Custom Clevite Rod Bearings

[kawasaki00]

Originally Posted by BMRLVR

Here is a cut and paste reply from RG that he sent to me:

Why should I? People will cross post to m3p and I won't be able to answer. Why should m3p benefit from any more of my work? I was going to write a bunch of programs that would let m3p users generate queries on all the data logs. Now I have no motivation to do that. I'm still committed to giving out the data, but it will likely be hundreds of gigabytes and I won't be writing any log analysis programs. So anybody who downloads the logs will be on their own to figure out how to analyze it. There's just no reason for me to benefit m3p and spend all my time if I can't even participate in the discussion.

If you guys want the information and data that is being collected from the testing, message Jason and let him know that RG should be reinstated so that the community can benefit from the testing being done. No one as of yet has invested nearly as much time and resources into the S65/S85 platform as RG has....... It is a shame we all can't get the information because of this ban.

[Doc Oc]

I'm relatively new to the forums and its politics. How does a good contributor like RG get banned?

[thekurgan]

Originally Posted by Doc Oc

I'm relatively new to the forums and its politics. How does a good contributor like RG get banned?

I've been here 8+ years, and this is why it's sometimes called: lilbitchfest.com

[pbonsalb]

But you can still read self-congratulatory, novel-length posts from an engineer who installed his big brake kit backwards.

[BMRLVR]

Originally Posted by pbonsalb

But you can still read self-congratulatory, novel-length posts from an engineer who installed his big brake kit backwards.

Not only did he install it backwards, he then continued to argue with me that there was no risk of having air in the system and that it wasn't a big deal that the bleeder was at the lowest point on the caliper.

[whats77inaname]

Originally Posted by BMRLVR

If you guys want the information and data that is being collected from the testing, message Jason and let him know that RG should be reinstated so that the community can benefit from the testing being done. No one as of yet has invested nearly as much time and resources into the S65/S85 platform as RG has....... It is a shame we all can't get the information because of this ban.

Done

[swamp2]

Originally Posted by Green-Eggs

Good to see you putting the measurements to the test. I would expect the BE Bearings eccentricity to be about the same as the Clevite 088/089 and VAC custom bearings, but less than the current factory 702/703 bearings.

In the bearing wiki post #4, the factory Clevite 088/089 bearings were 0.00135 clearance, and 0.0040 at 90 degrees. The VAC Clevite custom bearings were were 0.0022 inch clearance, and 0.0046 at 90 degrees. Factory non-Clevite 702/703 bearings were 0.0015 inch clearance, and 0.0060 at 90 degrees. So it sounds like the BE Bearings are exactly where they should be.

I an incredibly keen to know how you or any one else can say these new bearings have an eccentricity "exactly where they should be". Eccentricity is in large part governed by rod big end distortion under maximum loading conditions. No one here as any clue as to how much distortion happens here nor which eccentricity of the two BMW designs is better or better matched to the S65s rod dynamics.

Not sure how many times it needs repeating but - they are guessing and if they end up right it is for the wrong reasons.

[swamp2]

Originally Posted by BMRLVR

Not only did he install it backwards, he then continued to argue with me that there was no risk of having air in the system and that it wasn't a big deal that the bleeder was at the lowest point on the caliper.

You cling to this (partly false) anecdote like Linus clings to his little blue baby blanket. How comforting it must be to you that I once wrenched on a car part incorrectly. Oh the horror... But how is it exactly that one mistake disqualifies someone from any expertise or credibility on a largely unrelated topic? It is exactly this kind of petty, knee jerk and clearly flawed reasoning/logic that folks like you try to use as some valid form of debate.

Perhaps you need to be reminded that you have made mistakes too? Here in your posts on the forum and in your position as an engine technician (as well as likely in just about every other domain in your life). What does that make you - human, just like the rest of us. Surprise, surprise. Does this alone make you wholly unqualified or not to be trusted on all things engines? This truism applies equally as well to all of the primary actors here in this debate.

Since this does not discredit me nor my participation in this debate the only thing that can really be concluded from it is that you are petty, insecure and a quite poor debater.

Last but not least I guess I can take your prior outreach below via PM now to be completely hollow bullshit? How quickly the true hypocrit in you comes out... Well I guess it is that or perhaps you just have a very short memory...

Originally Posted by BMRLVR

My motivation is not one that is driven by anything other than good will and putting aside our differences. I hate the bickering and quite honestly would love to have the chance to talk so that we can put the childishness aside and treat each other respectfully as the men that we are. I am sure you have a wealth of info to offer to the discussion, and I feel I do to. The issue I have is that the forums are not the best place for discussion sometimes, emotions run wild and the audience loves the drama so they egg us all on.

Anyhow, I would like to take this opportunity to apologize for any of the inappropriate statements I have made towards you in the past. I respect your knowledge but sometimes I wish your delivery was a little different, as I am sure you wish was mine.

[redpriest]

Why is he banned?

[BMRLVR]

Originally Posted by swamp2

You cling to this (partly false) anecdote like Linus clings to his little blue baby blanket. How comforting it must be to you that I once wrenched on a car part incorrectly. Oh the horror... But how is it exactly that one mistake disqualifies someone from any expertise or credibility on a largely unrelated topic? It is exactly this kind of petty, knee jerk and clearly flawed reasoning/logic that folks like you try to use as some valid form of debate.

Perhaps you need to be reminded that you have made mistakes too? Here in your posts on the forum and in your position as an engine technician (as well as likely in just about every other domain in your life). What does that make you - human, just like the rest of us. Surprise, surprise. Does this alone make you wholly unqualified or not to be trusted on all things engines? This truism applies equally as well to all of the primary actors here in this debate.

Since this does not discredit me nor my participation in this debate the only thing that can really be concluded from it is that you are petty, insecure and a quite poor debater.

Last but not least I guess I can take your prior outreach below via PM now to be completely hollow bullshit? How quickly the true hypocrit in you comes out... Well I guess it is that or perhaps you just have a very short memory...

You did not change your ways and still make the same type of "I'm smarter than you comments" in threads I participate in so what is my motivation to try and bury the hatchet? I am no more a hypocrit than you are.

[thekurgan]

.... and this is why RG won't post here. I get it now.

[L4ces]

Originally Posted by thekurgan

.... and this is why RG won't post here. I get it now.

I could be wrong but my current understanding is that he can't post, not that he doesn't want to post. He apparently wants to share his findings.

[thekurgan]

Originally Posted by L4ces

I could be wrong but my current understanding is that he can't post, not that he doesn't want to post. He apparently wants to share his findings.

My understanding is that whatever he posts, there will be the bitchfest that occurs here daily. He can share his findings anywhere if he wanted.

[BMRLVR]

Originally Posted by thekurgan

My understanding is that whatever he posts, there will be the bitchfest that occurs here daily. He can share his findings anywhere if he wanted.

He is banned!

[L4ces]

Originally Posted by thekurgan

My understanding is that whatever he posts, there will be the bitchfest that occurs here daily. He can share his findings anywhere if he wanted.

We probably posted before we saw BMRLVR's and Kawasaki00's post because the answer is in those posts.

[L4ces]

Originally Posted by BMRLVR

He is banned!

I emailed Jason to remove the ban.

[thekurgan]

Originally Posted by BMRLVR

He is banned!

Yeah, I am aware.

[M3 Number 86]

Originally Posted by BMRLVR

Not only did he install it backwards, he then continued to argue with me that there was no risk of having air in the system and that it wasn't a big deal that the bleeder was at the lowest point on the caliper.

there is a picture thing too.

[OM VT3]

Originally Posted by L4ces

I emailed Jason to remove the ban.

I also did but no reply

[kaiv]

Originally Posted by M3 Number 86

there is a picture thing too.

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=641714

[xiliy]

Today I put left shoe on my right foot, and I am fine so far.

[pbonsalb]

Originally Posted by xiliy

Today I put left shoe on my right foot, and I am fine so far.

Don't be so modest. Write a book about it and tell us how great you are in insufferably boring long winded prose. Let us know how smart you really are and much we need you to keep the thread on the right track. If you were a podiatrist who mixed up his feet, you would have more in common with a certain engineer.