Emma Watson and 2 E34's (Low Mount Turbo M50 Project)

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Its IN

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It's time for the drop boys. After hours of filling/ sanding/ painting the terrible magnesium cover, we have now achieved results I can live with. Some final glamor shots before the engine goes back in the chassis.

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It does. Its a 90 degree line fitting. about 1/2 inch away from hitting the firewall.

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Does the oil feed even fit with that fitting sticking straight out? When I fed my turbo M42 from the back of the head I used a banjo bolt.

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Still slacking. Progress has been slow. Switched to a Spa manifold. I could not get one of the previous ebay junkers to fit the way I wanted.

Heat shielding is done. Once the VC paint work is complete the engine will be put back into the chassis.

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Top end work coming together. AN fitting for turbo oil supply sorted @ rear of cylinder head.

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Turbo fits, sort of. These cast manifolds sure are lame

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lookin fresh

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A few bits of color for the finishing touches.

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Coming together nicely. Glacier Silver Cerakote looking good so far.

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GT30 going on this round.

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Modified windage tray to clear ARP studs

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Short block finishing up.

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Confirmed all ok with my machinist.

Moving on now to pairing internal parts for balancing.

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The crankshaft seems a bit tight to me. Does anyone have any thoughts on this. Check my work.

Main bearing tolerance .0008 to .0023. My measurement check with plasti gauge was .001 to .0015 on all 7 mains. The crank takes a considerable amount of force to spin. I want to verify this is ok before I proceed. Let me know what you guys think.

Main 1 (starting at front of engine)

Main 2

Main 3

Main 4

Main 5

Main 6

Main 7