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powerlord

yeh I saw that post, but couldn't decide if it was just a limitation of the USB interface.

Sounds like I'm stuffed. that's a pity - works a treat on X5. Pretty cool having all the stats in real time. I just assumed it would work with my my Ms. bummer.

cheers.

stu

powerlord

Hi guys, just got a kiwi wifi ODB device to use with my iphone on my beemers. Works a treat on the X5 which has a regular OBDII socket. On the M, I got a 20-16 pin adapter off ebay, and this powers up the kiwi, and my iphone can connect to it (running Revs app) but can't get any data. Is it a list c...

powerlord

Hi Stu, bit of confusion here, the thread relates to my 2.8 and not the ///M. The ///M would have no trouble, it's like sitting in a missile, I think that's what the M stands for - Missile. Gazza. ah. makes more sense. yeh, it is a bit... sort of WWII looking nazi missile :-) I like my 'tiger tank'...

powerlord

As for the 2.8 remap, this really is an awesome mod on this engine, we have many uk records for this and the differences are night and day over stock mapping. I went for a spin on the A13 Saturday evening after washing the car, top down, feeling good and behind me appeared an X5 4.4 pushing slightl...

powerlord

Are you saying the viscous fan must be engaged by its clutch to cool the engine when the car is moving, but the electric fan does not? Or are you saying that the small trickle of engine power into a viscous fan turning at the low speed it does when not cooling the engine is in fact 6-8BHP? Th e fan...

powerlord

In an unmodified car when the car is moving and the engine is being cooled by airflow that same airflow turns the viscous fan so it is not drawing power from the engine. . The airflow doesn't turn the fan (if it did it would be pointless). a viscous coupling fan takes power from the engine through ...

powerlord

actually, if you don't mind a bit of a bodge, you can rip the tweeters out without removing cards. just keep pulling, then get a stanley knife to cut out screws.

then put your new tweeters in, and just glue the grill back on.

that's what I did anyway.

stu

powerlord

I wouldn't go to BMW even if it was cheaper personally. Forget your BMW warranty and get a 3rd party one, then you''ll be free. Vanos: you'll save the cash for that after a couple of independant services. The car I bought last year was serviced last by a specialist. Its previous service has been a '...

powerlord

look at H&H too if that's all you want. They do one that reads SD cards for 80 quid.

But 4 GB isn't 60GB. So it's hardly the same thing as having a HD mp3 player on board imho.

stu

powerlord

As David says, these are absolutely totally useless if you want to actually use your ipod. If you can be bothered setting up playlists all the time and have a maximum of 5 or 6 playlists, great. Personally I thought that defeated the whole point. I wanted to have my whole music collection in the car...

powerlord

Nope. no traction control possible on a 98 (short of after market racelogic system).

When i was looking for my mz3 I saw lots of dealers advertising 'traction control' and 'adjustable steering wheel', etc.

all boll(*ks. they just cut and paste features they expect it to have as far as I can tell

powerlord

Rather regretting buying the car now, at this rate it would have been cheaper to buy a TVR and suffer the relatively inexpensive niggles that are associated with them. cough cough. having parted with a Red Rose TVR Tuscan to get my MZ3, I'd have to disagree with the relatively inexpensive bit. In m...

powerlord

I have an earlier model than this. I had two fitted in last car (tvr tuscan) behind seats, both tuned to different frequencies. I kept one when I sold tuscan and fitted it behind drivers seat in the Z. Works a treat. Just enough bass to fill in (have 75W rms a channel amp in boot powering infinity 5...

powerlord

you can get the silver kits for 50 quid from ebay.

having fits bits of one to my //M, they actually look bloody good when fitted.

Like all these things though, it's personal preference, but if you want the silver look, it's worth a crack.

stu

powerlord

I understand folks point of view about winter tyres..I spend 6 months in Colorado a few years ago. However, in the south of the UK (ipswich) you are lucky to get maybe 3 days of snow in a winter. sure, the odd morning is frosty but most of the time it's 5-10 degrees, and wet more than cold. winter t...

powerlord

Blimey - finally managed to fit my ///M manual pedal set (excluding the dead pedal which I'm still waiting for) - never thought it would take this long to fit them, must have taken over 2 and half hours and 3 broken drill heads later!!!! Not sure if I got it wrong or not, but I took off the standar...

powerlord

Nick wrote:You can give a bit more room for your feet by slicing a piece off the
footrest

Nick

hmm. interesting idea. I might do that in the end. Depends if my subconcious brain gets the hang of remembering to push clutch down with left bit of foot...so far it seems to be learning ok.

powerlord

my footrest just screwed into carpet, etc. Doesn't actually hit metal... but secure enough for a footrest. Pedals, you need to position best you can. I drilled one screw hole each for the clutch and brake. The others are then clear through... fit some washers in the back so they grip the pedal. scre...

powerlord

just a note that I got a connects2, sony 7750 and video ipod last week for my //M roadster.... connects2 is absolute pants. basically takes over the ipod (can't control ipod anymore), and allows you to use head unit to selecl album OR artist OR playlist. great you say ? well it would be if it was no...

powerlord

well, usually you'd use a 4 channel amp. the mids/tweets sit on a pair of channels as they come off the amp, into the crossover then out to speakers. Then the rears to the other pair. you may be able to use your 2 channel amp as long as it is 2 ohm capable. i.e. you have the same set up as normal: -...

powerlord

not specific to M, but from previouse cars: green stuff pads are good. low dust. I've noticed in my month of M ownership that the standard bm pads are hellish for dust. don't buy EBCs disks though. They certianly always used to have a reputation for being total pants. only other thing you'll need is...

powerlord

in my 2000 //M the previous owner had replaced footwell ones with full range. But I believe OEM is: footwell : 5 1/4 sh1tty mids doors: tweeters rear: 3.5in on early and 4in on later (like mine) full range If you have the misfortune of a HarmonCraphole system, then the hideous paper cone speakers ma...

powerlord

I'm doing mine next week. I've got a Sony CDX F7750S head unit ordered. I have a 4 channel 600w amp spare I'm gonna fit (about 50w rms a channel). I'm fitting a set of these in front: http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/1205.html though I'll probably just connect crossover to exitin...

powerlord

thanks for the piccies...still can't decide whether to go with it or not.

yeh, I was disappointed with map monkey. My smartphone tomtom is far superior...AND I get ozzy ozborne talking to me

INfomap navigator looks good though with the carpc interface...though it is 80 quid.

powerlord

Theres also a link to an online shop http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=430065 yeh, they offered to fit high flows. I've actually got a couple of new cats from a cerbera which would probably be higher flow than anything they'd fit... but I don't see the point. It's no bother to p...

powerlord

No chance of any pci anything with this one. The size of the whole pc fits in the storage compartment. Its not much bigger than a 5.25" cd rom drive. The bios lists secondary ide, but there is no connections for it on the board. Inside the case is so tight that every tiny bit of room is taken ...

powerlord

well, I took it out and took it to bits. sure enough, the perspex is melted into the black plastic casing all the way round. AND as its an M it has chrome surounds, and these would need to come out and then go over the ali cover... and couldn't shift them either. so I gave up...just have to punt the...

powerlord

yeh footrest is a bit pathetic. I've got an M, and the clutch is higher and further to the left than a normal Z too, making it doubly useless. saying that, I've still ordered a set of //M ali pedals and footrest and am gonna fit them tomorrow :-) I'd have thought you'd be better trying to modify the...

powerlord

so.. I got it priced today: 295 inc VAT for 2 x stainless pipes + flanging up the cats for easy fitment at MOT time. for 40 quid more they will dyno it before and after. They say that the lamda sensors are actually before the cats, so there should be no probs with leaving them alone. Have to, say......

powerlord

hmm. would really like to see that. but can't make all the way over to berkshire for saturday :-( yeh that is certainly a small PC. well cool. fitting in top box would be pretty awesome. switching on: from standby most laptops keep USB live. mine does anyway. So any USB device whose driver supports ...

powerlord

the more piccies the better please !! some in daylight would be great. what made you go for the xerarc ? they get a good name right enough. Just wondered if there were particular reasons for that rather than the others. my shortlist is a K301 or one of the unmotorized ones (though the extra tilting ...

powerlord

tags, your post could not have come at a better time !!! I got my M about 2 weeks ago and have been putting together a carpc since I got it on my workbench around an old P4 1.6 dell laptop I have. I got the graphics hacked to do 848x480, I got RR on there, music, video, gps with my bt mouse (map mon...

powerlord

thanks guys. I read those, but unfortunately they don't cover fitting what I'm fitting. For that, I'll need to remove the perspex. I did this on my mundaneo and had to dremel the front off. Baxtard to do and cracked the front on that... I was hoping it'd be easier on the beemer, but looking at those...

powerlord

erm. right... so I bought one of these for my M roadster: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7984636013 thought it'd brighten up the interior a bit, along with a dash of other ali bits like the bemmer ali/leather gear knob. so...thought the front fo instrument cluster seems to ...

powerlord

if anyone is intereted, the car is booked in with a local specialist to see what would be required to decat her on sat. I'll post the results here.

stu

powerlord

Guys, my clutch pedal is too high and too far to right.. I can hardly fit my foot behind it to clutch rest.

It seems to be made out of fibreglass, so bending it isn't an option.

Does anyone know if its mounting point is adjustable at all ?

stu

powerlord

Guys, my clutch pedal is too high and too far to right.. I can hardly fit my foot behind it to clutch rest.

It seems to be made out of fibreglass, so bending it isn't an option.

Does anyone know if its mounting point is adjustable at all ?

stu

powerlord

Greetings Stu It'd be interesting to hear how you think the ///MR compares to the Tuscan, regarding performance & as a comparison between the two in terms of 'drivers car' qualities ? I'm guessing it would feel much slower than the Tuscan for the reasons that it is down on power and a fair bit ...

powerlord

I'll post some install pics of this for anyone else interested in doing an install Hope your install works out, I installed one in my Z early this year. Don't buy a Liliput 7" motorised screen what ever you do, what a load of crap. yeh please!!!. In fact as I'm gonna do this in the next week o...

powerlord

On each side of the CD changer there is sticker in what looks like a recessed pannel. Remove the sticker and you can see a silver button on one of an arc of holes. Its quite easy to move. Replace the sticker and you're done! I like your painted calipers. did you do em yourself ? is it just standard...

powerlord

Just a note to say hello. Picked up a 2000 M Roadster on saturday. so far, very happy bunny. :D Came from tvr tuscan S ownership which was just a bit more troublesome than it was worth. Car is in excellent condition so hopefully will have some fun filled incident free motoring. Planning to do a few ...

powerlord

I have no proof this is true, but I've heard it said that super is actually cheaper. i.e. for X% more money per gallon, you get X+Y% more mpg. as I say, could be hearsay... :nerd: if you assume the RON is a direct measure of energy in the fuel, then it is clearly bo$%ks.... a 'break even' would ther...

powerlord

what is the latest wisdom for decatting ? I'm not doing it for power, just sound. Powerflow will do a custom set of decat pipes I can stick on, and put the cats back on for MOTs. I've come from a tvr tuscan... and really like a louder exhuast note. So, please no stuff about the environment, or 'its ...

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