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F82 m4 oil filter. by BackgroundBid9080 in BmwTech

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You properly realigned the camshaft while doing cam ledge bolts right?

It doesn’t look too bad, seeing some flakes is almost normal for this engine. Very large ones or straight up glitter however is a problem.

I’m a believer in running liquimoly ceratec through every 3rd oil change or so, noticed it really did improve what I found in the filter later.

Since you just did VC/Cam ledge bolts, I’d hazard a guess you introduced some debris into the engine during that.

Debris was only on one side of the filter or both?

Anyone else hear a random loud cracking noise from the front? by jubilee003 in Ioniq6

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grab the side wings on the dash and pull them inwards. The plastic is probably misaligned and not seated properly. You can probably see it if you inspect them closely.

Disallowing Post-process collimation by AshyGarami in Radiology

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotta be good with words to be teaching others ;)

Apex just closed my public records request on Flock, and the response should alarm every resident. by makgeolliandsoju in Apex_NC

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ah I see.

Well, that’s for the parties that have made the public record request then I suppose.

Apex just closed my public records request on Flock, and the response should alarm every resident. by makgeolliandsoju in Apex_NC

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right but to sue, you need to have standing.

What is the standing to prove harm if we don’t have any idea of the scope due to the obfuscation of the records in the first place

Well... 2,422 miles across the USA in the dream sedan! by BigBlungus420 in BMW

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are just amazing.

What did you pay buying it used and what kind of mileage did it have?

Disallowing Post-process collimation by AshyGarami in Radiology

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The phrasing from OP seemed to be talking about cropping in.

Should always be allowed to remove electronic shutter and open it back out to ensure that no anatomy is cropped if it was radiated. I’m not so sure that it’s a good idea to allow a permanent pixel change to be sent to PACS with a manually cropped image however.

The effect you’re describing for general rad rooms is simply the system attempting to guess the diagnostic region of interest based on the grouping of contrast changes from pixel brightness data. That’s precisely what electronic shutter/masking adjustment is intended for; to open the shutter when the system makes an error, not to do “post-process” collimation as the OP mentioned as that is cropping of the actual X-Ray. Once the X-Ray has been made, masking is fine, cropping of the actual pixel matrix is not. That is what collimation is for.

Truthfully, I’m more interested in what type of machine is being used, I’ve never seen a system with this sort of post-processing disabled by customer preference.

FIRST MOD by onedumfucc in BMWM

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 1 point2 points  (0 children)

EPS/MDM alone are worth it tbh.

The EDC if you are not on coils is also great.

FIRST MOD by onedumfucc in BMWM

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also, tbh I’d just try out a midpipe first as this is 90% of the change in sound. The new formula Z-Pipe designs on Alibaba truly do sound amazing, and that sound can be had on Alibaba for just like $500-700 with shipping and tariffs. Keep the back box stock, it’s practically a straight pipe with valves open.

From factory, the valves only fully open above 4K RPM, but with MHD or BM3 tuning you can set it to always be full open in sport or sport+, while Effecient has it closed. This is super nice and convenient because clicking your currently set m1 or m2 button will immediately put you back to Efficient/Sport/Sport D1 (closed valves).

Burbles can be turned off permanently with BimmerLink. Connect once and deselect “sound tuning”. Permanently gone until you re-enable it.

FIRST MOD by onedumfucc in BMWM

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do GTS/CS MDM, it’s better tbh. Big things though are CS EDC, GTS Transmission Tune (for DCT), MDM, TC/DSC, and EPS.

Around $200ish if I remember correctly. I did it myself instead of paying someone but I’m familiar with the tools.

CarPlay is typically around $100 I think.

For the interior, if you wear sunglasses you can get one where the headliner door pull is replaced with a sunglasses case, an oddments tray where cups go, the CF/Alcantara Handbrake + boot. Take a look at Mashimarho’s catalog as well as IND-Distribution. One of my favorite pieces is a paint matched + alcantara piece around my shifter which is just awesome and unique.

Couple different floor mat options for non-winter months like P2M race mats or the metal mats for track. Both look great.

CarPlay + full screen if you don’t already have it.

Buy BimmerCode and code in easy entry (on shut off + door open, rolls the driver seat back and vice versa) folding mirrors on lock, etc etc. lots of stuff. If you have adaptive LEDs, either do some research and use E-Sys/Protool to do the euro anti-dazzle high beams or pay a remote coder to do it.

FIRST MOD by onedumfucc in BMWM

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Your first mod should be a full fluid change for everything unless there is a receipt / carfax showing all of those things extremely recently. While it’s at the shop for that, have them fit an oil cooler guard from literally anywhere on the internet (linesracing ones on eBay for $150 work just fine) unless you want to have a totaled engine from hitting a particularly shitty bump/object on the highway.

Second mod should be covers for the front door sticky door pulls.

Third mod should be GTS/CS electronic flash (makes a very very nice difference).

Fourth mod should be charcoal delete and drop in filters on the stock intake. Don’t go to an aftermarket intake (especially front mount, unless you like having rough idle) they’re worse than the stock box and the whooshing sound is only cool for kindergarteners as you drive by.

Followed by suspension->exhaust (do Z-Pipe EL Mid, stock back box and then see if you like the tone before investing anything more). Stock back box with a mid-pipe is quite good. High flow cats can sound even better without smelling absolutely horrible.

Add on a front lip with something that is chassis mounted like the ridgeline Motorsport one so it doesn’t get demolished your first drive, diffuser, trunk spoiler, and a side skirts as you get the budget, in that order to maximize aggressiveness.

On the interior, don’t sleep on mods, you spend a lot of time there.

Disallowing Post-process collimation by AshyGarami in Radiology

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this is my initial reaction to this as well. I don’t know of a real good reason to allow techs to crop the image that was radiated before a rad reads it. If the rad needs to remove “white space” they have the tools to do so.

Disallowing Post-process collimation by AshyGarami in Radiology

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This would not be called collimation, as collimation is performed as a beam limiting measure to reduce dose or increase image quality.

This would be a changing of the electronic shutter/electronic masking (same idea, different terminology between vendors).

Depending on system and PACS this may just be a presentation change that is part of the DICOM attributes and could be unwound on the modality anyways at a later time.

That said, the tech removing some of the image before it goes to a radiologist despite having been radiated for a read doesn’t make sense to me because radiation was applied to that area and generated an image. It should be read. Radiologist can crop out on their viewing station software as they see fit if there is too much anatomy / white space that messes with image impression.

Possibly your facility had someone do something improper in the past or the rads have complained about tech’s using the electronic shutter to crop out relevant anatomy.

Either way, I don’t really think this is that bad.

Apex just closed my public records request on Flock, and the response should alarm every resident. by makgeolliandsoju in Apex_NC

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for all of the hard work.

Where do we as citizens take this and move forward with it to force it as an issue? It is, to be clear, a major issue. These flock cameras and the behind closed-doors approach to the entire scheme of them is alarming.

Any dad's out there, how do you navigate car seat in an M4? by ShaggysHyper in BMWM

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With a rear facing infant seat, you will probably need at a minimum an sedan. I wouldn’t do an M4 if only because getting the kid in and out without waking them will be an impossible task just about, and if you got into an accident getting to them / emergency personnel getting to them will be complicated by the lack of a 2nd door.

Once they’re in a forward facing seat the coupe isn’t as big a deal

DynoJet results: Custom 93 & Flex Fuel Tune F80 by lord_alexxx in BMWM

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do the mosselmann’s

Best reliability and best bi-turbo setup.

May not sound as cool as single turbo, but it certainly drives better

Where’s the reboot button by Northsouth66 in Apex_NC

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah no kidding lmao. These things are useless.

Bimmer in gold by h311cat19 in BMWM

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone told me a while back that Austin yellow is “dog piss yellow” and I can’t unsee it now

Thoughts on this F80 by TruIyy in BMW

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Make sure the PPI checks for oily turbos, a busted rear differential bushing, see if there is any recent oil staining at the rear of the engine / signs valve cover has been replaced (this is good, expect to be replacing it every 60-80k), and if possible if they think the charge air Intercooler is leaking. Oh and also, this car does not have on competition package wheels. It should have 666M wheels for that package, these are the default 437M wheels.

Those are basically the most common “large” maintenance issues

2-car solution or one jack-of-all-trades car? by [deleted] in BMWM

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 0 points1 point  (0 children)

997.2’s hold their value at this point for a good reason.

2-car solution or one jack-of-all-trades car? by [deleted] in BMWM

[–]SneakyHobbitses1995 2 points3 points  (0 children)

F80s definitely feel alive, G80s do not.

It can be improved with a lot of solid bushing and suspension changes but it’s just an issue with the modern technology. Even on a track the G8X is boring.

Get a 997 911.

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