diff --git a/src/BMW_318ti/Air_Shrouded_Fuel_Injector_Delete.mdwn b/src/BMW_318ti/Air_Shrouded_Fuel_Injector_Delete.mdwn index 5900433..d7d7de3 100644 --- a/src/BMW_318ti/Air_Shrouded_Fuel_Injector_Delete.mdwn +++ b/src/BMW_318ti/Air_Shrouded_Fuel_Injector_Delete.mdwn @@ -82,3 +82,16 @@ small engine anyway; swap in the S50 or S52 engine if you're going after power and are really, really in love with the E36 platform, that's what the M3 shipped with anyway. With a new engine you get a new intake manifold that probably has more sensible injector interfaces. + +------ + +I drove my car with this modification for about a year and it continued to run +very well through that time. After almost exactly a year I pulled my bootleg +adapters out and replaced them with machined adapters made by VAC motorsports, +available +[here](https://store.vacmotorsports.com/vac-motorsports-fuel-injector-adaptors-bmw-m44m42-p2454.aspx). +I'm sure it would have continued to run fine, as my modification was very +difficult to pull out, but the potential of one failing after many cycles, +especially being exposed to operating temperatures in the bay, was not worth it +to me. These could be machined on a lathe but this requires lathe operating +experience (and access) that I lack currently.