learn from my mistakes…
It’s been a while blog… Here’s a quick entry regarding a little disaster I had recently. Driving along one day and I get a “low oil” message on my display. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen it, it’s been about 5,000 miles since my last oil change with a few autocrosses mixed in so…
Foreward: Ever have one of those projects where you get to that point of no return and say to yourself “do I just let the professionals handle this?” This one did that for me. I watched the few Youtube videos out there, looked at forum posts, etc on the topic and the general feeling I…
Foreword It’s an oil change DIY. Not much more to say. It’s really straight forward but I enjoy writing these, so why not. Prerequisites Make sure you have the tools needed for the job: 7 liters of the oil of your choice (I use the standard BMW Twin Power Turbo 5w-30) New oil filter…
Intro Attended my first auto cross this past weekend and had an absolute blast! I’m totally hooked. I was in run group 3 which means I worked first. Working means you are out on the autocross track doing something. My job (along with 2 others) was to pick up murdered cones in the slalom area….
Foreword: Finally got a charge pipe installed in my car. This is a long overdue upgrade as I really don’t trust BMW’s plastic charge pipe that comes stock with the car. There are countless posts on the forums of charge pipes failing on modified cars or not, this is definitely a peace of mind upgrade…
Foreward: This came to my attention after a member on bimmerpost posted his concern about his belt tensioner jiggling prior to a track day. I took a look at mine and below is what I saw. The tensioner is not suppose to “jiggle” like it does in the above video. It’s suppose to maintain a…
Finally got to the dyno! Found a shop very close to my house and decided to just go for it. Plan is to keep this thread updated with any dyno results (hopefully I can do it more often, time and financials) 04/13/18 Conditions were great today: I’m really happy with the results, while I…
Curious what all that data in your logs actually means? Wondering how to apply it, what affects it, etc? Let’s take a dive into the world of engine log reading.
This is another Work In Progress (WIP) post, I’ll keep it updated as I learn more, receive feedback, etc…
I’ll start with what I know how to log and hopefully continue building this post up from there.
Looking to start using some e85 in your car but are unsure how to start? Here’s my experience with it. Hopefully it helps clear up some of the confusion I had about it.
Inside you’ll find a very in depth look at how I use E85, how to analyze your logs, E85 facts from California’s largest E85 distributor, the importance timing plays in tuning, and more.
Here is my experience changing out my downpipe. The install pretty intuitive and the steps don’t need to be followed in the same order I did it in but this should give you a good idea of what a fairly inexperienced car guy might go through changing out their downpipe. Inside you’ll find my DIY with a ton of details most probably won’t need, but if you’re like me, you just might.