DEF Tanks are out of use with Tune... What happens if I just remove them???

stolympiakos · 01-14-2017, 03:19 PM

I don't really NEED them sitting back there... Can we use that space for anything? Anyone else taken them off and using that space for something?

rulonger · 01-14-2017, 03:37 PM

BB_Cuda removed the tank and suspended a spare tire under there.

atwal187 · 01-14-2017, 03:39 PM

Yosh as well deleted the def tank and saved 70 lbs , pretty sure he has a post about it

BB_cuda · 01-14-2017, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by rulonger

BB_Cuda removed the tank and suspended a spare tire under there.

Requires custom pipes back there to wrap around the tire. I have a thread I'll add in but someone else feel free to paste it in. I struggle to do this when posting from my phone.

nicklockard · 01-14-2017, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by stolympiakos

I don't really NEED them sitting back there... Can we use that space for anything? Anyone else taken them off and using that space for something?

Why not use for water/methanol injection?

BB_cuda · 01-14-2017, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by nicklockard

Why not use for water/methanol injection?

This has been done too.

BB_cuda · 01-15-2017, 09:03 AM

Thread for spare tire under trunk.
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1064240

335stoner · 01-15-2017, 11:53 AM

I was thinking why not tap it into the fuel tank and get some extra range!!!

BB_cuda · 01-15-2017, 03:39 PM

Not sure about specs required to store fuel vs a non flammable DEF.

335stoner · 01-15-2017, 10:14 PM

??? Not sure either. ..

Trucks do it in the bed with 20, 40 and even 60 gallon tanks.. and they also make around a 5 gallon tank to go in the vw in place of the spare tire in the trunk?? That's inside the car.. This is under..

At the end of the day who will know

mefferso · 01-15-2017, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by 335stoner

At the end of the day who will know

True. I'd think fuel tanks are built to different impact specifications and not sure it'd be worth the risk. Maybe you could find a fuel cell small enough to fit.

Hoooper · 01-16-2017, 03:47 PM

Id really like to see a cover plate/diffuser marketed for the DEF tank location to cover up the sail that seems to be created when the DEF tanks and OEM mufflers are removed.

TDIwyse · 01-16-2017, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoooper

Id really like to see a cover plate/diffuser marketed for the DEF tank location to cover up the sail that seems to be created when the DEF tanks and OEM mufflers are removed.

Yes, it does create a sail.

I got tired of waiting and made my own ~3 years ago. Maybe iaknown could start working a new project? :-)

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showpo...0&postcount=38

Torqu3 · 01-16-2017, 07:47 PM

Please no. IA is already going to be taking way too much of my money.

01-14-2017, 03:19 PM	#1
stolympiakos New Member 10 Rep 18 Posts Drives: 2009 BMW 335d Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: South Texas iTrader: (0)	DEF Tanks are out of use with Tune... What happens if I just remove them??? I don't really NEED them sitting back there... Can we use that space for anything? Anyone else taken them off and using that space for something?
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rulonger Lieutenant 112 Rep 529 Posts Drives: 2011 335d E90 & 2010 328i E91 Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC iTrader: (0)	BB_Cuda removed the tank and suspended a spare tire under there.
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atwal187 First Lieutenant 59 Rep 347 Posts Drives: bmw 335d e90 2009 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: bc canada iTrader: (0)	Yosh as well deleted the def tank and saved 70 lbs , pretty sure he has a post about it
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BB_cuda Brigadier General 828 Rep 3,592 Posts Drives: 2011 335D Msport, 2013 X5D Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Clear Lake, Texas iTrader: (0)	Thread for spare tire under trunk. http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1064240
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335stoner BRR tuned 230 Rep 646 Posts Drives: 335D black Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: cypress tx iTrader: (0)	I was thinking why not tap it into the fuel tank and get some extra range!!!
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BB_cuda Brigadier General 828 Rep 3,592 Posts Drives: 2011 335D Msport, 2013 X5D Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Clear Lake, Texas iTrader: (0)	Not sure about specs required to store fuel vs a non flammable DEF.
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335stoner BRR tuned 230 Rep 646 Posts Drives: 335D black Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: cypress tx iTrader: (0)	??? Not sure either. .. Trucks do it in the bed with 20, 40 and even 60 gallon tanks.. and they also make around a 5 gallon tank to go in the vw in place of the spare tire in the trunk?? That's inside the car.. This is under.. At the end of the day who will know
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Hoooper Colonel 214 Rep 2,210 Posts Drives: 335D Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Petaluma, CA iTrader: (0)	Id really like to see a cover plate/diffuser marketed for the DEF tank location to cover up the sail that seems to be created when the DEF tanks and OEM mufflers are removed.
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Torqu3 Major 345 Rep 1,157 Posts Drives: 2011 335d Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Centralish Texas iTrader: (0)	Please no. IA is already going to be taking way too much of my money.
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