M3] Vanos install question Thanks Jamie. I'm sure the local harbor freight has a dial indicator. I haven't used one before so I assume getting one that measures within .001 would suffice? Shel **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489
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#9. Re: [E36M3] Vanos install question - from Walter J
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Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 08:43:41 -0500 From: "Walter J" <walter.gator@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [E36M3] Vanos install question You can cheat w/o the dial indicator here... take a pencil and drop in the #1 cylinder. Rotate the engine clockwise until the pencil rises as far as it will go and the cam lobes are pointing at each other. When the cam lock tool will drop on - you are at TDC. If you are only swapping the VANOS you will only be loosening the secondary chain sprocket - and so the primary will still be there to keep the crank in place with the cams.
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#10. Re: [E36M3] Vanos install question - from Shelhart2@aol.com
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Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 09:04:48 EST From: Shelhart2@aol.com Subject: Re: [E36M3] Vanos install question One other question... How often should the chains be replaced. The car has 130k and I don't see where the previous owner ever changed them. Shel **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489