NOR-CAL General Chat.

[Toodaloo]

Whoooo wants a block?

[Cabriolet]

Whoooo wants a block?

if free me. i need another block. im down to like 1-2 m20s and 2 m5x's.

[Steven]

I'm making a website. Who has a cool picture of their car or someone else's car they they don't mind me using for the landing page?

[Cabriolet]

Stv, you can jack anything from my flickr. i have over 3k to choose from

https://www.flickr.com/photos/43859025@N08/

[Wh33lhop]

Who is going to Laguna this weekend?

[Bimmerman325i]

Who is going to Laguna this weekend?

<--- this guy

Friday/Sat doing the HPDE thing.

[Steven]

I just filed for a c corp. I feel like a big boy.

[dadsbmw]

Just failed smog and am officially a gross polluter. Smog guy (who was also a BMW guy... had a project 2002 in the shop) says he's pretty sure I have a bad cat given the results. Looking to buy a lightly used or even new front section. Anyone have one?

[Bimmerman325i]

Just failed smog and am officially a gross polluter. Smog guy (who was also a BMW guy... had a project 2002 in the shop) says he's pretty sure I have a bad cat given the results. Looking to buy a lightly used or even new front section. Anyone have one?

mbonanni posted this a few days ago, might help you!

Post a scan of your emissions results too.

So I have this really good condition and low mile oem 325i exhaust, full headers to muffler, that is just sitting. I do not want to sell it, just in case if I ever find a car that wont pass smog, I can slap this on and it'd be good to go. Instead of letting it sit and not get use I was thinking maybe I could rent it out to those who need a new system, but don't want to cough out the dough for it. You pickup, install, smog, remove, and return. Of course I can offer no guarantee, but I could offer it at a low price for the first one or two guys to show that it works.





Would anyone be interested in this?

[dadsbmw]

Yeah I remembered seeing that few days ago but he just wants to "rent" it. I really don't want to hassle with swapping back and forth and would much rather just solve the problem. Apparently he has a Magnaflow universal cat for sale as well though, so I'm looking to pick that bad boy up.

Honestly if I were to have my way I think I'd much rather do it right and just get a high quality aftermarket system to replace everything behind the exhaust manifolds, but I need to get this done by next week so I don't think I have the time for all of that.

If someone knows of a shop locally that stocks and can install something like this on an expedited basis I'd love to know!

The numbers were absolutely atrocious! HC passed, CO passed, but NO was measured 2636 with a max allowable of 767.

[Cabriolet]

you have a bad O2 or air leak.

you may borrow my extra cat. i have a set so i can pass smog.

[Tinkerer007]

Just failed smog and am officially a gross polluter. Smog guy (who was also a BMW guy... had a project 2002 in the shop) says he's pretty sure I have a bad cat given the results. Looking to buy a lightly used or even new front section. Anyone have one?

I had an aftermarket cat welded in at Bay Muffler for ~$400.

https://www.google.com/#q=bay+muffler+mountain+view

Next door to Edge and across the street from Dinan. :-)

And I am working on figuring our which cat to use for grey market 635.

[Herr Faust Schinken]

So i just got back from a drive up mount Hamilton and oh man thats a drive the car felt perfect for those tight little roads too, good fun theres alot of bikers though

[jpod999]

It's been slow around here lately!

My car is ALMOST ready to go back down on the ground after having been on stands since February. I'm excited!

[CarsonE30]

My car is ALMOST ready to go back down on the ground

And my 1er is in the air right now until who knows when, had a bit of an incident with an F430 at Sonoma yesterday