Bugatti T57/59 Engine Project

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Added the base/surround plates to them. Doesnt look like much but they need to be very flat as they are the datum face for the core. So if either side is bowed itll lift the core up higher than it should. Bonded a couple together on a surfaced table but even then it bowed afterwards. So they are now mounted to some box section.

Now they are completed! Happy with how they turned out.

Ill be taking them up to the foundry next week to try them out!

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All boxed up at the foundry and moulds filled. They added their expertise with risers and runner system.

See how it goes in the next couple of days.

 

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Looks like its come out great! 

They will do another one and Ill pick them up next week.

Next up I think Im going to machine the blocks. Need to make a big trunnion for the 4th axis! 

 

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Got 2 great sump castings and a 3rd with a small defect that would be fine once welded.

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Acquired a pair of Zenith carb castings off a guy in the Netherlands.

He finished his 59 a few years ago and had these left over.