peter's canadian imola ZHP project

[slater]

Holy!! When you put them on can you tell us what you think of those tires? My friend is trying to decide PSS or just PS A/S. If the A/S has as much dry/wet grip as a Conti DW, then he may just get A/S for the extra tread life.

apparently there are 2 different versions of the PS A/S 3... different speed ratings.

if this is for year-round vancouver use, i would say go for the A/S 3, although yeah, i have not driven on them yet - but i've heard they are the best A/S tire out there (curious to see how they are, because generally i hate A/S tires).

i LOVE the PSS. best street tire ever.

peter

[az3579]

dudes, i guess i'm a simple man. forget your fancy formulas. just go one number at a time, left to right.

peter

But that's not how order of operations works! lol

[Rovert]

I have high hopes your AS3's won't be too mushy!! When will you ride on them??

And yes it'll be for my friend's 135i since our winters are rather "warm".

[slater]

I have high hopes your AS3's won't be too mushy!! When will you ride on them??

And yes it'll be for my friend's 135i since our winters are rather "warm".

cool. i hope to have the car out of the garage in a week, but then again, i hoped to have it out last weekend... too much stuff going on, have not had a chance to work on it. hopefully before the snow flies.

peter

[slater]

subframe OUT!

got this done yesterday:

- removed driveshaft; found flex disc and carrier bearing in surprisingly good shape, but i will replace them since i have it out
- dropped entire rear end; this was pretty easy, actually.
- drained trans and discovered a trans selector shaft seal leak, which i had thought was the trans output shaft seal leaking. will investigate further, but i ordered a replacement seal yesterday
- removed CDV
- inspected the rear floor for cracking, found none

i am filling the rear floor tonight. this weekend i will dismantle the rear end, wire-brush the subframe bolt/stud areas as they are lightly rusting, then will prime and spray with rubberized undercoating. i will do the same for the subframe itself. then replace all bushings (a mix of OE rubber and spherical), and re-assemble the rear end with 3.46 helical LSD and 20mm rear swaybar, yeah!

i also didn't realize how flimsy the rear lower control arms are - i may reinforce them while they're out.

peter

[az3579]

So you're doing all this - looks like this car's a keeper for ya, eh?
I know you previously said you don't typically keep cars that long. I think it's growing on you.

[BMWCurves]

Nice work! Who makes the LSD that is going in?

[slater]

So you're doing all this - looks like this car's a keeper for ya, eh?
I know you previously said you don't typically keep cars that long. I think it's growing on you.

oh yeah... i've had it for 20 months now, no plans to sell.

Nice work! Who makes the LSD that is going in?

MFactory.

[NoVAphotog]

Nice work! Who makes the LSD that is going in?

MFactory

Looking forward to Peter's thoughts on many of his changes!

[ELCID86]

Nice work Peter. I'm impressed. I know Dan is loving his 3.46 M/F LSD and I'm sure you will also.