symbiont
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| posted on 21/5/08 at 12:52 PM |
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inlet manifolds
Hi am making my own carbon fibre inlet manifold to mount a set of R1 carbs onto 1800 (130PS) zetec engine . I need a .dxf file of the flange plate of
a zetec inlet manifold . I could draw it out ( if I was any good at cad !!!) but I know there is some software which can convert scanned images to
.dxf files
? can anyone out there help ?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 21/5/08 at 01:05 PM |
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I would have thought an actual full size model, made perhaps of wood or wax would have been the way to do this. That way the carbon could be laid
directly on it.
I used to work in a company that made offshore drill bits; the initial moulds for these were hand made in wax. Once the wax had been coated in clay to
form the final casting mould (you off course replace this step with laying the carbon) , the wax was simply melted out.
I did work very well.
Photos of them being made I’m sure would be a very useful how too
We actually painted some of the wax models for exhibitions so they looked like the final product. I always thought it would have been such a laugh if
one was mistakenly shipped offshore and they tried to drill with it 
[Edited on 21/5/08 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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symbiont
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| posted on 21/5/08 at 01:22 PM |
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inlet manifolds
the plan is to use a metal ( steel or alloy) flange plate ( to give rigidity and some heat transmission ) but to use carbon fibre tape to create the
runners to the carbs, hence the need for a .dxf file I've got a contact who can laser/waterjet cut the metal but he needs a .dxf file in order
to create the g code for the cutter
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coozer
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| posted on 21/5/08 at 01:53 PM |
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I used the inlet gasket and scraped round it onto the steel plate.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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symbiont
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| posted on 21/5/08 at 01:58 PM |
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inlet manifolds
just trying to save myself a whole load of hacksawing when I've got someone who can cut it out in minutes with a waterjet > have got the
blisters to show how much hacksawing I've done. I've got a plasma cutter now ( sooo much better BUT unfortunately it hasn't got the
power to cut through the really thick plate I need
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short track 123
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| posted on 21/5/08 at 02:01 PM |
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Just like this
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symbiont
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| posted on 21/5/08 at 02:07 PM |
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inlet manifolds
yes exactly just like that ....cheers
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