For more than 25 years, informed BMW owners have relied on Roundel, the magazine of the BMW Car Club of America, to make their "Ultimate Driving Machines" more ultimate. Now a selection of articles on driving, performance, service and tech tips have been collected in a single book.
Contents: ● Lubrication and Maintenance - Safety Considerations - Ten Best Tools of All Time - The Tire Pressure Story - Resetting Indicator Lights - Winterization - Jacking Safely - Baby Bimmer - Five Car Draw - Selecting Your Motor Oil - Lubrication and Lubricants - Technical Correspondence
● Care and Preservation - Back from the Dead - Back to Nature - Shade Tree Topics - Technical Correspondence
● Engine, Clutch, Transmission - The M50 Motor - Troubleshooting Cooling Systems - Why Radiator Hoses Fail - Clutch Replacement - Automatic Transmissions - Your Oil Pressure Light - Replacing a Cam Belt - Technical Correspondence
● Fuel and Exhaust Systems - L-Jetronic Idle Adjustments - Hack Mechanic on Exhaust Work - Fuel Injection for 2002s - Repairing the Gas Gauge - Hack Mechanic on L-Jetronic - More Power to the Masses - Adjusting Fuel/Air Ratio on a tii - The K-Jetronic System - A Cure for the Common Cold - Technical Correspondence
● Electrical System - Rear Window Defroster Repairs - The Oil Service indicator Light - Computer Enlightenment - Auxiliary Cooling Fan - Computers for Safer Driving - Technical Correspondence
● Suspension, Steering, Tires and Wheels - Installing Front Shocks - Bilstein BTS Sport Suspension - The Quaife Diff - New Tire Rotation System - Proper Tire Selection - What’s the Best Tire - Tires, Tires, Tires - Runnin' in the Rain - Technical Correspondence
● Body and Interior - Air Conditioning Upgrade - The Z1 Examined - MTech E34 Aero Kits - Hack Mechanic; Central Locking - Caring for 2002 Doors - Roundels that Rattle - Updating Your Front Seats - Glass - Repairing Rear Shock Towers - 2002 Mods - Child Safety Seats - Technical Correspondence
● Performance Modifications - 2.7 liter "ETA" Engine Cars - More Ultimate Driving Machines - To Chip or Not to Chip - Chip Buster - Calculating Engine Performance - Balancing Torque and Horsepower - Turbocharging - Chemical Warfare - BMW's Racing M3 - Installing Competition Seatbelts - Technical Correspondence
● Driving - Which Driving School is for You - Gaining Control - Over and Under - On Driving: Downshifting - Subsonic Steering - Steering Effects and Affects - Slaloms - Choosing Apexes - Autocross Apexes - More on Autocrossing - Upshifting - Torque or Horsepower? - Shift! - Power Circles - Preparing Your Car for IT - Tow Vehicles: Getting to the Track
● Appendices - BMW Car Club of America Information and Application - Contributor's Index
Whether you drive a sporting 325iC or the uncompromising 850CSi Sport Coupe, this book will serve as a valuable maintenance guide, performance handbook and technical reference source, to help you understand and care for your BMW.
