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      12-13-2019, 01:41 AM   #33
DR-JEKL
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Drives: Space Grey E92 335i 6MT
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My buddy got a reply back from spool, they're sending him a prototype bracket that they've designed.



They also said

We did some simulation on our end and it seems bolting the assembly onto the block prevents any kind of torquing or canterlever stress issues.

We did some failure analysis and seems like gyroscopic forces generated from the 4x was cracking the vac plates that probably had some imperfections from factory casting process.

We're developing a bracket to solve this as we speak. This is the first time we've seen a 3x crack a vac pump. We've had two testers of the 4x with the issue recently.
Excellent news thank you for the insight. Wasn't looking forward to VTT double barrel install
Yeah likewise that looks like a headache!

I'll be going helix in the new year sometime when hopefully the bracket is standard fare as part of the kit and they work out the hard line fuel line also.

Like most products there are initial development teething problems at least they're resolving these bugs with nicely redesigned parts!
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