*OFFICIAL Chicagoland Chat Thread* (#3)

CubanJJ09 · 05-03-2011, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by mkPOTO

just get quality spacers and you will be fine, just dont get crazy mm spacers

50mm?????????? but more likely 10-15

UdubBadger · 05-03-2011, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by kyleb350

Seth, where are you staying at?

I'm heading there Saturday and checking out that new Cosmopolitan hotel. 8)

NY NY here. Leaving late Friday.

mkPOTO · 05-03-2011, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by UdubBadger

NY NY here. Leaving late Friday.

great hotel

BTM · 05-03-2011, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by CubanJJ09

Who's got literature on wheel spacers and if they cause damage or not. Bri whats the main theory behind it damaging wheel bearings?

They will wear your wheel bearings faster. The more spacer width, the faster. It's basically stressing them more because instead of hub -> wheel you have hub -> spacer -> wheel to get the offset you're looking for, but the spacer and wheel are not one, so when you put forces on it, they get accentuated, leading to more wear on the wheel bearings. The spacer acts as a lever between the wheel and hub, the larger the spacer, the "longer" the "lever". Think about it like a see saw, where ^ is the fulcrum:

No spacer:
Wheel^Hub

Small spacer:
Wheel^--Hub

Larger spacer:
Wheel^-----Hub

Which one will transmit the most force to the hub?

Wheels with the proper offset don't do this because there is no "flex" between the wheel and spacer, just the wheel and the hub. Your wheel bearings will wear out in both cases, just faster in the case of the spacer, because instead of 1 "connection" there are 2. Again, how much faster depends on how large of a spacer and how you drive, how heavy your wheels are, tons of things.

I ran 10mm macht snell hub centric spacers on the rear of my 335 with stock wheels and wasn't too worried about it. That car also had 20k less than yours, and TBH I have no idea how long BMW wheels bearings are expected to last. Which is why I was saying if you were getting new wheels, forget the spacers and just go for the right offset, provided you can get it. If not, you can run spacers, but it's an inelegant solution.

teamben158 · 05-03-2011, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by UdubBadger

NY NY here. Leaving late Friday.

Got back from Vegas a week and half ago and my liver still hurts

mithiral67 · 05-03-2011, 02:52 PM

Brian is dropping spacer knowledge on folks.

mkPOTO · 05-03-2011, 02:54 PM

copy and paste YO ha

Ricer X · 05-03-2011, 03:02 PM

Don't hate. Its not what you know but who you know and the fact that you know where to find information when you need it.

On a different note (non-dickishly) did my material come in?

mkPOTO · 05-03-2011, 03:12 PM

it did, my friend is away on a business trip, im going to see if i can grab it friday

Mr. Nice · 05-03-2011, 03:22 PM

Mark throw those pipes on and come to the track tomorrow.

Black Sheep · 05-03-2011, 03:26 PM

He still wont hit 300whp with those pipes

mkPOTO · 05-03-2011, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Nice

Mark throw those pipes on and come to the track tomorrow.

what time? i need to start packing for colorado

Black Sheep · 05-03-2011, 03:27 PM

5-10

mkPOTO · 05-03-2011, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Budz135i

He still wont hit 300whp with those pipes

good one haha.. made over 300 without the power button jerk face

Black Sheep · 05-03-2011, 03:38 PM

So will see you up there?

Mr. Nice · 05-03-2011, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by mkPOTO

what time? i need to start packing for colorado

Isn't that what your gf is for?

RaceBlood · 05-03-2011, 03:41 PM

Mark i cant wait to hear that bad boy now....

Turbo Lag Drama - Part Tre

Okay being that Perillo wanted $320 bananas to tell me whats wrong with turbo lag issue, I called Midwest Performance on Lake st where I had my Track Inspection and they said bring it over and we get to bottom of it for half that if not less. That shop had a lot of M3 and Porsche in it, and many of the guys from Autobahn I met have their cars worked on there, and the SA Jonathon us a nice chap. I would take to VS but its major haul from city to there and train back etc etc.

I left word for Ryan at BJacobs but he is off. I can always get a 3rd opinion from BJ if it involves a major fix. But when I picked up car SA at Perillo doubted it was the turbo itself, thinks its a sensor/mechanism/ECU/DME or some other culprit, as they test drove it said the boost and turbos are working fine, its just there Lag when its hot, which makes sense as thats when it acted up both times, on the back straight hitting 4th and 110mph flat out from 2nd...When I drove it from Perillo to Lake/Asland and stomped on it, it was instant power and car slid out

So fingers crossed, and prayers are appreciated...

BTM · 05-03-2011, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by mkPOTO

copy and paste YO ha

u wish

top of my head nigrars

mkPOTO · 05-03-2011, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Budz135i

So will see you up there?

what time is it?

mkPOTO · 05-03-2011, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Nice

Isn't that what your gf is for?

i already know what she is going to say and she will say no haha

Black Sheep · 05-03-2011, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by mkPOTO

what time is it?

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Originally Posted by Budz135i

5-10

mkPOTO · 05-03-2011, 04:02 PM

oops didnt see that lol

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mkPOTO Mr. Nice Says Hello 659 Rep 16,661 Posts Drives: BMW M3 \| X5 xdrive 35i MSport Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: USA iTrader: (25) Garage List 2002 Lexus GS300 [0.00] 2008 BMW E92 M3 [5.58]	copy and paste YO ha
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Ricer X noted crusty old man 101 Rep 7,859 Posts Drives: like a man late for work Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: of what? iTrader: (1) Garage List 2007 335i [6.76]	Don't hate. Its not what you know but who you know and the fact that you know where to find information when you need it. On a different note (non-dickishly) did my material come in? __________________ Photoshoot: http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=448667 Ihsanshaik - X/Vasillalov - X/Nood1es - X/Countless more I can't recall - X Nobama 2012
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05-03-2011, 03:12 PM	#22581
mkPOTO Mr. Nice Says Hello 659 Rep 16,661 Posts Drives: BMW M3 \| X5 xdrive 35i MSport Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: USA iTrader: (25) Garage List 2002 Lexus GS300 [0.00] 2008 BMW E92 M3 [5.58]	it did, my friend is away on a business trip, im going to see if i can grab it friday
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05-03-2011, 03:26 PM	#22583
Black Sheep A Zip an a Double Cup 80 Rep 4,462 Posts Drives: 2009 BMW 135i Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: McHenry, IL iTrader: (5)	He still wont hit 300whp with those pipes __________________ PTF Tuned \| RB's \| AMS FMIC \| AR DP's \| HPF Exhaust \| CP-E DCI \| Apex Arc 8's \| 235/275 Star Specs \|
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05-03-2011, 03:27 PM	#22585
Black Sheep A Zip an a Double Cup 80 Rep 4,462 Posts Drives: 2009 BMW 135i Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: McHenry, IL iTrader: (5)	5-10 __________________ PTF Tuned \| RB's \| AMS FMIC \| AR DP's \| HPF Exhaust \| CP-E DCI \| Apex Arc 8's \| 235/275 Star Specs \|
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05-03-2011, 03:38 PM	#22587
Black Sheep A Zip an a Double Cup 80 Rep 4,462 Posts Drives: 2009 BMW 135i Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: McHenry, IL iTrader: (5)	So will see you up there? __________________ PTF Tuned \| RB's \| AMS FMIC \| AR DP's \| HPF Exhaust \| CP-E DCI \| Apex Arc 8's \| 235/275 Star Specs \|
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05-03-2011, 03:41 PM	#22589
RaceBlood Going nowhere fast. 61 Rep 2,243 Posts Drives: 2 wheels Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Downtown iTrader: (0)	Mark i cant wait to hear that bad boy now.... Turbo Lag Drama - Part Tre Okay being that Perillo wanted $320 bananas to tell me whats wrong with turbo lag issue, I called Midwest Performance on Lake st where I had my Track Inspection and they said bring it over and we get to bottom of it for half that if not less. That shop had a lot of M3 and Porsche in it, and many of the guys from Autobahn I met have their cars worked on there, and the SA Jonathon us a nice chap. I would take to VS but its major haul from city to there and train back etc etc. I left word for Ryan at BJacobs but he is off. I can always get a 3rd opinion from BJ if it involves a major fix. But when I picked up car SA at Perillo doubted it was the turbo itself, thinks its a sensor/mechanism/ECU/DME or some other culprit, as they test drove it said the boost and turbos are working fine, its just there Lag when its hot, which makes sense as thats when it acted up both times, on the back straight hitting 4th and 110mph flat out from 2nd...When I drove it from Perillo to Lake/Asland and stomped on it, it was instant power and car slid out So fingers crossed, and prayers are appreciated...
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05-03-2011, 04:02 PM	#22594
mkPOTO Mr. Nice Says Hello 659 Rep 16,661 Posts Drives: BMW M3 \| X5 xdrive 35i MSport Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: USA iTrader: (25) Garage List 2002 Lexus GS300 [0.00] 2008 BMW E92 M3 [5.58]	oops didnt see that lol
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