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Fasteddie313
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| jason c wrote: | | Is that pressure gauge mounted? If left loose the vibration may cause the lines to fatigue & break in the line or the soldered joints. |
Yes that is my pressure gauge mounted and I have been contemplating the mount thing just as you say actually.. I definitely do not want to mount it to that nice bolt there on the charge pipe as that vibrates with the engine..
The whole fuel distributor is mounted on rubber vibration isolator mounts to keep the fuel metering plate happy so it doesn't really vibrate that much to begin with..
The gauge/valve setup is rock solid actually, you can grab it and move the whole distributor on its isolation mounts by the gauge without the lines flexing much at all if any..
If anything the gauge/valve would have to mount to the fuel distributor or anything that is also on the fuel distributor isolation mounts so they would vibrate with each other, mounting it on anything else would be counterproductive..
I am eyeballing it looking for a mounting solution but I feel it is plenty safe until then due to how well the entire distributor is isolated itself..
OH I also cleaned off all the rest of the foam and 99% of the adhesive on the bottom of the hood, whatever the shop vac didn't get the first round.. But I forgot to get a pic of that, looks much much better..
Brake parts cleaner to soften the glue and a plastic welding lense did ok, I guess 3M makes a better adhesive remover..
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jason c
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| Fasteddie313 wrote: | | jason c wrote: | | Is that pressure gauge mounted? If left loose the vibration may cause the lines to fatigue & break in the line or the soldered joints. |
Yes that is my pressure gauge mounted and I have been contemplating the mount thing just as you say actually.. I definitely do not want to mount it to that nice bolt there on the charge pipe as that vibrates with the engine..
The whole fuel distributor is mounted on rubber vibration isolator mounts to keep the fuel metering plate happy so it doesn't really vibrate that much to begin with..
The gauge/valve setup is rock solid actually, you can grab it and move the whole distributor on its isolation mounts by the gauge without the lines flexing much at all if any..
If anything the gauge/valve would have to mount to the fuel distributor or anything that is also on the fuel distributor isolation mounts so they would vibrate with each other, mounting it on anything else would be counterproductive.. |
I agree with the above. I think your neglecting to consider that its the weight of the gauge assembly on the line & the effect the road vibrations from rough surface, potholes & whatever else your going to run over that will increase the effective weight of it. |
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morghen
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looks interesting and well done.
must admit that i did think about doing this but figured that wrap is efficient at high temps and not worth its weight for low temps.
Looks cool tho.
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I have done some more temp feel testing after runs, these are the results after WOT runs and cool down periods, I always forget to do this testing directly after WOT runs before a cooldown period..
Lower charge pipe unwrapped = quite hot, hotter than I'd put my cheek on (not that I could), not too hot to hold your hand on but almost..
Upper charge pipe wrapped = The coolest part (besides IC out), feeling it's only bare spot on the bottom by the TB connection, not quite as cold as the IC out but shockingly cold compared to anything else in the engine bay..
Tb = warmer than the upper charge pipe but still cool enough to kiss, literally kiss with my lips with no discomfort, feels only slightly warm..
Intake manifold = another small step warmer than the TB, still easily kissable but it's noticeably warmer than the TB, Very much cooler than the lower charge pipe still..
I am getting amazing (to me) results from all my intake cooling mods..
Before any of the IC stuff the upper charge tube would always be hot enough to probably burn you, you're definitely not holding your hand on that. Touching it with a bare forearm by accident would have me flinching instantly.. Before with the OEM turbo piping nothing in the charge pipe tract was cool enough to just grab, now everything is cool enough to literally kiss besides the lower charge pipe which is unwrapped and right next to the hot turbo and exhaust..
What I need to do..
1. Get my hands on a laser heat gun..
2. Get my video camera figured out that I just found (needs AAs)..
3. Make video of WOT runs and then pull over, pop the hood, and take video of laser heat reading on such things as, compressor housing (hot hot), pre IC charge piping (hot), IC intake (very warm), IC out (windchill cold), post IC charge piping (??), unwrapped lower charge pipe (hot), wrapped upper charge pipe (very cool), TB (warm), intake manifold (warmer), I think just starting at the compressor housing and working my way upstream all the way to the head would be ideal..
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