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  1. MichaelP
    They are. I was trying to differentiate between low and high beam units. Like this: http://www.danielsternlighting.com/products/products.html
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    I'm pretty sure that's a stock airbox. Our M2 sounds just like it, 'cept I don't take it to 8 zillion rpm like that. Wow. I've been looking for that short clip of the orange S14'd o2 - the one in the woods with the wings + huge flares on it. That's a carbon airbox. Anyone know the clip I mean?
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    I've lost two H1s and an H4 in the past 16 months on our 5er. Ouch. BavAuto sells clear plastic covers for them, but I haven't explored it. I did talk to an E9er with a set of CSRs on his car this past summer. Gawd, they were beautiful. He said he couldn't tell much difference between the CSR lows and regular H4s with the same wattage lamp, but the highs made a big difference from H1s.
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    I'm guessing that when it was resprayed, the updated paint came with an updated sticker. I've heard that it was an issue taken up by owners with BMW, to no satisfactory resolution here in the US. Perhaps it was different in France, and BMW resprayed your 1600 and applied the neu sticker. Photos: lemme see what I can do.
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    There were a few different Polaris versions. The first Polaris (057) was reformulated by BMW due to darkening in a short span of time and introduced as Polaris Nue (060) in 1970 or 71 -- the date varies, depending on what you read. The topic is confusing and has been talked in circles on various boards; this one, the SSR, CSR and coupe boards. Stickers include terms metallic, met and PVC-frei. If your '72 02 was originally Polaris, it would have been 060. As to a specific date, this might be a good question for Andreas Harz at Mobile Tradition.
  6. MichaelP
    Tires would probably rub at that offset without rolling the arches. The 13x6, et20 minilites on my 1600 with a stock suspension and rolled/ground fender arches are really close. A 28 to 30mm offset should be good with a lowered suspension.
  7. MichaelP
    Well, not like an 02. An E9 has another thousand pounds over an 02, much of which involves coachwork and lots of layered steel. The E9 was built as a cruiser, so 'nimble' wouldn't be the first words that come to mind, though once you dial out the nose-heavy induced understeer and figure out its rhythm, it's a blast in its own right. Here are some period Road & Track tests (and some others): http://www.cscoupe.org/press/press.html
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    Thanks, y'all. Got a stiffer steel wire brush and that seems to be doing the job. As a followup, I tore at it some more today, and found no damage or rust. I think the twit that did this was trying to make flares out of bondo. This is wayyyyy up there on the "stupid things the PO did" list.
  9. MichaelP
    Blunt, here's the photo I mentioned.
  10. MichaelP
    Blunt, here's the photo I mentioned.
  11. MichaelP
    Full disclosure: this is about an E9, but the body folks are on this board.. What's the best way to remove thick amounts of body filler? The photo below shows what I'm dealing with: about a sixteenth of filler at the beltline to nearly 3/8" at the wheel arch break. Yeeuck. Dunno whether it's there due to rust or body damage, but I'm gunning to find out. So far I've gone at it with a brass wire wheel. Is there a better way to do it?
  12. MichaelP
    Yup, the tabs fold over. Really. Yucky detail if you ask me. It's pretty hard to get the tabs to fold just right. If you have trouble getting the blind edge before the tabs to line up with/reach the bottom edge of the bumper, then you need to grind down the carriage bolt heads. The euro carriage bolt heads are significantly smaller and shorter than the US ones.
  13. MichaelP
    I've always thought a radiant floor system would be great in a garage, especially if you're zoning it off from your house. Radiant heat is simply hot or cold water running though a polyethelene tube grid in the floor slab. Nothing better than lying on a toasty slab under the car. There are numerous ways to heat/cool the water, but I suppose Scotland isn't a good place for solar You might consider a ground source heat pump. Picture one loop running through your slab and the other end of the loop running outside, below ground and below the frost line where it's 55 degrees (F) year-round. The heat pump brings the temp of that water up or down depending on whether you want to heat or cool. Insulate walls and roof heavily. Look at your local code minimum and exceed it by 50%.
  14. MichaelP
    Ice does not suck. It's the damn salt!
  15. MichaelP
    Second that their coffee tastes awful. It's a source of last resort. Here's a rant on the subject (bad language alert): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV2_zmk2XA0
  16. MichaelP
    Any decent shop that supplies paint to body shops will have it. Look in the Yellow Pages under "automobile body shop equipment & supplies". Call around for a supplier that handles Glasurit/BASF/Sikkins paints. Alternatively, call some reputable body shops in town and ask them where they get their paint.
  17. MichaelP
    I couldn't give up the space in the glovebox for spare stringback gloves ;p so the ECU ended up in the center console swathed in a foam pad on top of the tunnel. Access means taking the console panel off, but I've never needed to get at it, really. Has run that way since 1993 with no issues.
  18. MichaelP
    How did you accomplish this: Isn't the G245 from the e21 a 4-bolt flange? Or is the 323 a 3-bolt?
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    A stock E46 M3 gets 9.6lb/bhp. A 200hp, stripped out 02 (say 2000lb) would be about the same. With enough time and effort, you might be able to out-engineer the M3 suspension and brakes. With a lot less weight to start with, 3200 vs 2000 lbs, the 02 would have a distinct advantage. It all boils down to your abilities as driver. With a limited budget, tracking an S14 isn't a great idea. When it grenades (and it will with track use), replacment/rebuild cost is another 5+ grand. When an M10 grenades, you can pick up a new one cheap. Though it has been done, S14s don't easily lend themselves to turbocharging -- mostly due to high compression at the get go. I'd look into a megasquirted, turbocharged M10. It can easily reach the output of an S14, and when it blows up your wallet won't hurt so much. Then spend the rest of the money on learning to drive it.
  20. MichaelP
    Mnnm.. Maybe they'd work. Again, the manifold ports will likely be a smaller bore than your head ports. 38's might work, but plan on some serious fuel consumption as they're syncronous and'll be workin' hard on a 3.5L. My math says a 3.5L at 83% volumetric efficiency and a 6800 rpm max will need ~360 cfm. IIRC, DGAVs are good for 180 cfm -- borderline in this case. 38s might do it, but call Pierce Manifolds to check. What's on the car now? L-jet or Motronic? Why carbs?
  21. MichaelP
    The Bav motor is a 2.8L M30, so the manifolds will fit, though the ports may be smaller than your head intake ports if you have a 3.5L. Are you looking at the stock 35/40 INATs (Zenith/Solex) or replacement 32/36 DGAVs? I ask, because if you're planning on installing them on a 3.5L M30, the INATs may not provide enough CFM (you'll have to do the math to find out) -- and since DGAVs don't really provide enough CFM to a 2.8L at WOT, they'd be pretty hopeless on a 3.5L. FWIW, the 630CS used a single, downdraft intake with a 4-barrel Holley parked on top. That car was never imported into the states by BMW, but for some reason, there's a bunch of them around -- mostly rusted up, so given the range of Holley (and their ilk) choices available these days, that might be another route to pursue. Be sure you grab the linkage as well as the intake manifold if you do.
  22. MichaelP
    It's true... Is there anything that doesn't pass though that switch? For what it's worth, on E9 coupes, that same hazard switch (and the similarly sized foglight and rear defogger switches) are located on the driver's knee panel. The difference is that the E9 knee panel is a (kinda crappy) vinyl-wrapped foam affair, as opposed to the 02's (really crappy, but light) cardboard. Food for thought. If you do ditch/move the hazard switch, what's to save? The other blind switch? The ashtray? Talk about useless -- what ashes?
  23. MichaelP
    This would be part of a move to 1600ti motor specification -- a few more hp than a stock 2 liter.
  24. MichaelP
    pecsok, about a year or so ago (Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:41 pm to be precise..) you posted about trying a 5-speed swap into a 1600. Did you ever complete it? There are bits and pieces of your quest found through the search, but nothing definative. I'm considering a similar swap for our '71 (eight bolt) 1600-02.
  25. MichaelP
    Ben Miller owns 2002AD. He bought it a year or so ago. He also owns CSiLA if that helps/matters.
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