SS04 - Des Eaux 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAadsn2zq-0 This stage has some really fast sections, but is also very icy. About 4 minutes into the clip we come across the VW Golf of Eric Grochowski and Leanne Junnila parked high on a snowbank. We felt bad for them, having come all the way from Calgary to stuff their car on only the 4th short stage. But just like that, two of our maiby Ferdinand - Community Forum
Unfortunately I somehow missed recording the first two stages, Marie-Anne-1 and Des Eaux-1. I'm not sure how that happened. Fortunately both stages are very short and you didn't miss anything. So the clips start on Stage #3, our second pass on the ultra-short Marie-Anne stage. SS03 - Marie-Anne 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROBtzhAiKpw This is a very short spectator stage, locby Ferdinand - Community Forum
On Feb 7th, Martin & I had our first rally of the 2009 season in his Nissan 240SX, the Rally Perce Neige held in Maniwaki Quebec. I'm almost finished processing all our in-car videos for each stage, but I've got most of them posted now. There are some really excellent Perce Neige photos to be found on Maciej Janiak's website. Parc Exposé Des Eaux 1&2 Farley 1&by Ferdinand - Community Forum
Quotewodcutr I wish I could talk to my car the way you do with yours. Maybe it would quit dribbling on my garage floor! Have you tried smacking it on the nose with a rolled up newspaper? Nah, don't . That'd be cruel.by Ferdinand - Community Forum
QuoteKelly Did you eat pancakes with maple syrup afterward? Um, actually yes. How did you know? Pancakes, and eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, lots of coffee...by Ferdinand - Community Forum
Quotedanielany pictures of the bimmer? Any time I had to stop at a checkpoint, get out and run back to retrieve a timing sticker, I'd give my tail lights a wipe. The snow whipping up behind the car would completely cover everything. This is a shot taken by one of the checkpoint workers.by Ferdinand - Community Forum
During the break before the start of Leg-C, Robinson & Louis were forced to drop out. Their Subaru had developed a strange drive-train noise that was diagnosed as a CV joint going bad. Because it was a borrowed car, Robinson did not want to risk further damage and they decided to try limping home with it. On the way home the noise got so bad they were forced to stop and check it out, and dby Ferdinand - Community Forum
Things started going wrong for us in Leg-B. On Monck Rd I got fooled by a deceptive left over crest and had to take the "escape road" up somebody's driveway. What tricked me were the fresh tire tracks leading straight on into the driveway left by the car running ahead of us, who had made the same mistake. Lucky thing there was somewhere to go, otherwise we would have been deep iby Ferdinand - Community Forum
Of the 19 entries, there were only three Expert teams, including one team that came 6 hours all the way from Ithaca, New York. Unfortunately they got lost early in the rally and were 15 minutes late arriving at checkpoint A5, then quit altogether at the end of Leg-A due to the navigator getting sick (I think). That left Christoph & me to duke it out against our main rivals, Robinson K and Louby Ferdinand - Community Forum
After driving 3 hours from Ottawa to Bancroft on Saturday evening, then the huge adrenaline rush of rallying all night long from 10pm-7am, followed by the post-event breakfast, and finally driving all the way home again Sunday morning, we were completely pooped. About noon on Sunday I decided I had to take a little nap, and didn't wake up again until 9pm. Had some dinner, watched some Academby Ferdinand - Community Forum
Last weekend, Feb 21-22, was the Maple Leaf Winter Rally, run out of Bancroft, Ontario. It's a Navex-type road rally starting at 10pm Saturday evening, running all night, and finishing 7am Sunday morning, all on amazing winter roads. In it's current Navex format, requiring map reading skills and decoding of instructions while trying to maintain challenging average speeds on icy roby Ferdinand - Community Forum
That's AWESOME! I gotta start playing with that right away...by Ferdinand - Community Forum
Awesome! How do get your GPS coordinates to map onto Google-Maps like that? That's cool!by Ferdinand - Community Forum
Quotedaniel $5k is a bit steep. Christoph and I won the Motorsport Club of Ottawa summer night rally series last year, for which the prize was 50% off the 2009 Targa entry fee and another 50% off the accommodation package. It's still not cheap, but we can't afford to pass up this golden opportunity. We're going the distance!by Ferdinand - Community Forum
In Europe, Saturday Feb 14 at 1600GMT, MotorsTV will run the 2008 Targa Newfoundland program. It is scheduled for a dozen additional airings over the next ten days. American Targa fans will have to wait until March 15 when a different version of the show debuts on Speed. Teaser clip on YouTube. Christoph and I have already submitted our entry fee for Sept 2009!by Ferdinand - Community Forum
$100 for a complete cylinder head is a heck of a good deal. It would almost certainly cost much more than that to buy new valves, potentially new valve guides, and have the valve seats machined, etc.by Ferdinand - Technical Forum
Quotejh Thanks for all the tips! Any others? Label all the hoses and electrical connectors, take photos, use various ziploc bags for any nuts and bolts you remove and label the bags, so you'll remember where everything goes when it's time to put it back together again. While taking the thing apart you'll think it's all obvious, and how could you possibly forget? But, truby Ferdinand - Technical Forum
Quotealanrw It is well known and documented that you will aways get reamed buying parts like you had to. I sometimes wish I could meekly accept the fact that things cost however much the company feels like charging me. I'd happily accept that, if I want my furnace to work, I need to cough up $475 just because that's what it costs. But this sort of licensed extortion eats at me. I cby Ferdinand - Community Forum
Quotesdp We had trouble getting the exhaust manifold back on. The studs didn't line up well. Another pain was getting the head on cleanly while lining up the damn oil return tube. Grrrr. The nuts and studs holding my exhaust manifold were so rusty, I didn't dare touch them. And the intake manifold won't come off unless you first remove that pipe joining the manifold down to the crby Ferdinand - Technical Forum
Quotejh I'm planning on getting another E30 to drive around while I fix mine up... Perfect. Then you won't be in a rush and can take your time to do it properly. If you don't already have a Bentley manual, get one of those before you do anything else. You won't regret it. It's the best investment you'll ever make in your car. With a broken timing belt, youby Ferdinand - Technical Forum
I'm not allowed to purchase and install a new igniter by myself, so I'm forced to call the furnace repairman. It's winter. We need a working furnace. He's busy. He can't get to my house until 3pm. That's okay with me, because I'm calling him on my cellphone from the retail outlet which, you guessed it, is at the opposite end of the city from where I liveby Ferdinand - Community Forum
It's lunch time and I'm on my way to Home Depot. Heck, I'll probably even have enough time to swing home afterwards, pop the new igniter into the furnace, and the place will be cozy and warm again by the time the kids come home from school. Life is good again. Home Depot has an entire aisle dedicated to furnace stuff. However, it's all just filters and air ducts and therby Ferdinand - Community Forum
Arrrrrr... bend over Billy. My natural gas furnace stopped working. It's cold in the house when we wake up in the morning. My wife calls the furnace repairman. He can't come until sometime between 10am and noon, which means someone has to take the morning off work, staying home to wait for the repairman. Meanwhile I go take a look at the furnace myself. The problem is immediatby Ferdinand - Community Forum
Quotewodcutr There is a difference between 85 and 91 octane fuel. If there wasn't a difference then why make premium? Octane rating is a measure of the fuel's resistance to self-igniting. If subjected to high enough pressure and/or temperature the fuel will flash into flame all by itself, before the spark plug fires. That causes a very sudden spike in the cylinder pressure which wby Ferdinand - Technical Forum
Quotedwonda I wasn't trying to convince anyone that an E36 was better, but I have a problem with someone saying an E30 is who hasn't driven an E36. A friend of mine liked my 86 325e so much that he went out and bought a similar 85 325e. The problem was I'd already spent a lot of money on mine in bodywork, replacing springs, shocks, suspension bushings etc. His still needed all thby Ferdinand - Technical Forum
Quotewodcutr I thought it was kind of gutless until I chipped it It runs out of breath at higher revs, but it's quite torquey at low revs. It's fine in 2nd and 3rd gear, but is gutless above that. It's great for the winter stuff though, as it always has more than enough power for that in any gear. Quotekeep on rallying and don't get sand in your intake! That's what aby Ferdinand - Community Forum
QuotewodcutrWhat color is that car? It's black when it's clean.by Ferdinand - Community Forum
QuotewodcutrI don't think my red E30 looks good with mud on it. It is a lot of work to keep a car clean and looking nice...why would you purposely thrash one? A little dirt now and then won't hurt the car. My pressure washer took care of removing all the mud. Shovelling the mud out of the driveway though after the wash, that was a lot of work.by Ferdinand - Community Forum
Quotewodcutrfamous quote from the LA riots not so long ago..."Why can't we all just get along?" Also, the new logo on LA police cars: "We treat you like a King."by Ferdinand - Community Forum
Quotewodcutrwhy someone would post a lengthy love-fest about an E36 when this is an E30 forum. Just like Ove, Andrew used to own an E30 and was a long time member of our BEN community before "upgrading" to an E36.by Ferdinand - Technical Forum