View Single Post
Old 02-03-2023, 02:00 PM   #245
Spektyr
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2021
Drives: GR86
Location: Kansas
Posts: 323
Thanks: 168
Thanked 249 Times in 139 Posts
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering View Post
To be clear, don't print these in regular ol' PETG or whatever because it will melt.
Yup. PLA gets soft around 55C / 130F which means it's not good for interior parts if you live somewhere with ANY kind of heat in the summer. (Car interiors can easily hit 130+F on hot days.)

PETG is better, getting pliable at 85C / 185F. That makes it good for interior parts where PLA would fail, but still not enough for engine bay temps.

ABS is good to 105C / 220F. I wouldn't bolt it to the engine block, but otherwise it's not going to melt under the hood.
Spektyr is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Spektyr For This Useful Post:
Racecomp Engineering (02-03-2023), soundman98 (02-04-2023)