5mall5nail5 Turbo E34 Build Part IV!

[5mall5nail5]

Not 100's of TO's lol. I haven't been in TO for a few years now and half of them were overturned because they were silly.

Whatcha mean blanks? Bronze stock?

[rt turbo]

Not 100's of TO's lol. I haven't been in TO for a few years now and half of them were overturned because they were silly.

Whatcha mean blanks? Bronze stock?

I know, just jokin around.

Yeah, I was meaning the stock. I thought items like that were blanks, or am I thinking cut but non-stamped coins?

[5mall5nail5]

I know, just jokin around.

Yeah, I was meaning the stock. I thought items like that were blanks, or am I thinking cut but non-stamped coins?

No with stuff like this you buy rod and drill/turn it. A 13" piece of 932 Bronze in 3/4" (greatly oversized for something like this I should have bought like 0.625" stock) was $23.

[5mall5nail5]

Finally finished up the linkage pins I am working on. I had to wait for the yellow washers and clip from BMW before I could put the groove in my pin and part it off:


Shift linkage finished by Jon Kensy, on Flickr


Shift linkage finished by Jon Kensy, on Flickr


Shift linkage finished by Jon Kensy, on Flickr


Shift linkage pin by Jon Kensy, on Flickr

Wee!

[M5Hunter]

Looks great!

[5mall5nail5]

Thanks Clay!

[Tanks95]

Awesome work Jon.

[MikeE36]

Hey Jon, forgive my ignorance, but why did you want to make your own shift linkage? Where you not happy with current offerings?

Mike

[5mall5nail5]

Hey Jon, forgive my ignorance, but why did you want to make your own shift linkage? Where you not happy with current offerings?

Mike

There aren't any offerings for my car!

I also tweaked it some with the bronze bushing in the trans selector joint etc.

[5mall5nail5]

Thinking about putting nitrous back on the car


Bottle Bracket by Jon Kensy, on Flickr

[futureroadracer]

Thinking about putting nitrous back on the car


Bottle Bracket by Jon Kensy, on Flickr

Fantastic!

[rt turbo]

Thinking about putting nitrous back on the car
Bottle Bracket by Jon Kensy, on Flickr

I thought you were machining an inpirational braclet. lol.

[herrubermensch]

That is some wicked cool fabrication, Jon. Everything resolved with the house?

--Peter

[a32guy]

that linkage looks purdy. nice work jon.

[5mall5nail5]

I thought you were machining an inpirational braclet. lol.

LOL - thats a riot.

That is some wicked cool fabrication, Jon. Everything resolved with the house?

--Peter

Not just yet Peter - we gave them 1/18 to formulate proper response and get the sewer installation in order. Hopefully they can make that - I want to move! LOL.

that linkage looks purdy. nice work jon.

Thanks chris - still have to pull the existing one and weld it up, but getting there.

[BadBoostedBmwM3]

Thinking about putting nitrous back on the car

Do it!

Btw, post up some pictures of your old nitrous setup on the M50 manifold. I was looking for some the other day. Please.

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[5mall5nail5]

Do it!

Btw, post up some pictures of your old nitrous setup on the M50 manifold. I was looking for some the other day. Please.

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This was the old setup - I didn't get to hit it because it was very... well, I lacked confidence with the aluminum intake. I worried I'd pop the nozzles out under boost and spray my engine down with fuel.



I have a shot of my single fogger from my T3/Holset setup somewhere.

All done. Now I need to see if I can get Greg to cut them out lol.


Nitrous Bottle Brackets by Jon Kensy, on Flickr

[BadBoostedBmwM3]

This was the old setup - I didn't get to hit it because it was very... well, I lacked confidence with the aluminum intake. I worried I'd pop the nozzles out under boost and spray my engine down with fuel.

I have a shot of my single fogger from my T3/Holset setup somewhere.

All done. Now I need to see if I can get Greg to cut them out lol.


Nitrous Bottle Brackets by Jon Kensy, on Flickr

It was still clean. A lot of bling factor.

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[5mall5nail5]

It was still clean. A lot of bling factor.

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Yeah but kind of lame because I couldn't use it

Drew up a 37* nitrous jet w/o orifice. I could fill an existing jet but I have brass and this will be a good exercise on the lathe. Plus, making stuff is cool.


Nitrous Jet Blank by Jon Kensy, on Flickr


Nitrous Nozzle by Jon Kensy, on Flickr

Yeah I dunno why I made that rofl

Not tired, so I went out and turned this up on the lathe:


Nitrous Blank Jet by Jon Kensy, on Flickr


Nitrous Jet Scale Shot by Jon Kensy, on Flickr

Excuse crap photo edits

[rt turbo]

wow, nice detail in the pictures. what camera did that? Im looking to get a new dslr in the 5-600$ range. I know thats not going to get a great slr, but Im not too much of a photo taker anyways.

[5mall5nail5]

Thanks man - I use a Canon 5DII but the detail in those pictures is because I use a macro lens for most things like that.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._8L_Macro.html

Photo quality is like 30% the body and 70% the glass!

[rt turbo]

Yeah, I knew the lens is the bigger factor there. That one you have in unbelievable. Do you use the slrs for video? I've got a canon hx40 (i know I know), but it produces an excellent HD video even though it doesn't have raw. I was surprised by it and it mainly stays attached to my cage.

Sorry for ot.

[5mall5nail5]

Yeah, I knew the lens is the bigger factor there. That one you have in unbelievable. Do you use the slrs for video? I've got a canon hx40 (i know I know), but it produces an excellent HD video even though it doesn't have raw. I was surprised by it and it mainly stays attached to my cage.

Sorry for ot.

Yeah I do use my DSLRs for video but I wouldn't want to attach them to a cage or do any fixed in-car video - they can't take that kind of abuse.

[5mall5nail5]

Finished up my DSSR!

It's NOTABLY easier to shift - the shifter falls into gear without as much resistance. Very worthwhile upgrade IMHO and also eliminated some side to side slop!


DSSR Welded and Finished by Jon Kensy, on Flickr


DSSR Welded and Finished by Jon Kensy, on Flickr

And this is how I kept it flat/square, making sure it fit the stock application and didn't warp


DSSR Welded and Finished by Jon Kensy, on Flickr

[Bwaterman]

I was about to dis the machining on the brass nozzle until I realized how small it is and your crazy lens just makes it look huge.

Nice work on the DSSR too.