I was always wondering why the love fab mini me actually have a small collector, I was trying to come up with same style of mani but without the collector. I used CAD to whip it up and see where to cut on the pipe. The result = booo! The cut on this would take days to complete, absolutly not worth it.

Check out the point where the pipes intersect, that's gonna be a hard cut.

 

I wish i knew CAD, props to you

 

learning cad but haven't got to 3D yet nice drawing got an extra copy?

 

a<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eLusive ek4 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">learning cad but haven't got to 3D yet nice drawing got an extra copy?</TD></TR></TABLE>
An copy of what? the program or the drawing? But yeah, 3d is where it's at on CAD.

 

It's one of those things you can draw on a computer, but if you try to lay it out and get the right cut the first time, you're fighting a losing battle.

It wouldn't be all that hard to make...but you'd have to just cut it roughly and then grind it to fit.

 

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It wouldn't be all that hard to make...but you'd have to just cut it roughly and then grind it to fit.</TD></TR></TABLE>
funny you said that b/c I was going to try to make it anyway

 

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Have no fear!!!

Oh, and if you can work it out somehow, make some sort of template or something after you get it ground to fit. Then you can get closer to "just right" with a cutoff wheel next time, and have less grinding to do.

 

i just downloaded auto cad 2004 full version and i feel special i made my first 3d shape, but i sure as **** cant make a mani, but i want to. any tips/pointers/help?

 

**** i am clueless, on how to do that i have the software, but do not know how to do 3d desgin how do u do it?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LostCRX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was always wondering why the love fab mini me actually have a small collector, I was trying to come up with same style of mani but without the collector. I used CAD to whip it up and see where to cut on the pipe. The result = booo! The cut on this would take days to complete, absolutly not worth it.

Check out the point where the pipes intersect, that's gonna be a hard cut.

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this is exactly what our elf manifold was. and yes to make the collector it took a total of 6 hours. to make the entire manifold it took close to 10 hours wich is why the elf 1.0 is no longer offered.

 

The very first Full-Race manifold was this exact design....

 

U know what would make that job of finding the right cit alot easier? A CAM program, ive got BobCAD/CAM. Send me the measurements and i'll see if i can work it out

 

i haven't played with autocad much, we use autodesk in our engineering dept, but i think they are the same thing. i think you can get autodesk free somewhere, i get it from the school so i don't care.

 

Nice cad work. But man...leave that design to the land of cast mani's.