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Some Tips on Designing Products

While there are many people who are better at this I thought I would provide some ideas on how to design air intakes and other items. The first is to mock up things using old school techniques, cardboard, measuring tape, pen and paper. Then you can start to move to […]

TunedMercedes C63 Air Intake with BMS Filter
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How TunedMercedes Improved Their 3D Prints

In this video I talk about some steps we have taken to get better quality 3D prints. One thing to note is that this video does not address the physical maintenance on machines which is perhaps even more important than the topics covered here. This video assumes you have a […]

Joey B install of tunedmercedes air intakes
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Turbo Air Intake Design Considerations

I realized reading some posts that many people believe the ideal air intake for a turbo car to be the same as a naturally aspirated engine, and there are some differences. On a naturally aspirated engine the ideal air intake will provide a balance of cold dense air and work […]

Jack Plate Adapter
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Harbor Freight Jack Stand STL

This is an STL for a harbor freight jack stand adapter. I do not want to recommend it for legal reasons but something like this is useful to have between a jack and the Mercedes Benz. Link here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4913108

Ender 5 Plus
3D Printing, Air Intake, DIY

Good 3D Printing Requires Good Basics

There are some basic things one must get to start to print reliably well.  This isn’t exactly intuitive either, but they are Leveling Layer Adhesion Build Plate Adhesion Environment If any of these are off a failure or weak point in a print can occur. However if some of these […]