Okay, I retract some, but not ALL of what I said I went looking for a few dyno charts of EV cars. I could only find one for the Tesla Roadster. Surprise surprise, no one dynos their Chevy Volt ;-) So Ferd, can we call it a draw? My ever so slightly better than uneducated guess, is that before the torque drop is what would be considered the operating range. Tesla, according to Topby Earendil - Community Forum
QuoteFerdinand QuoteEarendilElectric motors produce the same torque from 0 to max RPM. This results in the HP output not ring a curve, but a linear line going up and up and up I don't believe that's true. Electric motors produce the greatest torque at startup, i.e. at zero rpm. The torque falls off as the rpm increases. You know, I lost my modifying word at some point in the corrby Earendil - Community Forum
QuoteArcheo-peteriX Kelly, Your 'beemie' and everyone else's E30 don't have to take a back seat or worry about these anomalies Just the same, I wouldn't mind having a simpler 200hp version with a greater range on a charge Actually, a 150hp version would still provide more grunt than the stock 2.5 gasoline engine...electric motors develop a lot of torque to go aloby Earendil - Community Forum
QuoteDave_G QuoteEarendil At some point I will either decide to restore it, or more likely call it a track car and keep it in an uncivilized, light, loud(interior wise), and machine like state. If you do make it a track car (and I'll heartily approve that suggestion), my biggest piece of advice would be to build it to a particular class for a particular governing body. I've seen too manby Earendil - Technical Forum
Quoterkj QuoteEarendil Yesterday I cleaned everything out of the trunk. It's bare metal back there now. The back seats, seat belts, and associated carpet is also gone. Next up is to remove the front seats and the carpet up front, which I read is a bear to do. Apparently BMW installed the carpet and then plunked the heater core and center console right now on top of it. I may just cut thby Earendil - Technical Forum
Yesterday I cleaned everything out of the trunk. It's bare metal back there now. The back seats, seat belts, and associated carpet is also gone. Next up is to remove the front seats and the carpet up front, which I read is a bear to do. Apparently BMW installed the carpet and then plunked the heater core and center console right now on top of it. I may just cut the carpet away and leaveby Earendil - Technical Forum
My car is mechanically sound. I always focussed on the mechanics instead of "creature comforts", and being a bachelor certainly allowed me to take that to the extreme. Now I have a "civilized" E46, and I'm thinking I'll turn the E30 into more of a "machine" in the ultimate driving sense. In neglecting creature comforts, water intake was never solved wellby Earendil - Technical Forum
QuoteJose Pinto Nothing compares to a clean 02. Good job! Shouldn't you get your cars under shelter, with all that snow? Shelter is expensive, and sometimes one must choose which the shelter, their car or themselves ;-) What I wouldn't give for a garage, even if it was an open garage, as long as it had a roof to keep me and my workspace dry. As it stands, I have one side ofby Earendil - Community Forum
QuoteJose Pinto QuoteMichiel 318iS I often have to reload the page once, at first attempts I get a blank screen, after an F5 I'm usually in. What browser are you using? I use Firefox, and MS IE. When it doesn't work, it's the same for both browsers and at home or work. My educated guess using a very tiny bit of information? The DNS server you use is not updating quicklyby Earendil - Car Talk
QuoteJose Pinto Hey there! I've locked out this forum for some time. Tried it today and it works! I have a Citroen BX16TRS, year 1987 and wife drives a Renault Clio 1.2 year 1995. I guess people from North America have no idea what I'm talking about... The bmw323i had to go, it needed quite an investment to get to the shape I wanted it to be, and I had no money at hand... It wby Earendil - Car Talk
Quotealanrw Hmmm, well, what else could cause a rich idle condition? Also, the ECU is still probably relearning it's map. Vac leak would cause a lean condition. Guys, how do you test for leaky injectors? Pull the fuel rail and run the fuel pump? Theoretically, the injectors shouldn't spill gas unless the ECU grounds them? alan Test for a leak by attaching a fuel gauge to the rail sby Earendil - Technical Forum
QuoteFlyboy Injectors checked, got the better half to crank it over while I climbed in there with the stethoscope and looked like a doctor giving someone a physical. Result; all four injectors clicking away in chorus like a church choir. So now I don't know any more. Pulled the plugs and all four were soaked in fuel. You could check the wiring + sensors. If you have a Bentley, it'by Earendil - Technical Forum
QuoteCab Treadway QuoteEarendil ...if I have to pump it myself... I HATE having anyone else touch my car, even to pump gas. It just offends me on so many levels. This is actually a serious consideration in why I might not ever move to Oregon, despite it being my wife's homeland. I sort of worded that wrong. Pumping my own gas isn't a bad thing. I used to work at an airport and fueby Earendil - Car Talk
QuoteJohn Yust Editing failed: The Motronic manual says 2.5 bar with the vacuum line disconnected, 2 bar with it connected. I got 2 bar connected, like the Motronic manual said I should. The Bentley says you should get 3 bar and doesn't say anything about the hose being connected or not. I think I trust the Motronic manual on this one. John Isn't 2.5 bar the 318i and 3.0 bar theby Earendil - Technical Forum
QuoteFerdinand My car developed a clunking noise in the front left suspension. At first I just pretended I didn't hear it and hoped it would go away by itself. Ya, right. Then it got to be annoying, and eventually downright alarming, and ultimately it started sounding really expensive and then even my wife noticed it. I almost blew my coffee out in a fit of laughter when I read that.by Earendil - Technical Forum
Quoterkj Hmmm, lets see, what else do I have in the drive way/garage? Not much really I'm boring, just a bunch of Bmw cars and a few motorcycles. But all the cars are E30's and all the bikes are fun! Hey now! List them off! We all have just "E30" questions. I didn't know you had multiple E30s, so list them off!by Earendil - Car Talk
It sort of depends. When I was in school I "refueled" $10 at a time, so usually the tank was at or around empty I've noticed in the E30 that the engine doesn't run as well when in the last 1/8 of a tank (mass, not gauge) so I usually fuel before that point. This phenomenon is on the list of things to figure out at some point in the future. In the E46 I refuel when itby Earendil - Car Talk
QuoteFlyboy Earendil, get rid of it, it doesn't get that hot, mine has been gone for years, and I must say the look of a nice clean painted hood underneath is quite pleasing. Mine was removed so long ago that I can not remember how much difference it makes to the noise levels inside the car, but my car is very quiet inside. I may just do it. I won't mind a little more noise. Theby Earendil - Technical Forum
QuoteArcheo-peteriX It also protects the hood from becoming as hot as the exhaust manifold. Not good for the paint or the hand that rests on it Doh. I had not really thought it would do that. My insulation is just to the point where touching it causes it to crumble into dust. Literally, dust. You couldn't remove a piece larger than the tip of a pen if you wanted to. This also means thatby Earendil - Technical Forum
As soon as I start to question the merits of the e30, I give it some TLC and am blown away time and time again. You'd think I'd be used to what a good running E30 feels like, but I rarely expect what this car gives. I'm always happy to see another E30 owner experience the same thingby Earendil - Technical Forum
If one does not care about the paint on their hood, is there any other damage or negative impact to not having insulation on the hood?by Earendil - Technical Forum
If you have someone besides an E30, list it! A few of us have known second cars, be it because it "replaced" an E30, or because it's a BMW that you thought was worthy of adding to your tag. Others of you drive cars that you've never mentioned. I will accept what your wife drives as an answer. Basically, any car that, if it were involved in a hit and run, you would end up beiby Earendil - Car Talk
QuoteKelly Hi All, A friend of mine is looking a buying a 2001 GTI Automatic with 50,000 miles. Everything about the car seems fine on the surface except for the Check Engine light. The pervious owner as an elderly man who no longer can drive. Do you know of good on-line owner's group for the GTI? What is the expected milage (250,000 ?) for a GTI? Are there any major know troubleby Earendil - Car Talk
QuoteFlyboy Hi all Thanks for the replys, I think we can rule the battery out for now, as you can imagine, all the tinkering did run the bettery down, and I have mostly been starting and cranking while jumped off the better half's Renault Scenic, I did also run a multimeter across the battery on day one, and got a good 12.5V with the car not running and the day I did get it to start, I wasby Earendil - Technical Forum
Okay, what about a different approach. What if the electrical system is royally F*cked? I don't mean component level logic, I mean the getting power to different parts of the system. What if, perhaps due to something you did, perhaps due to dumb luck, the car can not produce a reliable and strong spark? This would make starting the car near impossible, and would of course make it run likby Earendil - Technical Forum
QuoteArcheo-peteriX I have to wonder if this isn't something as simple as the return line and the input lines being reversed on reassembly Ha! That'd be awesome, and something I've done before. If I recall, this results in a complete lack of pressure on the rail side, either because fuel can't flow in reverse in the regulator, or the return line back to the tank prevents anby Earendil - Technical Forum
QuoteFlyboy Hi Al, I do understand, and agree with you, I am already thinking so far out the box, I am already starting to suspect the left rear wheel bearing. Unfortunately, getting home at eight every night from lectures has not given me any time to work on it this week, and I have to give lectures this Saturday and Sunday as well, so the first chance I will get is on Monday afternoon after wby Earendil - Technical Forum
QuoteFlyboy Hi Ferdi, I must agree, Alan was indeed right, like you, after reading the article and having a better understanding of how the system operates I am not so sure it is the regulator either, in fact it would seem that even a failed regulator would not cause such flooding issues, as the amount of fuel introduced into the cylinder is purely a function of the injectors, controlled by the Eby Earendil - Technical Forum
QuoteFlyboy Hi Ferdi, I must agree, Alan was indeed right, like you, after reading the article and having a better understanding of how the system operates I am not so sure it is the regulator either, in fact it would seem that even a failed regulator would not cause such flooding issues, as the amount of fuel introduced into the cylinder is purely a function of the injectors, controlled by the Eby Earendil - Technical Forum
QuoteDave_G Test I love this pic and this car. I wish it were mine. Fight you for it.by Earendil - Test Forum