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      06-29-2025, 12:52 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by Chrisyphus View Post
Sreten of E39M5 restorations had an EXTREMELY reputable shop in Germany do his block for his project Frankfurt build, and that engine ate itself in less than 10,000 KM. He flew here to our shop last fall to have a new motor reconditioned and blueprinted by us, and showed us the video he took at the other machinist's shop, and we could tell just by the speed the hone was moving that it was wrong. I had already spotted the issue when I watched his video before meeting him and saw just how rough his bores looked. Goodson says a dull matte finish, but the profilometer says a semi-gloss/satin finish is right.
It doesn't appear Sreten has addressed this but that is a wild revelation that the motor from H2 ate itself so quickly and you guys built him another one. I can only speculate why he hasn't addressed this but am hoping he does in a future video. Didn't you guys host him and have a meetup when he was around? Can't imagine he wouldn't create any content from that trip or maybe he doesn't want to point the blame at H2 for the failure? Can you elaborate on this anymore?
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