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[Aerodynamic]

Now I have come a little further with my handbrake cluster. 
I need sort all wires to my gauges and then it will look better.
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Drawn a mount for my 3 meters instead of 2 that I had before

It did not turn out so well as the meter on the far left will not be visible when driving and there is a risk that it will touch the leg.

Then Mr. Mapper thought I should get a better broadband lambda.
So you I had to get a 4th gauge and it is very tight in our cars.
I think this can be good in the end.

A redesigned shiftlight bracket with space for gear indicator

 

The smaller rearview mirror with a suction plug  falls down a little now and then.
So a new bracket was printed so it can be mounted with double-sided adhesive tape instead. so now I can not get rid of it instead. :-)

This past weekend, a fairly important stronghold for this project emerged.
My aluminum bracket for my compressor. It feels significantly more robust than my 3d printed. :-)

Small test assembly

After a bit of fixing, it fit perfectly. :-)

Now I hope my 90mm long M6 screws will come soon. Had ordered 80mm but they only seem to have 5mm
in thread in alu which feels a bit meager. 90mm I have to cut a few mm.
But better that, get satisfied when I have to pull hard in Alu, it has happened too many times that it has become a thread pie.

More next time.
Regards, Per

[smiley]

 

The smaller rearview mirror with a suction plug  falls down a little now and then.
So a new bracket was printed so it can be mounted with double-sided adhesive tape instead. so now I can not get rid of it instead. :-)

 

Any chance i can buy one from you?
I love my smol mirror, but sick and tired of buying 1-2 a year as the suction part does not last long.

[Aerodynamic]

Yhea sure.


The smaller rearview mirror with a suction plug falls down a little now and then.
So a new bracket was printed so it can be mounted with double-sided adhesive tape instead. so now I can not get rid of it instead. :-)

Any chance i can buy one from you?
I love my smol mirror, but sick and tired of buying 1-2 a year as the suction part does not last long.

[Arno]

Now I hope my 90mm long M6 screws will come soon. Had ordered 80mm but they only seem to have 5mm
in thread in alu which feels a bit meager. 90mm I have to cut a few mm.
But better that, get satisfied when I have to pull hard in Alu, it has happened too many times that it has become a thread pie.

If you are worried about stripping the thread, then it can be a good idea to put a helicoil or timesert in the bracket right from the start. That way you can tighten it to pretty much 'normal' values like in steel.

 

It reinforces the threads a lot. Quite common/normal on aerospace bits to always put a thread insert in alu parts for this reason.

 

Bye, Arno.

[Aerodynamic]

Yhea thats a good idea. But that wil be my second opttion, I dont want to take apart the supercharger.

Anyway, yesterday I got my longer screws, had to cut them off 5mm so now I have slightly more then 11mm thread depht

and supercharger is boted in place with screws tightened to 9Nm as Rotrex recommend.

If the threads ould give up and some time , I will use unicoil.

 

Thanks Arno.

 

Br, Per

 

 

 

Now I hope my 90mm long M6 screws will come soon. Had ordered 80mm but they only seem to have 5mm
in thread in alu which feels a bit meager. 90mm I have to cut a few mm.
But better that, get satisfied when I have to pull hard in Alu, it has happened too many times that it has become a thread pie.

If you are worried about stripping the thread, then it can be a good idea to put a helicoil or timesert in the bracket right from the start. That way you can tighten it to pretty much 'normal' values like in steel.

 

It reinforces the threads a lot. Quite common/normal on aerospace bits to always put a thread insert in alu parts for this reason.

 

Bye, Arno.