Aug 19, 2011 · I ordered a Corbin seat for my 1976 BMW R-90/6 and it's ~1.5" too long up front. I've researched BMW part numbers and they are different for the /6 and R-90s, all of the parts catalogs show a tank with indents on each side which have rubber pads on them. My tank has no indents but appears to be a BMW item.

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Jan 28, 2025 · “ If your BMW is doing weird stuff, the first thing to check is the battery,” Wurz told us. “BMWs are notoriously hard on batteries. “BMWs are notoriously hard on batteries. There’s a lot of complex electrical systems, and a lot of systems that draw some small amount of power even when the car is shut off.”

Feb 6, 2025 · Performance tuners will be saddened to hear that, according to BMW engineers, tuning items like anti-roll bars, shocks and road springs are not the same pieces as those found on the old E36 cars. Unfortunately, as is typical of BMW, the plain vanilla sedans came first. This means that only the E46 sedans debuted in 1998, but the coupes are ...

Jan 26, 2025 · In reply to J.A. Ackley : Ford did much better than last year, it was really exciting to see those cars towards the front of the pack for so much of the race and taking the podium in GTD Pro.

Feb 6, 2025 · When you meet many of these folks, it becomes apparent why old 90's Honda's are still commonly stolen to this day. Many of them are of a certain *cough*criminal*cough* element. Upon meeting with some of them (in well-lit, populated areas) to buy/sell parts, I have no doubt that a high percentage of them would have warrants for their arrest if ...

Feb 24, 2025 · “Alfa Romeo’s is more like BMW’s xDrive, where it’s a rear-wheel-drive-biased system.” Look for an Alfa with a mechanical limited-slip differential, too. “The cars without the mechanical limited rear slip absolutely eat rear brakes when driven hard,” Joe says. “They’re constantly using the rear ABS to simulate a limited slip.”

Jan 27, 2025 · They don’t really care how much gas you put in your BMW M4 GT3, for example, but you can only produce so much power over the course of an entire stint. So don’t think of the use of the term “energy” as greenwashing by IMSA announcers, but rather as a more specialized and more accurate way to describe the refueling process that better ...

Jan 24, 2025 · A lot can happen during a 24-hour race like the Rolex 24 At Daytona, and the typical pit box of an IMSA team reflects the cutting-edge technological nature of today’s top-level endurance machinery.

Sep 22, 2023 · I made a trip to my local junkyard and picked up a 3-stage DISA intake manifold from a BMW X5 3.0si. For the uninitiated, the 28i N52 cars and the 30i N52 cars have the EXACT same engine (at least in the States)- they're all 3.0L motors with the …