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  1. I don't claim to be an elite driver who could host professional coaching sessions for the next generation of prospective Drivers Ed instructors. I just drive the roads and try not to get in anyone's way. Can someone please explain how to navigate 2 stupid and contradictary intersection scenarios encountered in Wisconsin? 1) Controlled 4-way intersection with right turn yield sign 2) Controlled 4-way intersection with right turn stop sign I could be either car, the Limerock Orange car turning right on a green light (with yield sign) or the Yas Marina blue car turning left on the green light. I read the WI drivers instruction book. Here are the conflicts. A) Left turns yield to vehicles approaching from the opposite direction (I agree) Yield sign means you must yield the right of way C) Stop sign means you must come to a full stop. You can go only when it is safe to do so. What I observe in the wild is that people typically yield and people typically stop. But why?!? Why not just save the money on the signage and default to point A above? I have a feeling that the correct answer is that on a green light you still have to yield and still have to stop, but it just overcomplicates things when the world can operate simply on point A where left always yields to right. Discuss
  2. This site needs to get with the times and be more like TikTok. Minus the chinese spying allegations. All posts should be required to be a video of us performing a lip-sync, twerk, or other trendy bmw related moves. but no really. How can we revive the site, short of a DDoS of Facebook? are forums in general dying? what if we had a scrolly format?
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    BANGL 2021

    From today forward, play BANGL and win a prize! Rules: -Game begins 2/17/2021, activities must take place after this date. -activities SHOULD be completed with a BMW but once someone achieves BANGL and submits evidence in this thread, we will vote. -evidence should be photographic, but if it isnt, it will be subject to scrutiny by the community come validation time. -Knocking on Chris’ door is an acceptable substitute in the event he tampers with his doorbell
  4. Since we are all basement experts. Which oil should I use? Basements are typically colder so I was leaning towards something thinner like a 5w-20 but there can be hot spots around the furnace and water heater and am afraid of coking. As you can see below, I really like to floor it a lot. Trying to avoid Bob Is The Oil Guy on this one
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    BIKES!

    Hopefully at least one person thought of the Tom Segura bit about how he yells “Bikes!” when you saw the thread title because that was completely intentional. This is the thread where we talk about bikes. I know at least 1 or 2 of you are into bikes as much as you are into BMWs. @m42b32 went on a few early morning rides at Minooka before work which I have enjoyed and hope to do more of this next year. Now that I know I will get my moneys worth out of a better bike, I have spent the last few months shopping, test riding, and not having much luck finding what I want. Looking into ordering what I want new, and it might be May/June at best for delivery. I finally found what ive been looking for on the used market. Its a 2021 Giant Trance 29, only a few months old. It should arrive this week. Trails on the list for 2021: Camrock Little Switzerland Alpine Valley John Muir/Emma Carlin Eventually I’d love to make it up to Copper Harbor but that is unlikely this year.
  6. I learned something that I think @m42b32 discovered on his M54 swap, which is: the ECU on a car with an electric throttle body does not open the throttle 100% all the time. It is programmed to open to a fraction of WOT depending on the RPM. I'm not sure if the strategy is to avoid lean spikes/NOx emissions (very likely), or better control of enrichment to prevent bogging and keep particulates down (probably not). I observed this while diagnosing a bad throttle body/TPS on a car (not a BMW) I was working on while plotting the throttle opening vs resistance. It only opened 50% max when the pedal was applied 100% from idle speed, and continues to open up a fraction of WOT until you are higher in the rev range where the volumetric efficiency will allow more complete cylinder filling. On Nissan products I believe people refer to this as "Torque Limiting" and sometimes this throttle restriction is removed when a performance tune is flashed. I do think this concept is known about but misunderstood since I think some people believe the reason is to protect the drivetrain. If anyone else has more information on this, chime in. I like this kind of stuff
  7. Does anyone have experience doing PLC programming, or setting up Micrologix controllers/Panelview displays? I no longer have a controls engineer at work and I have to get a machine programmed and debugged before Friday. I have never done this before and have managed to get the program loaded onto the controller and am now trying to load the display program to the Panelview, then get the comms setup. I have had many small miracles take place and with a measure of good luck, I may succeed tomorrow. In case I run into some dead ends, does anyone have experience that I may be able to lean on regarding loading and setup? Contractors/tech support has been hard to find and to receive Rockwell/AB tech support means renewing a 3 year service contract for $4000 that will very likely never be used again.
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    E30 M52

    The next episode looks like this: M52B28 from 1997 E39 528i 139k miles OBD1 conversion with 413 red label DME and Sssquid Tuning stage 2 tune S52 cams, M50 intake manifold, Supersprint replica long tube headers, single 3" exhaust Achillies upgraded oil pump shaft and oil pan baffle and every other reliability upgrade I can find E30 G260, lightened single mass flywheel, South Bend stage 3 street clutch disc, Sachs 918 pressure plate, Z3 shifter with DSSR, S3.25 rear diff All of the gaskets and seals are being replaced (except for the head gasket), I purchased brand new coilpacks, sensors, hoses, vanos rebuild kit, and a host of other refresh items. So far I have pulled the exhaust manifold, removed all the exhaust manifold studs, started pulling the intake manifold, began the tedious process of scrubbing the block for a fresh coat of paint, and have cleaned up the injectors, and sent them off to Injector Rehab for some cleaning and testing. Underneath the valve cover, nothing out of the ordinary, the cam lobes are in great shape which helps re-affirm that this engine was maintained to some extent. I can't help but sit here counting all of the valves and wonder how I got to this point in my life.
  9. Is a ball-bearing turbo worth the added cost? or Is a quality name brand journal bearing single scroll turbo good enough? Is a split pulse/twin scroll turbo a "must-have" feature even though it requires two wastegates? https://turbobygarrett.com/turbobygarrett/journal_bearings_vs_ball_bearings "Turbo Response – When driving a vehicle with the cartridge ball bearing turbocharger, you will find exceptionally crisp and strong throttle response. Garrett Ball Bearing turbochargers spool up 15% faster than traditional journal bearings. This produces an improved response that can be converted to quicker 0-60 mph speed. In fact, some professional drivers of Garrett ball-bearing turbocharged engines report that they feel like they are driving a big, normally aspirated engine. Tests run on CART turbos have shown that ball-bearings have up to half of the power consumption of traditional bearings. The result is faster time to boost which translates into better drivability and acceleration. On-engine performance is also better in the steady-state for the Garrett Cartridge Ball Bearing"
  10. Congratulations on surviving all these years of wheelies, driving like an ass, and butt-chugging liquid cannabis. You are a special boy!
  11. This is a scavenger hunt of sorts. Your task is to find an E34 on google street view. It can be any country, any color, just needs to be an E34 you find on Google Street View. Post a screenshot or link (preferably both). First one to find it decides what to find next (LSB M3, ghetto looking BMW, BMW with visible rust, BMW parked the wrong direction, BMW with the top down, BMW within a certain city or state etc etc etc). It can be your own car if it fits the criteria and its on Street View (aerial images dont count, a Lada looks the same as an M3 from that vantage point) You can feel free to make choices non-BMW related, but I think there are probably plenty of variations of things to find when you lock yourself down to one near and dear manufacturer. If you do decide to lock the game down to a certain region/area, check to make sure street view is available there (it isnt available for the Nurburgring for example)
  12. On your special day, I give you this gif(t) and a proper birthday candle Hope its a great day!
  13. Check it out: http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?6060467-Here-goes-nothing-It-s-not-for-everyone-LSX-427-BMW-E39-touring/ Such a great color that I never knew existed, and what a beautiful monster!
  14. no this isnt a tuning thread, put your pitchforks down I want to make a Windows executable file (command prompt interface is fine) that asks for a user input (part number), does a windows file search for a pdf file with the same name as the part number, cuts and pastes the pdf from its current directory, and moves it to another directory. I have dabbled with C++ a smidgen and could likely complete this with some assistance from someone who might know how to call up those functions. or, do you know of any good windows macro programs? Anyone?
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