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04-09-2022, 03:53 PM | #23 |
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Imho what you did with the Ms looks sexy as hell. And great work on the lights in the end worked out great.
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04-09-2022, 04:05 PM | #24 |
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Well done grannyknot - great detail and narrative(s) about the refresh.
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04-09-2022, 04:38 PM | #25 | |
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04-11-2022, 04:43 PM | #26 |
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So the Maxon spoiler arrived today, that only took 4 1/2 months.
It's different than I was expecting, for some reason I thought it was going to be thicker, but it's made out of 3/16th" ABS plastic sheet and heat molded into shape. The company stickers are smaller than they show on their website and they are the padded raised kind of sticker so it shouldn't too hard to remove them. I kinda like it but I'm also liking the hatch lid with nothing on it. I have to have the paint corrected so if I use it won't be until after that is done.
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04-11-2022, 05:36 PM | #27 |
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Wow -- I recognize that tape. I got a roll to attach the CF "faux Mines" spoiler on my 2005 STi, after I finally got tired of watching police cars do J-turns when they saw the factory wing. It's a 3M product and it is potent. If you go thinner, I recommend trying to find the same 3M adhesive with a thinner backing.
As for the lip, I don't understand why they lowered the center section. It's probably my logical mind saying "that's where the downforce is", instead of my artistic mind thinking "that is very stylish." On second thought, no, my artistic mind wants to fill that section in. |
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04-11-2022, 06:31 PM | #28 |
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Agreed wdb -
Those observations are correct IMHO. grannyknot, It sounds like you're on the fence re this spoiler....are there any other options? Does Skyer have an app for the Coupe?? My Skyer spoiler for the roadster has symmetry and "lift" in the middle that seems appropriate:
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04-11-2022, 08:13 PM | #29 | ||
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Skyler has some nice designs for the coupe but with the exchange rate, S&H and taxes one of theirs will cost me $700 or more, to me that's a silly amount of money for some plastic eye candy, can't justify it.
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04-12-2022, 03:38 PM | #31 |
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CBP certainly has some draw backs but they have saved me a lot of money over the last few yrs.
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04-17-2022, 03:16 PM | #32 |
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I was looking at the strut braces in the engine bay the other day and although the car probably does not need it I thought I would beef them up a bit.
Went to the Metal Supermarket and picked up some rectangular tubing, my god has the price of steel ever gone up, twice what it was last year. Now I just have to get it to the powder coaters for some satin black and find some flush plastic plugs to cover the holes. I will also add a couple of relief cuts on the bottom side so if I get into a major front ender it will collapse and soak up some of the energy.
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04-18-2022, 03:11 PM | #33 |
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Nice fabrication skills
Are you going to do something for the strut tower brace too or the piece welded between is sort of doing the job? |
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So I was looking at and realized I could use the dedicated strut bar mount in addition to the shock strut mounts without having to reinforce anything.
The stress would be pretty even on all 3 points each supporting the other. Now it doesn't look as clean as it did but once it's powder coated black it shouldn't draw the eye so much.
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04-24-2022, 02:39 PM | #39 |
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I got the car out for a run today, just an hours drive to get it up to temp. and started setting up to do the compression test.
I'll never understand why BMW used those godawful single use clamps on the throttle bodies, such a pain to remove. I just ordered 6 SS clamps that were used on the throttle boots of my old e24 M6, they can be used hundreds of times and to my eye look just as good the single use type. I started making a video of the compression test and the battery died in my camera, I put it on the charger but the engine was getting cooler every minute and I wanted accurate numbers. Very pleased with the results, I was going to do a wet test with squirt of oil in each cylinder but with numbers this good there was really no point. When I tear it down this winter it will just be to replace the conrods and main bearing shells and all the timing components, water pump and such. Also, the new cowl came in, not sure how much longer those will be available so I ordered it because of the cracking on the rubber windshield seal.
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04-24-2022, 06:39 PM | #40 |
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Well done!
The delta between cylinders is so close - great news. Any idea what the compression psi is when the S54 is relatively new? The strut bar looks very custom and one-off....great job.
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Then there is testing when the engine is cold vs hot, very different numbers for for those two extremes, I'm just glad they are all so consistent.
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04-25-2022, 02:20 PM | #43 |
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Thanks, I noticed that, the lock nut on the operating lever looks close to the screw of the clamp but there is room for them to pass by each other.
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04-25-2022, 08:28 PM | #44 |
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You'll get a code if there’s interference. You won’t need it though because the car will run so bad.
This is all bitter personal experience btw. |
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