@Turbo_Steve; any chance of getting a CAD drawing for a torque plate?

Buying a torque plate is cheaper than having one machined yourself

2.3L Duratec Massive Absolute Torque Plate

I've got a guy that will basically charge me material cost. Pretty sure that's a far cry from $600...

Just tapa it in.

Depending in where your machinist gets his metal, it might honestly be more because its a special order size and the metal distributor isnt going to want any scrap so the minimum length you will be able to order is the minimum length they can order which could be 60" which runs about $1900 with freight.

Online, if you can make 4x8x18 work its around $375 shipped, the next step up is the 4x12x18 or 5x10x18 which are both about $625 shipped.

So you might be able to make one cheaper with free machining.

EDIT: After measuring mine, it looks like 3x8x18 works, its about $280 shipped online.

I'm currently designing a billet IM for our cars. If I could get these in Parasolid it would save me lots of time. I'm using SolidWorks 2006.

My CNC machine thanks you for this thread <3

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a long delay for a response. But i have had one made. it is 2x8x13 ish. Don't remember actual size, but its overall dimension of the head gasket. send to have worked rather well.

just tapa it in.

I will be posting updates with intake manifold flanges etc soon. Also going to do a file for a torque plate. The massive speed torque plate listed above is available for rent for 21 days and costs $150 fyi.

Can we get this made a sticky?

ETA on the intake mani flange?

If it isn't up tomorrow night I'll draw one up and upload it.

Added a quick drawing of the Intake manifold flange to the first post at the bottom. It may need to be revised. I drew it originally off of a gasket but I need to verify it with a manifold I have at home later. Holes and ports should be perfect but It may have fitment issues with the power steering pump.

Been working on an intake manifold design and I am currently 3d printing some parts to double check my drawings before having flanges made.

This design will require an fmic with custom charge piping. the plenum extrusion and the oval runners and velocity stacks are going to be off the shelf "ross machine racing" parts.

Manifold should kill other designs currently offered for flow.

Going to build a prototype and see if I can have these made up.

Here are some renderings.

http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/s...psniknfnrb.jpg

http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/s...ps9f6eplmn.jpg

http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/s...pswxhlbgkk.jpg

Some tweaks will need to be made once the 3d printed parts are test fit on my car.

Any way to get the intake gasket file. Going to make a few sets of intake and exhaust out of phenolic.

The IM flange file is matched to the OEM gasket. Just use that.

any chance you coudl save of these stl? I was trying to mock something up for possibly making a laminova manifold

i am debating also trying to make plastic manfiold in order to save weigth, and i may be dreaming, but is there a 3d image of our stock manifold anywhere?

if not maybe i can find one stock IM to cannabilize and create the rendering, i used to ace my engineering classes back in the day when we had assigments in transcribing measurements accurately into a 3d drawings of an object in CADlite, so maybe i can recreate the interior with rtv diy molds? it would be nice not to have to buy an extra manifold just to cut open the damn thing for measurement purposes

part of me suspects there is no way around this tho,if no 3d model exists in public domain

any suggestions welcome

A nice update to this thread would be the DM FO-ST manifold adapter.

I have access to all the cad/ cam programs in machining class...just don't have the adapter or measurements

Pretty sure DM isn't going to release that, and hopefully no one else would either. Support your vendors.

I do support our vendors! but honestly, how may many really have access to a CNC machine or even cad/cam program? It would cost more to have a single one done at any machine shop than DM costs. Ok, maybe it's it's too soon in asking for this now...but some time in the future would be nice

Pretty sure he'll say no, but what say ye @Farhan@DM;?

I say this^

Than what would you need it for?

really, Just thought it would be something else to add to the rest of the files in this thread. Since its 2d and can be rendered in autocad pretty easily. sorry @Farhan@DM; wasn't trying to pirate your stuff or anything. I will leave it alone.