Author Topic: Custom Intake - Food for Thought [CAD Nerd Warning] (Read 5496 times)

bmwman91 · « **on:** September 23, 2006, 02:57:50 AM »

I was rolling through my CAD portfolio site and came across these. I know a couple folks here have done some interesting ITB/custom plenum things. I dunno, here is a little something to get some ideas out there.

Idea 1: My first idea for one...the early days of my CADing.

Idea 2: A little more CAD experience and fuel injector idea from Ferrari F1 motor
See the attachment at the bottom for a little artistic license I took with it. The heat shield was more or less real. I made one from aluminum sheet and made a CAD version of it after. I even made a wood mold & bought a vacuum pump so I could bag a CF one (had the fabric & marine epoxy). I just never got around to it, and am sticking with the OE filterbox on my 2nd M42.

I still have the model for the injectors if anyone wants a copy. They were made from measurements I took from real ones. Lemme know what format you want them in and I will do what I can. STEP is probably the easiest, and I use IronCAD anyway so the feature data would be lost in any translation.

There is a bunch more stuff over there too:
http://prof.e30tuner.com/
I have models I made for custom coil-overs, custom AL flywheel and an exploded I4 engine. The engine model...it is a veritable Where's Waldo of "find the mistakes in the design." I sorta did it off the top of my head when I was 19 in my spare time one week. I keep meaning to do it again, for real. I have a thread for that too lol.

nuvolarossa · « **Reply #1 on:** September 23, 2006, 06:06:55 AM »

Oh my god :eek:
I'm a total ignorant of the CAD... but that is sick:D
Did you realise them (ITBs) or is only for show your CAD's abilities?
I've checked your portfolio, you are insane:p
great work man!

bmwman91 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 23, 2006, 11:19:58 AM »

The TB design was off the top of my head, sorta made it up as I went. You can tell, too by looking at the injector bungs. Sorta goofy lookin, but I got short on room. I was 19 at the time & had not really torn into my motor at all.

The second one was after doing a couple teardowns, a good 3 years of reading & discussing concepts, seeing real-world designs, building a Megasquirt management system and a plethora of other stuff.

BTW, who all here has custom intake manifolds on their ride?

asubimmer · « **Reply #3 on:** September 23, 2006, 12:54:38 PM »

ohh man, that looks insane!!! I want one lol

dude8383 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 23, 2006, 01:40:07 PM »

Quote from: asubimmer

ohh man, that looks insane!!! I want one lol

drool...me too

Ramblin MAn · « **Reply #5 on:** September 23, 2006, 04:39:34 PM »

not carbon fiber but....

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ramblin_man_us/detail?.dir=5374&.dnm=a49dre2.jpg

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ramblin_man_us/detail?.dir=5374&.dnm=5029re2.jpg

nuvolarossa · « **Reply #6 on:** September 24, 2006, 01:47:04 AM »

Quote from: Ramblin MAn

not carbon fiber but....

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ramblin_man_us/detail?.dir=5374&.dnm=a49dre2.jpg

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ramblin_man_us/detail?.dir=5374&.dnm=5029re2.jpg

specs of your engine? hp?

Tonyb · « **Reply #7 on:** September 24, 2006, 02:57:10 AM »

Wow!!!

Ramblin MAn · « **Reply #8 on:** September 24, 2006, 09:47:14 AM »

don't applaud yet.

I bought this car sight unseen and thought it had a stock intake manifold on it. But instead it had this.

The car is using all of the STOCK motronic EFI components and it just doesn't run right. If I blip the throttle it behaves like I need an accelerator pump. I also have a weird stall-recover-stall-recover-stall-recover... issue at around 2800 rpm. I towed the car home to Cincinnati from Denver and have yet to drive it further than the driveway which is why I joined this board. Trying to see if I can make the stock components work before going to aftermarket.

I'm sure it must be running lean and need a new fuel map but it would nice if the efi would compensate.

The problem seems so similar to others that I have read about so it makes me think there is just some stock peice that wasn't used correctly or was damaged. As I don't have a good m42 as a basis so I have to rely on Bently, Haynes, BMW and you guys.

Bently, Haynes and BMW have been kind of lacking so it's up to you guys.

asubimmer · « **Reply #9 on:** September 24, 2006, 12:50:57 PM »

I'll trade manifolds with you

Alpine003 · « **Reply #10 on:** September 28, 2006, 09:29:14 AM »

Nice CAD work! :cool:

Nice to see the aluminum texture on the tb but you can also see the imperfect overlap on the CF. Get rid of the ricer blue coupler. j/k. :p

bmwman91 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 28, 2006, 09:44:58 AM »

Haha yeah I need a better CF texture. That one is just a pic I nabbed from Tap Plastics' web site!

Yes, the coupler could stand to be black. Buuuuuuuuut...crazy colored couplers and hoses add 25hp to the wheels per foot. It's true, I looked it up in Sport Compact Car magazine :rolleyes:
Hehe I used to browse through those at Barnes & Noble just for a laugh...now I am embarassed to be seen tuoching one. Fuuuuh raaaaze suckas.