Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Notes on Steve's Mods

[Jim's Email (jimshadow]

Clyde is dead on.   My 1st BMW was a '81 320i that I bought with 210K on it.
It was an exceptionally well documented car.  I proceeded to drive it until
313K when the rear shock towers rusted through....All I ever did to it was
routine maint. and replaced a water pump.
Subsequent BMW's have been equally as flawless.  Many think its a ploy but
I've religiously followed their maintenance schedule and have rarely had any
issues with the cars I've owned.
FWIW, YMMV.

JIM
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clarence Romero Jr." <clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
To: "JIM" <jimshadow [at] verizon.net>
Cc: "'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Notes on Steve's Mods


> Ken is right on all of this I had a BMW M-6 1987 and it was the same there
> I put 280k on it before I sold it
> These cars are good
> But preventive maintenance is the key
> Remember the Germans lost 2 super bowls (wars)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Rentiers [mailto:rentiers [at] mac.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 7:57 AM
> To: clyde
> Cc: 'The FerrariList'
> Subject: [Ferrari] Notes on Steve's Mods
>
> Steve:
>
> Notes on the 4.4L V8/6 Spd combination:
>
> 1. Chips. The main advantage of the Dinan chip is removing the 155
> mph speed limiter. Jim Conforti has not offered a product for this
> engine to date, to my knowledge, one reason being the gains to be had
> beyond the factory chip are minimal unless you increase airflow with
> a new exhaust/intake setup. And that is hard to do as well.
> 2. Beware the oil soaked K&N filter. All those oil particles coat the
> film of the MAF sensor downstream and will cause grief. Also filter
> must be cleaned and re-oiled after 3,000 miles or you do better with
> a paper one.
> 3. The E39 V8 M5 got to 400 HP by adding 400 cc of swept volume. Only
> other way to get big ponies is supercharging, or nitrous. Then you
> have drive-train reliability issues.
> 4. Here are the two big tips to get more kicks on Route 66: delete
> Clutch Delay Valve from the manual transmission setup and swap the
> 2.86 differential for the torque monster 3.15 that comes standard in
> my car and the M5. This drops the theoretical top speed close to 155
> anyhow so no need to chip. Ask me how I know.
> 5. The 750 V12 has 296 HP. The stock 540i V8 has 282 and my El Tweako
> factory setup 290: 2% less power than the V12 and way less mass. The
> V8 likes revs and will imitate a V12 just fine at 3500 - 5500 RPM.
> Rev limiter is about 5300 in 1st, 6300 after that. I suspect Koala
> installs the manual EPROMs.
> 6. The Germans are adherents to the Church of EcoWhackiness so they
> love to recycle. Your radiator expansion tank is made of recycled
> plastic. After enough heating/cooling cycles it will crack where the
> hose fitting emerges, causing instant coolant loss and more very bad
> things if you don't shut down immediately. This happens around 60,000
> - 65,000 miles. I just replaced my expansion tank proactively at
> 40,000 miles. There are several other minor pecadillos to know about,
> as with all cars, but I will stop here since this is a Ferrari list
> after all.
>
> Oh yeah: BMW Marketing will tell you about 'lifetime fluids'. They
> are right, the fluids last for the lifetime of the part. Then you buy
> a new transmission. I know you and know you are way too smart to be
> taken in by this garbage. You have only been married twice so you are
> at least twice as smart as me.
>
> xx -ken-
>
> On Dec 28, 2006, at 8:24 PM, Steve Jenkins wrote:
>
> > The 740 is Erin's. If/when I do a 750, that will be mine. :)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dennis Liu [mailto:BigHeadDennis [at] earthlink.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 5:39 PM
> > To: 'Steve Jenkins'
> > Cc: 'The FerrariList'
> > Subject: RE: [Ferrari] quiz
> >
> >
> > Dude, (a) congrats, and (b) I'm
> > sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
> > FRAKKIN'
> > Envious.  Dang.  Maybe I'll come out and we'll drive it back to
> > Seattle
> > together!  :-)
> >
> > Of course, you should now SERIOUSLY consider getting the 750i/iL
> > instead....
> > :-)  :-)
> >
> > Vty,
> >
> > --Dennis
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Jenkins [mailto:steve [at] stevejenkins.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 8:12 PM
> > To: Dennis Liu
> > Cc: 'The FerrariList'
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] quiz
> >
> > Already decided. Koala is doing the 6 speed conversion, and
> > installing a UUC
> > exhaust and Hamann rear valance. I'm gonna pester Jim C. about
> > software. :)
> >
> > SteveJ
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim's Email [mailto:jimshadow [at] verizon.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 4:20 PM
> > To: Steve Jenkins
> > Cc: 'The FerrariList'
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] quiz
> >
> >
> > Unfortunately with Dinan you are paying a pretty hefty premium for
> > the name.
> > I'd research UUC, AA, Koala (I don't think that ECIS
> > www.ecisbmw.com does
> > stuff for the 7 series but I can find out, Kenny is one of my closest
> > friends.) for what you need.  These are all good guys!! Don't get
> > me wrong,
> > Dinan makes nice stuff, just at a premium.
> > FWIW, YMMV....
> >
> > JIM
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom Reynolds" <kjtar [at] cox.net>
> > To: "JIM" <jimshadow [at] verizon.net>
> > Cc: "'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 7:10 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] quiz
> >
> >
> >> If Conforti offered performance enhancements for it, I'd go with
> >> them.
> >> Maybe Dinan for the suspension...
> >> Tom Reynolds
> >> Tulsa, OK
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Brian E. Buxton" <BrianBuxton [at] BuxtonMotorsports.com>
> >> To: "Tom Reynolds" <kjtar [at] cox.net>
> >> Cc: "'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> >> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 11:26 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] quiz
> >>
> >>
> >>> There is all kinds of stuff out there for the car.  I'd stick
> >>> with Dinan
> >>> mods, although a Remus exhaust does sound great on BMW's!
> >>>
> >>> BEB
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Steve Jenkins wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks, brudda! I'm surfing ebay right now for the M wheels.
> >>>>
> >>>> I like the Sport, but must get the iL. Spousal mandate. She's got a
> > thing
> >>>> for Jason Statham.
> >>>>
> >>>> This is pretty much gonna be her car, that I'm gonna steal when
> >>>> I need
> > to
> >>>> park in a parking garage. :)
> >>>>
> >>>> But I am gonna check out the 6-speed conversion, and the
> >>>> supercharger.
> >> Any
> >>>> chips out there for it?
> >>>>
> >>>> Steve
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Dennis Liu [mailto:BigHeadDennis [at] earthlink.net]
> >>>> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 8:56 AM
> >>>> To: 'Steve Jenkins'
> >>>> Cc: 'The FerrariList'
> >>>> Subject: RE: [Ferrari] quiz
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Welcome to the E38 club, dude!
> >>>>
> >>>> Note:  Koala motorsports offers a 6-speed conversion, using the
> >>>> tranny
> >> from
> >>>> an 850.  Way, way, way cool.  Consider getting the 740i Sport
> >>>> (not the
> >> L),
> >>>> unless you need the extra legroom in back.  Then again, you
> >>>> could get
> > an
> >> E38
> >>>> 750, and then get the six-speed, and slap on a supercharger, and
> >>>> have a
> >>>> gorgeous q-ship that will smoke the 512TR....  :-)
> >>>>
> >>>> Vty,
> >>>>
> >>>> --Dennis
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Steve Jenkins [mailto:steve [at] stevejenkins.com]
> >>>> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 11:38 AM
> >>>> To: Dennis Liu
> >>>> Cc: The FerrariList
> >>>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] quiz
> >>>>
> >>>> Nervous? Of course not! In fact, hopefully by the end of the day
> >>>> today
> >> I'll
> >>>> be the proud owner of a 2001 Black/Black 740iL. My car broker
> >>>> neighbor
> > is
> >> at
> >>>> Manheim right now looking at one. If you can't beat em, join em. :)
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm sick of having to valet park my Hummer at the Four Seasons
> >>>> downtown
> >> and
> >>>> walk every time I have a meeting in one of those Seattle
> >>>> skyscrapers,
> >>>> because none of the other downtown parking garages have high enough
> >>>> clearance. The 740 will be a much better option when I don't
> >>>> feel like
> >>>> carboning up my engine by sitting in traffic, and I think they
> >>>> are a
> >> bargain
> >>>> at 20K for a fully loaded model that's only a few years old.
> >>>>
> >>>> Now I just need to figure out how to install the keypad ignition
> >>>> like
> > on
> >> the
> >>>> Transporter....
> >>>>
> >>>> Steve
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: jimshadow [at] verizon.net [mailto:jimshadow [at] verizon.net]
> >>>> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 7:48 AM
> >>>> To: Steve Jenkins; The FerrariList
> >>>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] quiz
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Why Steve, does the Rainbow Bimmer Boys Club make you nervous?
> >>>> LOL!!
> >>>> Ofcourse, they probablly have SF shields on their cars so they can
> > troll
> >> for
> >>>> little boys like you.
> >>>> :)
> >>>>
> >>>> Jim
> >>>> Sent from my BlackBerryR wireless device
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: "Steve Jenkins" <steve [at] stevejenkins.com>
> >>>> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 07:34:36
> >>>> To:JIM <jimshadow [at] verizon.net>
> >>>> Cc:'The FerrariList' <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> >>>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] quiz
> >>>>
> >>>> LOL. Now I am REALLY regretting not getting out of my downtown
> >>>> Seattle
> >>>> meeting until 4. :(
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: ken rentiers [mailto:rentiers [at] mac.com]
> >>>> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 6:32 AM
> >>>> To: Steve Jenkins
> >>>> Cc: 'The FerrariList'
> >>>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] quiz
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Not poor Dave, it's Killer Dan that got a number from the smokin'
> >>>> hottie waitress. Think of ripe mangos about to burst in the warm
> >>>> sun,
> >>>> filled with succulent juices. I would describe the girl as - well,
> >>>> succulent.
> >>>>
> >>>> Also Dave says those Eastern European club chicks DO know how to
> >>>> drive stick, just they can't shift a manual transmission!
> >>>>
> >>>> -ken-
> >>>>
> >>>> On Dec 28, 2006, at 8:20 AM, Dennis Liu wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Ken:  "Nice M5, Dave!"
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Dave:  "Uh, it's not an M5.  It's a 540i with the M5 appearance
> >>>>> package.
> >>>>> But the chicks dig the M5 look.  'Cause that's how I roll."
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ken:  "Cool!  So it's just like my 540i Sport 6-speed!  Doncha
> >>>>> just
> >>>>> love
> >>>>> this car?"
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Dave:  "Uh, it's not a manual, it's an automatic."
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ken:  "Why an auto?  What are ya, a commie?"
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Dave:  "No, um, my 355 is a stick and not a pu$$y-a$$ F1.  But I
> >>>>> gotta have
> >>>>> the auto, because the 20 year-old Eastern European club chicks I
> >>>>> date all
> >>>>> want to drive my cars, especially to get me coffee and
> >>>>> breakfast in
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> morning, and none of them know how to drive stick."
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ken:  " . . . . .  Ok, I guess that's an acceptable reason."
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Vty,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --Dennis
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: Ken Rentiers [mailto:rentiers [at] mac.com]
> >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 11:38 PM
> >>>>> To: Dennis Liu
> >>>>> Cc: The FerrariList
> >>>>> Subject: [Ferrari] quiz
> >>>>>
> >>>>> for 10 points: where is this picture taken?
> >>>>> for 20 points: who is in the picture?
> >>>>> for 50 points: what is happening?
> >>>>> for 100 points: who took the picture?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> hint - 12/27/2006
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
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