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It's a bit difficult to measure at the exact point-of-failure. My best guess is at least 400 degrees continuously and close to 1000 degrees...
Err, I don't quite have enough projects like this to justify the expense *yet*....
I considered doing a casting from a pattern, but decided against it for various reasons: 1. I knew the design would have to be modified no matter...
An experiment Here's a link to an interactive 3D version of the model. You'll have to install the plugin - it's from Dassaut Systems (makers of...
Valve Cover Mod So moving the coils definitely fixed the issue of melting of wires. And it helped reduce the melting on the valve cover...
In-progress renderings of Aluminum valve cover for R53
Actually it looks like this (forgive the grainly low-light image): [IMG] It's positioned such that I can get to the keyboard even while...
Picture of laptop in-car mount
Re-uploading to the Motec just takes a couple of seconds. Having a real USB link to the computer makes a *huge* difference. More importantly I can...
It is a Coast muffler & it is re-packable (see the small screws at one end). But it isn't their new "two stage" model. I'm not really aiming for...
New muffler & next project Wohoo! My muffler arrived yesterday! For something that's going under the car that noone will ever see this thing...
I've done one "tuning day" so far & plan on doing more soon. But it is hard to set up the environmental corrections properly with only a single...
Good question. They *should* only affect the global behavior (e.g. shifting the whole chart up or down due to temperature). And by default the...
Sneak peak at my next project
Pics of my new racing muffler. Internal stuffing is metal mesh - very durable.
I've considered it & probably will get one at some point. Keep in mind that the roll cage helps the stiffness too. But I want to figure out my...
Another Update: my tuning spreadsheet I mentioned previously I was playing with using external applications to take logged engine & environmental...