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      04-29-2022, 03:48 PM   #45
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      04-30-2022, 07:11 AM   #46
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I'm all for it. It's nice to see coolant temp and boost psi. There's many other features/metrics you can look at but I never use them. On my E91, I was able to view codes and clear them.

There's another vent gauge by Awron but it's really expensive but does look cooler. The P3 option is probably the best bang for you buck option if you want a fixed gauge. Other options would be to use your phone/tablet + app and toggle on some views but that's not for me.
I really appreciate the OEM look of it. It needs to take up the OBD2 port though?
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      04-30-2022, 10:57 AM   #47
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I really appreciate the OEM look of it. It needs to take up the OBD2 port though?
The orange is nearly the same hue as our gauge clusters and fits really well

Yes. You can get an OBDII splitter but I'd be careful with those just so that you don't put too much traffic on that port. If I do any coding, I just unplug the P3 gauge and plug in my Carly/VeePeak dongle
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      04-30-2022, 12:49 PM   #48
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      04-30-2022, 05:15 PM   #49
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The orange is nearly the same hue as our gauge clusters and fits really well

Yes. You can get an OBDII splitter but I'd be careful with those just so that you don't put too much traffic on that port. If I do any coding, I just unplug the P3 gauge and plug in my Carly/VeePeak dongle
Yeah I will do the orange as well. It's a good placement for the OBD-port so it won't bother me.
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      05-16-2022, 12:40 PM   #50
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I pulled the trigger on an Eventuri intake because it looks and sounds the best out of all the options out on the market. I went through IND as they're local and had a few in stock. Massive shoutout to Ryan@IND for the help. I'm extremely thrilled with this piece,

The unit exudes quality and the install instructions on the Eventuri site were pretty good. Install was pretty straight forward. The worst part was getting a good angle to tighten down the clamps around the silicon coupler.

Driving around, the intake is immediately louder. Below 3k the intake is pretty silent. After 3k rpm or like 30-50% throttle, you can hear the turbo spool or at least the air getting sucked in. Lifting off releases a pretty funny to me Darth Vader sound. I'll try making a video soon. Throttle response is improved and the car feels quicker. At higher rpms like 5k and higher, you can sometimes hear the car releasing boost pressure in the intake because it sounds like you're lifting off the throttle. Boost pressure doesn't really drop when this happens so I'm guessing its the DME regulating boost.

Intake temps maybe went up 3*-5* F. I'm curious what removing the engine cover will do. Boost pressure now maxes at like 13.6 psi compared to 12.1 psi before. I don't have any tune or other things done. I'm curious what heat reflective tape on both sides of the Eventuri heat shield would do paired with a turbo blanket.

I was tempted of getting a non resonated turbo inlet but the stock one seems fine. It's not restrictive in my opinion.


















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Back in Sep 22, I hit something in a construction zone with my front lip and got a chunk missing I'll be getting that taken care of soon along with another exterior that recently made it in from Germany. Hopefully I'll be able to have another update in a month or so

Spent some time doing 50k maintenance so did engine oil change, transfer case and diff oil change, spark plugs, cabin filter and dusted off the Eventuri filter.

Right after that, I took a road trip from Chicago to Houston and the car did great! I was actually impressed with the 35 mpg at 85 mph all the way down and super happy with how comfortable the car is long distance

Picked up a set of OEM blackline taillights from Turner Motorsports and put those on today. I'm really liking these and honestly got them after I saw MatF30UK with a similar set









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      05-31-2023, 11:40 PM   #52
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With the help of saga boy, I managed to get an Alpina trunk spoiler and recently put it on. It really suits the shape of the F30.

I put a new 3D Design front lip on and also debadged the trunk.

I noticed that the steering will sometimes have a intermittent rubbing feeling when the steering wheel is turned to 11 or 1 o'clock position. No clicking or other feedback, just some noise.







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