Sparkle Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Well done that man. What a job thus far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Did rookie dave suggest your username? Nigel wade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 NaN 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Ass Dragger Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 God Damn Badass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carsnz123 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Awesome project. going to be keeping an eye on this. The company I work for built a couple of 4 1/2 liter Bentley engines from scratch before i started there. Its interesting to see the process of recreating the parts. You want to be sure the grade of cast iron is up to scratch as you'll run into valve recession problems if its a little soft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not-a-number Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Awesome project. going to be keeping an eye on this. The company I work for built a couple of 4 1/2 liter Bentley engines from scratch before i started there. Its interesting to see the process of recreating the parts. You want to be sure the grade of cast iron is up to scratch as you'll run into valve recession problems if its a little soft. Whats the company you work for? Do you know what grade of cast iron they used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carsnz123 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Whats the company you work for? Do you know what grade of cast iron they used? I work for the Bentley service agent in Ashburton. Not sure about the grade of iron. One of the guys was telling me the cast iron produced today is different to the stuff used back in the 20s and 30s. you might want to find out what Bugatti were using back in the day and compare it to your local foundry. It will be a shit of a job if you have to put hardened valve seats in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not-a-number Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 I used Grade 150. Apparently this is generally what people use these days. If I wanted Bugatti grade I'd have to go melt down some old park benches and frying pans! Did they scratch build the whole engine? Cast the block? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carsnz123 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Everything was new except the magnetos and their mounts. As far as I'm aware a number of blocks, crankcases and crankshafts have been made but only one complete engine has been produced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flauski Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Wowee, THAT is a project! I take my hat off to you Sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Its going to go sweet with bike carbs and a big cam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Night Rider Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Man, this is amazing to see. Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moffmo Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 I don't know how you found the time to do this. WOW. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 This is amazing, you have such good pattern making skills, do you think you could do a 99a flathead v8 block? I can supply you with old blocks and possabley 3d drawings of everything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not-a-number Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 This is amazing, you have such good pattern making skills, do you think you could do a 99a flathead v8 block? I can supply you with old blocks and possabley 3d drawings of everything. Anything is possible but the amount of time it would take would be huge. So youd need really deep pockets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted November 18, 2016 Share Posted November 18, 2016 A friend of mine has spent over 20 grand on patterns for Norton dominator barrels, then it costs 1000 to cast each one and 1500 for mechaning, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoKer Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I've run out of likes, this is propper oldschool! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not-a-number Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 A friend of mine has spent over 20 grand on patterns for Norton dominator barrels, then it costs 1000 to cast each one and 1500 for mechaning, I can imagine! There was 1000hrs in this block. So easy $50k if I paid someone. Who did he get to design/make his patterns? All the patterns for the block cost about $500, casting was $400. All mates rates though. To machine I have had quotes between $6-9000 for the first one, $4000 after that but I should be able to do it on my machine. There are 2 places in Europe who can make blocks and they charge about $17k with a 1 year lead time. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird_U Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Just saw this and thought of your work. http://www.speedhunters.com/2016/11/pur-sang-argentinas-classis-auto-artisans/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoKer Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 ditto (ok the wrong "type" but still a cool story) https://www.instagram.com/p/BMxXvd3BclR/ jbowerengravingI forgot I took this photo and the history of this car is completely fascinating. (I know, I'm a weirdo about cars, but this really is an amazing story). It's a 1931 Bugatti Type 41. 6 exist. The original cost was $43,000 during a time when an average yearly wage was $1,388. Even more interesting, the original owner was German and fled Germany during the war. He fled to Switzerland and then moved to China. He had the car shipped to him in China. Soon after that, he fled to Canada and then onto New York. During the winter of '37-'38 water froze in the engine and the car was sold to a scrapyard in the Bronx. A GM exec found it in '43 and restored it. He donated it to the Henry Ford Museum in 1959. An amazing and true story of one man's trash becoming a historical treasure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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