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What I learned. Don’t buy alpinas. Or at least not ones with with one off engines.
And for gods sake don’t use a machinist who isn’t close enough for you to walk in and inspect in progress.
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04-25-2022, 06:02 AM | #68 |
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I don't think a visual progress check would have helped here. And as a sort of ex-machinist I certainly wouldn't appreciate an unannounced visit - got to concentrate!
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04-25-2022, 09:26 AM | #69 |
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Our building is locked, most machinist/cnc facilities require key fob entry for I9 background checks. Just finished getting mine done again after I moved shops. Sleeving a block is not unheard of, I had to do that with it a 2.5L S14 block and as some know now that BMW NA will and does not sell EU parts unless you have a ROW/EU VIN.
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Hmm, iron sleeves in an aluminum block, and just ~40 miles in a couple of them are oval-shaped? Dude who did the work claims he's been doing it for a decade and "knows what he's doing". Seems like a bad idea even if the guy has done it successfully in the past.
Now he's going with the used motor from Poland in the B7. That would have been a better plan from the get-go. Will be fun to see how this plays out in the end.
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05-01-2022, 03:39 AM | #71 |
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The next episode is now up where an E70 X5 has joined his garage.
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That thing would give him years of content 🤣
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The next video is up which is of his gorgeous E39 M5
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Sreten’s video editing is top notch and his lighting is really good in such tight spaces. Great sense of humor as well. His 50-60 minute videos fly by!
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The next episode of Project Chicago is released (Alpina B7). An interesting discovery in this one!
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But...he needs to use the BMW pistons because the alpina ones are on 92mm for a 92.03 bore. Where the BMW ones are 91.96mm. Otherwise he's setting up for the same outcome as buying a new alpina block (albeit a lot cheaper). I know that means he'd need to machine the crown of the BMW pistons to get the compression ratio good.
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Episode 10 of Project Chicago (Alpina B7) is now up!
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Great 65 minute video today! I marvel at how he can keep everything orderly and all parts accounted for. Hell, I inevitably misplace one nut or bolt whenever I have to keep track of only 10! I’d love to know what his actual “work time” is for today’s video.
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