ITT we discuss why not to turbo your daily bent rod
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Sidenote: I officially dislike the dust covers for lack of ability to visually inspect shtuff.
I mean, ideally vbands don't need them. But when you don't want to pay to get a whole bunch of flanges resurfaced, yes, you can buy aluminum gaskets for vbands. It fixed my leak, no complaints.
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Car is now running a returned fuel system, still on E85.
I added the Ethanol sensor to the return line, though I haven't wired it up yet. I'm going to wire in EBC and the ethanol sensor sometime this week.
@aidandj does the ethanol sensor need to go all the way back to the sensor ground, or can I just ground it somewhere back by the sensor?
I added the Ethanol sensor to the return line, though I haven't wired it up yet. I'm going to wire in EBC and the ethanol sensor sometime this week.
@aidandj does the ethanol sensor need to go all the way back to the sensor ground, or can I just ground it somewhere back by the sensor?
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you are probably fine grounding it wherever. Its a pwm output, which won't really be affected by ground offset the way a 0-5v linear signal would be. Though you could pick up noise....I would ground it to the sensor ground to be safe. You should already have a 5vref, and a signal wire running there. just add another ground wire.
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you are probably fine grounding it wherever. Its a pwm output, which won't really be affected by ground offset the way a 0-5v linear signal would be. Though you could pick up noise....I would ground it to the sensor ground to be safe. You should already have a 5vref, and a signal wire running there. just add another ground wire.
Running wires/hoses from the tank was a huge pita, so I'd rather only do it once lol. I'll just ground it at the sensor ground.
And it's 12V, not 5V.
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But yes to all the above.
Here's a picture with the braces I was printing in the above picture installed.
I also printed a bracked to put an indicator on the X-Axis to use while leveling the bed.
I also put a sheet of borosilicate glass on top of the heated bed with thermal pads between the two, so now I don't have to mess with tape or rafts anymore.
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Sounds pretty much exactly what I did, printed braces for the frame, then replaced the deck for glass and hairspray. I've got chunks of tape under various corners of glass to level my tweaked aluminum bed, too...
I've got height gauges for leveling the bed and X axis, but since I've swapped to glass I've not had a problem tweaking the frame and bed removing every stuck on print. I just pull the glass after every print or wait for it to pop off on it's own.
It's amazing what these things can do anymore. Glad I bought one!
I've got height gauges for leveling the bed and X axis, but since I've swapped to glass I've not had a problem tweaking the frame and bed removing every stuck on print. I just pull the glass after every print or wait for it to pop off on it's own.
It's amazing what these things can do anymore. Glad I bought one!
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Sounds pretty much exactly what I did, printed braces for the frame, then replaced the deck for glass and hairspray. I've got chunks of tape under various corners of glass to level my tweaked aluminum bed, too...
I've got height gauges for leveling the bed and X axis, but since I've swapped to glass I've not had a problem tweaking the frame and bed removing every stuck on print. I just pull the glass after every print or wait for it to pop off on it's own.
It's amazing what these things can do anymore. Glad I bought one!
I've got height gauges for leveling the bed and X axis, but since I've swapped to glass I've not had a problem tweaking the frame and bed removing every stuck on print. I just pull the glass after every print or wait for it to pop off on it's own.
It's amazing what these things can do anymore. Glad I bought one!
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Car is now running a returned fuel system, still on E85.
I added the Ethanol sensor to the return line, though I haven't wired it up yet. I'm going to wire in EBC and the ethanol sensor sometime this week.
@aidandj does the ethanol sensor need to go all the way back to the sensor ground, or can I just ground it somewhere back by the sensor?
I added the Ethanol sensor to the return line, though I haven't wired it up yet. I'm going to wire in EBC and the ethanol sensor sometime this week.
@aidandj does the ethanol sensor need to go all the way back to the sensor ground, or can I just ground it somewhere back by the sensor?
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Someone find me a 2010 335i sedan with a manual transmission for sale, in the US. No xDrive.
No but seriously, I have not yet found one for sale since I've started looking.... It's kind of crazy. Everyone that wants the manual transmission wants the coupe.
No but seriously, I have not yet found one for sale since I've started looking.... It's kind of crazy. Everyone that wants the manual transmission wants the coupe.