BMW V8 dry sump from billet

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Divided he ad:
Ade :wave: Ade....? Ade :poke: Ade! :wack: ADE!

What ya doin? :scratch:

:coffee: ?

Been awhile and no replies is all :thumbup: :)

Ralph. :lol:

AdeV:
Woah, no need to yell there Ralph....

Currently, there is no further news worthy of reporting... as soon as there is, I'll be posting it here.

Divided he ad:
Only joking chief... I was feeling in a :poke: kinda mood :lol:

Just checkin you were still out there :thumbup:

Watching this space :coffee:

Ralph.

awemawson:
Ade,

Superb project - I've just read through all 14 pages! No way would I have your patience to do that manually despite having the machinery to do it. I would have spent probably the same time programming it on my CNC, then I could churn them out!

Now you have done it, and before it gets messed up, have it anodised. It will toughen up the surface and keep it good for a long time to come

AWEM

AdeV:
Once again, thanks all for all your kind comments.

AWEM - the sump is already on the car - I hear you about the anodising, but it won't happen just yet. I may be able to do it next winter, but I will have to contract it out, I think the surface area/current requirements will far exceed anything I can muster.

Stuart - currently getting around 450bhp, but we've done all but no tuning work. The main mods are: Remove the VANOS & turn the cams up to 11. Replace BMW ECU with a DTA device. We're running a proprietary ignition/fuel map, the guy who did the work has locked the ECU down, but the kind chaps at DTA have furnished us with the "back door" entry code :med: so we might be tempted to experiment later in the year. Other than that & the dry sump setup, the engine is stock. Next tuning mod is high performance cams (they will allow up to around 600bhp), then it starts getting a bit pricey.

Phil - I'd hoped to be working on another one by now, but illness has prevented that. Once I'm back at the machines, which - work permitting - will be next week, I could get started. Of course, I need a customer first...

And now, for the news:

IT WORKS!!!

The engine has been started & run, and everything is A-OK.... Well, almost; there's a slight leak around the spigots; which is basically due to my faulty spigot design. I should have left room for a washer or, better yet, left a small flange to allow the spigot to seal properly. I'm going to make some new spigots which will be grooved to take an o-ring. I'll also clean up the face on the sump where they tighten up, to ensure a nice oil-tight seal. That should happen next week sometime, depends on when the engine is removed again.

There is still an oil leak into the bellhousing. My money's on a dodgy crank seal, as we know the sump is flat as a flat thing. At least, I know that...

The next photos (other than one of a new spigot) will be of the car on the track hopefully!

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