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[GAS428]

[GAS428]

OK, I am In!

They will let me in at 1:00 pm. They say they might still be unloading cars, and the cars will be in a holding area where I will have access.

Give me description of cars and I will find the ones that looks closest to your for pictures. It might be yours, it might not, our friends will never know.

[perf0rmance]

Originally Posted by GAS428

OK, I am In!

They will let me in at 1:00 pm. They say they might still be unloading cars, and the cars will be in a holding area where I will have access.

Give me description of cars and I will find the ones that looks closest to your for pictures. It might be yours, it might not, our friends will never know.

Edit:
F80
AW - Stripper (Sugar)
Carbon Fiber Roof
Carbonstructure interior
Silver 19's
Adaptive Suspension
6-speed manual

[SanFranSoxFan]

Originally Posted by GAS428

OK, I am In!
Give me description of cars and I will find the ones that looks closest to your for pictures. It might be yours, it might not, our friends will never know.

Mineral Gray M3
Standard Blue Brakes
Carbon Fiber Roof
Silver 19" wheels
Black Full Leather Interior
DCT transmission

[jayyp]

Originally Posted by GAS428

OK, I am In!

They will let me in at 1:00 pm. They say they might still be unloading cars, and the cars will be in a holding area where I will have access.

Give me description of cars and I will find the ones that looks closest to your for pictures. It might be yours, it might not, our friends will never know.

Mine is an AW F80 with 18" wheels and CF roof. My ED plate is M1551Z

[perf0rmance]

Edited my previous post... forgot to add the details in my haste!

[GAS428]

This is a post I did on another site. though you might find it useful.

The break in process is my derivation. I am an electromechanical Flight Control Engineer and had studied long life mechanical system and this is a process that I use on all my mechanical systems from my 73AMX the Garden scale locomotives I run.

Here is the foundation of my philosophy.

1 Machined metal looks like a mountain range under high powered microscope.

2 Mating Parts are like two inverted mountain ranges going in opposite direction.

3 As they pass each other they rip off their peaks that then travels to the oil filter passing other mechanical components along the way.

Key Point
The higher the force between the mountain ranges, the larger the peaks that break off tearing the metal and scoring other metal parts on its way to the oil pan.

The lower the force between the mountain ranges the smaller the peaks rip off and tend to act like lapping compound as the material travels to the oil filter

Low force Good, High force Bad.

The only was to eliminate the this process is to super finish all moving parts. http://www.remchem.com/services/ For the cost I am certain BMW did not do this.

The other theory is Carbon Hardening.

Have a 73 AMX, Valves failed when unleaded Gas burned in these engines after fresh valve jobs From Burning the higher unleaded heat. Valves that did not burn were infused with carbon from the engine combustion burn hardening them. the higher the cycles the harder the walls.

By allowing the piston rings polish (seat) to the walls under low loads and have the metal hardened by the burnt fuel carbon at combustion chamber temperatures you will generate a durable mated surface that will hold the proper film of oil on the cylinder wall.

Why Eco Mode?
Eco Mode detunes the engine to reduce the wear forces while you break it in. It will not let you over load the engine. BMW did not recommend it, but it makes sense to me since my foot loves the turbo.

Why 3,000 Miles?
That is what I did for my AMX and 30 years later it still runs like a bat out of Hell with no oil burn

The gradual load increase from BMW is a great idea after initial break in process, reason being as the engine revs higher, the connecting rod stretches placing the rings on new cylinder wall section, and the other matting surfaces improving the surface finish mating with steadily increasing loads.

With this break in process, and proper oil service, I am anticipating a hard working engine the occasionally will visit the track that will hold its power and not waste oil past 300K miles.

That is my plan.


By the way, I studied the N20 engine science & technology from data on line and I am exceptionally impressed. It is a thing of engineering beauty.

Sorry for the multiple typos on the previous post. Top Gear and typing do not mix.[u2b][/u2b]

[GAS428]

We are off the Coast of Baja

[SanFranSoxFan]

[GAS428]

Any one see the boat. Has not pinged the sites I watch.

[perf0rmance]

Originally Posted by GAS428

Any one see the boat. Has not pinged the sites I watch.

Not I, but happy New Years to you and everyone else! I'm in PST so just a bit under 2 hours from 2015 officially, but cheers anyway!!!

[michael102cn]

Originally Posted by GAS428

OK, I am In!

They will let me in at 1:00 pm. They say they might still be unloading cars, and the cars will be in a holding area where I will have access.

Give me description of cars and I will find the ones that looks closest to your for pictures. It might be yours, it might not, our friends will never know.

Hi Bro, my car is MW M3 with SO interior, executive package, lighting package, 19" black wheel, CF roof, DCT. please take a picture if you find my car. Thanks a lot. Happy New Year!

[GAS428]

I will be happy to take the picture of your car.

please give me exterior and interior colors. As you can imagine, I will have to look through a Ship Load of cars to find them and reading window stickers might take toooo long

Happy New year to you All!!!

After sending my Family to Chicago, and A DUI is not an option for my career. I celebrated New Years eve with a Apple wood Smoked Rack of Lamb, Bottle of NICE tequila, and my Cat. The cat tried to ware the lamp shade again. Does not quite work with him.

[GAS428]

At 7:43 We are about 50 miles away from crossing the US and Mexico Border.

[SanFranSoxFan]

so close! 7:20pm 1/1/2015

[GAS428]

How the cars are transported

[vipersouthpaw]

I was told that the vehicles will not be off loaded until Monday January 5th

[perf0rmance]

Originally Posted by GAS428

How the cars are transported

Awesome video! Thanks for the share.

[GAS428]

Originally Posted by vipersouthpaw

I was told that the vehicles will not be off loaded until Monday January 5th

The port master has assures me they will be offloaded tomorrow. the ship will be in port at 1:00 AM tomorrow

The unload crew is already scheduled to start unload at 8:00 AM

[jayyp]

Originally Posted by GAS428

At 7:43 We are about 50 miles away from crossing the US and Mexico Border.

Weeee! I'm sure you all will get your car before I do though since my car is an ED :/.

[michael102cn]

Originally Posted by GAS428

The port master has assures me they will be offloaded tomorrow. the ship will be in port at 1:00 AM tomorrow

The unload crew is already scheduled to start unload at 8:00 AM

awesome, bro. hope to get some pictures from you. again, mine is MW m3 with SO interior, 19" black wheel and CF roof. Happy new year!

[GAS428]

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