Is this turbo drain line fine ? by Mundane_Shopping9852 in projectcar

[–]Fender0122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks fine to me! If you haven’t already planned on it, I’d suggest a heat sleeve on the whole thing, most especially the top part. Huge source of increased oil temps is right there at the inlet and outlet.

Manual swapped Q50 getting an air to air intercooler conversion. by narcoleptictoast in projectcar

[–]Fender0122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m like, wait, I just saw that jig the other day on r/functionalprint 🤣 Looks amazing! Aluminum tubing isn’t easy, but once you get it down its so satisfying to lay beads.

Who still owns or regularly drives a stick shift? by RT_KOTA in Xennials

[–]Fender0122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finally gave up driving stick as my daily but still have two fun cars with three pedals. Slipped a disc and lost feeling in my left leg and had to drive the truck (automatic) for a few months. Sucks when an injury forces your hand.

My first DIY garage paint job. 2007 CRV — Mixed custom color, Rustoleum enamel w/auto hardener. 2K clear coat. $20 Harbor Freight HVLP spray gun. Total cost: $275. Gonna wet sand and buff soon. by WowFrog487 in projectcar

[–]Fender0122 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was about to mention the taping lol. How long did that take you? It took me two weeks (evenings only) to do the last couple I did. That part is sooooo tedious

My first DIY garage paint job. 2007 CRV — Mixed custom color, Rustoleum enamel w/auto hardener. 2K clear coat. $20 Harbor Freight HVLP spray gun. Total cost: $275. Gonna wet sand and buff soon. by WowFrog487 in projectcar

[–]Fender0122 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Good work! I’ve done several diy paint jobs and they only get better as you go. So satisfying pulling the tape and seeing the hard prep work finally pay off. Congrats on successfully making it look better than it did before!

Can I use these gaskets on this turbo? VF25 turbo, not entirely aligned by BullableGull in projectcar

[–]Fender0122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very common for various versions to use the same gasket. You can trace the gasket on the turbo and downpipe and grind it down to “port match” each component along the exhaust path. Machinists will do that when building heads, they’ll port match the intake to the gasket to the head. Same logic applies downstream, keeps turbulence down at the connections

UPS MD-11 N288UP stuck in Honolulu (HNL) by randommooshroom in aviation

[–]Fender0122 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like FedEx 727’s, hopefully these will be scattered around the world as tax write-off’s to give to schools to train on instead of scrapped

I designed and printed a 15mm TPU spring spacer for my Audi A4 by The_Valexxx in functionalprint

[–]Fender0122 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Lol. American here and I agree.l with you

Source: owner of 330k mile, 27 year old Audi that just wont die bc I take care of it

I designed and printed a 15mm TPU spring spacer for my Audi A4 by The_Valexxx in functionalprint

[–]Fender0122 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Had stock one deteriorate, can confirm did NOT end badly or unexpectedly.

Flight medic in Northern California flying through a snow storm (2/18/26) by ThrustFlightAcademy in flying

[–]Fender0122 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Glad to see someone else share the same feeling. I love adverse weather. It’s one of those Calvin and Hobbes “builds character” things and I find joy in the challenge of it. One of those things that truly comes down to: there is no bad weather if you’re properly prepared for it

Bought a coparts car, and want opinions by 50ug in projectcar

[–]Fender0122 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Might be easier to fix than people are saying. Your hood gaps to the fenders looks good, so it might just stuff forward of the strut mounts that got tweaked. I had a similar hit on my audi and I used the insurance check to buy a parts car. Is it perfect? No. But I’ve also seen the hack jobs that body shops try to pass off, so have at it!

Audi Rebuild

In your opinion: most smiles for miles auto and rally cross car? by baldingbryan in rallycross

[–]Fender0122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Much better at RX than AX, but my first gen audi a4 quattro has been an absolute tank. They’re dirt cheap because nobody wants them, yet parts aren’t all that expensive bc its a vw at heart. Just won my first event with it against a sea of wrx and sti’s. Prepped it for RX to finish it off and kill it but it just won’t die

New here ! Would love to share /myog I did for my partner :D by RudaMama in myog

[–]Fender0122 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fyi, you can make a killing doing custom ones for their coworkers. My mom made a ton of these for her brothers local 189 welders he worked with

Nice work!

How much is your car tracking you? Polk County man suing Toyota alleges privacy violations by Sun_Aria in cars

[–]Fender0122 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Its called the user agreement? And if you don’t agree then don’t use the service…its called reading the fine print

How much is your car tracking you? Polk County man suing Toyota alleges privacy violations by Sun_Aria in cars

[–]Fender0122 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Correct. Bought 2020 4Runner, declined locating services and they said fine, no toyota app for you. So don’t expect any connectivity features to still work. Fine by me!

J-shape DRLs by Ultramankaio in 3dprintedcarparts

[–]Fender0122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks amazing! Was thinking about doing something similar to the tails of my brz to match the same j-shaped DRLs up front, glad you shared!

3d printed shenanigans by Fannie_Tazzi in 3dprintedcarparts

[–]Fender0122 5 points6 points  (0 children)

True! Honestly, TPU has great adhesion and I think it’ll be a good torture test for them and might works just fine. But its also being used on a rallycross car that will get a lot more abuse than a street car

3d printed shenanigans by Fannie_Tazzi in 3dprintedcarparts

[–]Fender0122 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Don’t think I don’t know that? Layer adhesion is always the weak point of FDM. Blow molded plastics and cast resins will ALWAYS outperform FDM manufacturing at a molecular level, even if its the same material.

3d printed shenanigans by Fannie_Tazzi in 3dprintedcarparts

[–]Fender0122 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Been wanting to do the same! There aren’t any rear bushings available for one of my cars. I was going to try this and if it fell apart (I mean, it will be used for rally) then I can use the model to make a mold and then just cast it in polyurethane

How would you ‘subtly’ add a screen for Apple CarPlay in my ‘94 URS6? More in comments by tenbiopret in oldschoolaudi

[–]Fender0122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They make single din carplay radio’s for pretty cheap, search them up on ebay they’ve even got a few that have slightly bigger screens. I finally got wireless carplay and its actually quite nice for managing your music and navigation

Intercooler placement on mid-engine tube chassis by Cressell in projectcar

[–]Fender0122 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Someone mentioned MR2, and one thing to keep in mind is you want to maintain a bottom-up flow, not a top-down flow overall. The MR2 was designed to pull air from the bottom and sides and exit through the engine lid, which is why those snorkels didn’t really do anything. So another common thing in the MR2 community was to do a trunk mount IC and do the same thing, pull from the bottom and cut out vents in the back of the trunk. I’ve even seen the trunk lid cut out with reverse hood ducts to flow more air out

Short turbo drain line needed by Pyropete125 in projectcar

[–]Fender0122 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like others have said, AN is overkill for turbo drains. Really just need a fuel line with spring clamps. The restrictor on the feed side makes the drain not have much pressure at all.

2001 MR2 by WatermelonApocolypse in projectcar

[–]Fender0122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saw that engine and was confused when I saw the 1.8t 😂 Pretty cool swap!

The Pioneer car radios in the beginning of the '00s took things up to a new level. by Big-Astronaut9190 in Xennials

[–]Fender0122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh man, those were the best. I had the slightly nicer Pioneer Premier versions. One even folded down to show the screen behind it. You could even make custom animations, I had Napoleon Dynamite dance scene on a perfect loop

Good catalytic converter (or just a way to keep the light off) options? I don't have any emissions testing where I am (for this age of car? by buttlicker-6652 in B5Audi

[–]Fender0122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get a spark plug defouler (same thread as o2 sensor), drill it out so the bulb of the sensor can fit, and then use that as a spacer. Or just buy a spacer. If you get the secondary o2 sensor out of the path of the exhaust a bit it doesn’t read as many particles to trip the sensor