some cad stuff

[manifoldmike]

so i was screwing around on cad and figured i would try to make a manifold. was pretty hard. its not for any certain car. i'm trying to make a visual for a particular manifold that i might be building in the future. figured i would share.

if anyone need flanges cut or anything of that sort, we can get it done.

[Matt M.]

Looks good.

That autocad is some interesting stuff,i took drafting in high school so i love that program .

[DC Dave]

Nice.

[.:Chris:.]

Autocad is a lot of fun, but for anyone wondering... it's not easy! I certainly can appreciate the difficulty of doing something like this.

Does this have any pertinence when it comes to making the manifold (ie do you use CAD to design/cut flanges?) or is it just for fun?

[manifoldmike]

Originally Posted by 94TurboGSR

Autocad is a lot of fun, but for anyone wondering... it's not easy! I certainly can appreciate the difficulty of doing something like this.

Does this have any pertinence when it comes to making the manifold (ie do you use CAD to design/cut flanges?) or is it just for fun?

traditionally i havn't used cad for mock up, but i've been using it for flanges for years.

the reason i drew this one up was to give the customer somthing too look at. the actual design will differ significantly from the drawing due to location of obsticles and exact placement. it gives me a good idea on what i have to do before i start cutting and welding. to tell you the truth, the manifold pictured above is actually a pretty poor design around the collector due to the fact that it would extreamly hard to weld it.

unfortunatly we are a full service shop, so i have to do most of this at home, however we have future plans of coming out with our own product line. that would obviously give me an opportunity to start using software like autocad, revit and solid works to design manifolds and components properly.

now that i have a better idea of how to draw this up, making actual manifolds shouldn't be a problem. now i need to figure out a cost effictive way of plotting real life positions and obsitcles.

its a slow, but exciting transition from throwing somthing together to calculated manufacturing. i use autocad more and more each day.

[Alpha]

Try BriCad. Not fun Looks like it's going to be a fun exhaust manifold. Crazy customers want crazy exhaust manifolds There isnt much in the way. Just have to take into account the turbocharger size, turbine housing inlet (twin or open), wastegate(s), dump tubes, intercooler size/placement, etc. For an open turbine housing I would put one and two straight slightly angle towards the driver's side. Bring three and four over. For a twin scroll turbine housing I would put one and four straight but obviously angled toward's the driver's side. Bring three and four over but lower

[Alpha]

Mike, I am going to e-mail you some pictures

[back2Nissan]

Sure looks like a 1UZFETT manifold to me.

At Toucan, I use to to use a Zprinter 310 printer to play with. My buddy Brian was a CAD designer for AEM after he left Toucan and used to send me files of different prototype ides we would come up with and I'd print them and assemble the parts (one day they will be on the market) Anyhoot, I could print a manifold like that in 2 peices, put hardener in it and assemble both peices, install it and test for fit before production. Saves a ton of man hours in fab.
ZPrinter 310 Plus
Watch the video!

[memole]

^^^ok thats cool as hell^^^^
Just me
Chris

[back2Nissan]

Originally Posted by memole

^^^ok thats cool as hell^^^^
Just me
Chris

Very addicting! can be messy and I always glued my fingers together.