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Site and club discussion / I can EASILY stop these bas***d messages

« on: February 20, 2010, 08:10:28 PM »

yes this spam is getting real fuc*ing old
turning off all notifications, p.ms etc etc

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Engine + Driveline / Timing chain question (91 318iS)

« on: February 10, 2010, 09:19:37 AM »

arcter
where are you at, maybe you can find somone local to get you some advice
 you can also check r3v club and look regional

but I would be surprised if you dont have bent valves
 or it could be a simple fix and the shop where your at now is hosing you

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General Topics / Elect me as a mod. Vote now. Change! Matt-B

« on: February 10, 2010, 09:14:16 AM »

yes the spam is out of hand on this site
including p.m.s that want me to send back a received mail note
   did not do it, sure it would lock me into some crap

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Engine + Driveline / Power Steering Delete

« on: February 07, 2010, 11:55:55 AM »

if you just want to try it, just take off the belt and drive it, parallel park it. dont like it, reconnect. do like it then finish delete

what I did was put both bolts in tight to align it, then pull one out. the tight one will keep it aligned
squirt fliud in, replace bolt, turn lock to lock a few times, remove bolt, top off, replace

as far as easy to parallel park
for me im not lying, for me its not an issue
but i only have to parralell one time a day, and when your rolling I really like the non p/s road feel
to me it was worth getting rid of the extra belt, the ps leaks and cleaning things up
( i also have a/c delete and fan and fan clutch delete)
and any parasitic delete helps

no p/s, no a/c/ no fan,no throttle body crap, big injectors, cop kit, chipped all of those will help these little motors

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Engine + Driveline / Power Steering Delete

« on: February 06, 2010, 07:51:43 PM »

I must be missing something,
I keep reading what a work out it is to not have power steering om these little lite e30's,
huh ??
I have no problem
but then again I grew up wiht big heavy jags, adn triumps, and 55 chevys that did not have p/s
then again, im not a girly man
an old man, but not a girly man

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Swaps, Turbos, Buildups / First bmw. need advice

« on: February 06, 2010, 07:44:45 PM »

that osunds fishy

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Engine + Driveline / Vacuum Hoses?

« on: February 06, 2010, 07:42:45 PM »

use the search here and rv3 forum, one of them had a DIY on this mod
nothing to it

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General Topics / Elect me as a mod. Vote now. Change! Matt-B

« on: January 28, 2010, 12:08:13 AM »

yes the spam crp is getting real old here

I come here often but dont post much

Im coming here less and less the past few days because of the spam

anybody want to buy used dirty shop rags ?

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General Topics / How many miles do you have? [NOW WITH POLL!]

« on: January 23, 2010, 07:38:14 PM »

just turned 150k last week

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Interior / Vert Back Seats In A Sedan

« on: January 22, 2010, 09:28:15 PM »

sure they will work, but will look stupid as hell, guess you can jam beer cans or something into the gaps
honestly..no
but if they are in good shape, you can probalablly sell them if the top is not all dried out and split

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General Topics / plugs e30 m42 318is

« on: January 20, 2010, 09:00:39 AM »

I prefer ngk

but I always check my "pre-gap" plugs as I have had some in every brand that the gap has been wrong ( twisting wrenches since 60's)
what does it take, and extra 15 seconds per plug to check and adjust if needed

how long does it take to diagnose a problem with a gap too wide or too tight

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Suspension / Front Strut Bars

« on: January 19, 2010, 11:52:11 AM »

the one I got, was told , is a replica of the hartiage bar, I dont know hwo true that is. it is also a copy of the one that bav auto sells
on another forum others have said they use the same one
it was 45 shipped

aftr driving with it on fro a few days, I ma very happy. wiht one exception
it does stiffent the car up, and you will feel even more of the road bumps
makes me wonder, just how much flexing the car was doing and sbsorbing

it got rid of most of my cowl shake and dashboard rattles  ( 91 vert )

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/87-91...Q5fAccessories

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Suspension / rear subfrome in a vert removal

« on: January 19, 2010, 11:48:04 AM »

months ago someone posted a bunch of pics on how he bent rods etc, to get his rear subframe out of a vert. it is different then a coupe
the guy lived in atlanta I think and drove a jeep as a dd, ring any bells

I cant find the thread, but the bent rod trick seemed to wrk good, and the pics were good

anyone know what thread that was

thanks

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Suspension / control arm removal w/o damage?

« on: January 19, 2010, 11:45:10 AM »

I have same luck
never seems to work when I want to save em
yet one time when I was pulling em off a car in a wrecking yard, did not rip a one, typical
good luck

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Engine + Driveline / Can't find coolant leak!

« on: January 19, 2010, 10:39:08 AM »

yes replace that plastic pipe, and when your putting it all back together get rid of all that throttle body heater crap, all the vac hoses and water hoses related
use the search or look under the diy, many many of us have done it with only one person that I have read haveing trouble with deleting it, but he is in some very frigd area
it was put on, some say, to help pass us emissions, as pics of  the original factory vrsion, british versions, aftican, and ausrailain cars, dont have it