1/6 Porsche 917 Engine Full Detail

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Uli, that piece is awesome!
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Incredible work! You should be a 1:1 engine designer.

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Just saw this thread now.

INCREDIBLE! AUSGEZEICHNET!
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Hi and thanks a lot for your nice comments :-)

The BOSCH MFI is (almost) finished now ... consisting of more than 250 individual parts. Still waiting for the two BOSCH type plates from the decal printer but the assembly as such is done. I've decided to keep one side open in order to show the internal structure and pistons.

CAD construction:
BOSCH MFI_all views_S.jpg
Camshaft and pulley:
MFI_Camshaft_2a_S.jpg
MFI_Camshaft_3_S.jpg
Camshaft ready to be installed along with piston parts (12 ea):
MFI_Assembly_1_S.jpg
Finished MFI (BOSCH type plates to be added later):
MFI_Finished_oP_2_S.jpg
MFI_Finished_oP_4_S.jpg
MFI_Finished_oP_7_S.jpg
The 1:8 version will have the same level of details and is currently in the assembly process. I may think about to build the IXO 917K in which I could install my 1:8 scale engine (+ other new stuff).

BR, Uli
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The camshaft itself is a mastermodel on it`s own, amazing work Uli! :)
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Re: 1/6 Porsche 917 Engine Full Detail

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Uli, that probably has enough pressure to water my desert landscape…

It’s beautiful!

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Hold on, the fuel pump has more parts than most entire (plastic)kits?
This build is really something else!
I'm not even sure, if the real pump has a lot of parts more than that...
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Re: 1/6 Porsche 917 Engine Full Detail

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Hi, after a longer break, here we go with an progress update

Cooling Fan Assembly finished. Fan drive and the flexible coupling design are like on the real engine:
FanAssembly_1_S.jpg
FanAssembly_2_S.jpg
Cover and Fan Assembly installed on the right half of the engine block. Cam drive on right cylinder bank closed with cam covers. Throttle slides (1 each per 3 cylinders) installed:
917engine_1_6_assembly_11_S.jpg
917engine_1_6_assembly_13_S.jpg
Installation of intake trumpets started:
917engine_1_6_assembly_10_S.jpg
Left side assemblies of the engine block finished. Ready to be mounted later on the display installation:
917engine_1_6_assembly_14_S.jpg
917engine_1_6_assembly_16_S.jpg
The main engine parts are closed to get finished. Transmission will be next and design of a 1:4 version of the engine has started.

Thanks for watching :-)

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Re: 1/6 Porsche 917 Engine Full Detail

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Hi,

OMG!!!!
Awesomely stunning!
All those details look so real.
Can’t wait to see the next update.

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Re: 1/6 Porsche 917 Engine Full Detail

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Wahnsinn!
Mind blowing - especially when i see the "details" on the scale 1/8 ixo "modelkit" - more like a toy as a replica - of the 917.
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