Re: building a billet motor plate
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Its beautiful, but with that investment, I feel like it would be hard to ever in the future change my mind. I have a decent investment in small block stuff. I am hopeful with the latest Ritter block, so don't ever anticipate a change. This old dinosaur will do everything I need it to, and not running a Gen 3 Hemi actually makes it unique. Now if an iron race tall deck Gen 3 block ever became available... You might also consider adding a 3/4 axis CNC to your shop. That may be coming once I enclose and air condition the other side of the shop...some day. Did you mention the alloy? 6061-T6 for everything except the tensioner assembly and idler pulley standoffs. Those are steel.
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Re: building a billet motor plate
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Craig Scholl CJD Automotive, LLC Jacksonville, FL www.CJDAUTOMOTIVE.com904-400-1802 "I own a Mopar. I already know it won't be in stock, won't ship tomorrow, and won't fit without modification"
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Re: building a billet motor plate
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Nice machine work, What machine shop did you send it too?
Thanks, Michigan Machine Worx in Lapeer
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Re: building a billet motor plate
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I can see why that part is so pricey.. that started as a THICK piece... very nice Thanks, Yep, 1-1/2" thick. Needed that much to be able to enclose the timing belt. It's pocket milled front and back. SW shows about 20 lbs. I'm good with that for an accessory drive bracket/motor mounts/and water pump back plate/timing belt cover.
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Re: building a billet motor plate
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Well, there's something we've never seen on ebay!
Amazing stuff.
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Re: building a billet motor plate
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I'm crazy enough to make something like that. There are a couple tricky parts there for me to machine, but my machine is capable of machining that.....
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Re: building a billet motor plate
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I'm crazy enough to make something like that. There are a couple tricky parts there for me to machine, but my machine is capable of machining that..... I was shocked that shops simply said, "nope, not interested". I provided the SW native files so tool paths would be easy to do. Just need a big Z axis for the water pump back plate...or a 5 axis/horizontal bore.
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Re: building a billet motor plate
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I'm crazy enough to make something like that. There are a couple tricky parts there for me to machine, but my machine is capable of machining that..... I was shocked that shops simply said, "nope, not interested". I provided the SW native files so tool paths would be easy to do. Just need a big Z axis for the water pump back plate...or a 5 axis/horizontal bore. I see no 5 axis machining requirement for that part, Am I missing something??
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Re: building a billet motor plate
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I see no 5 axis machining requirement for that part, Am I missing something??
You are correct. Tall Z axis or horizontal bore.
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Re: building a billet motor plate
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I'm crazy enough to make something like that. There are a couple tricky parts there for me to machine, but my machine is capable of machining that..... I was shocked that shops simply said, "nope, not interested". I provided the SW native files so tool paths would be easy to do. Just need a big Z axis for the water pump back plate...or a 5 axis/horizontal bore. My mill is a bed mill so I think it would of fit fine. I don't do it for a living - just to play. I can understand why the pros would not have interest. Not anywhere on your scale - which is very impressive, but this is an adapter I made to fit regular 440 M/T Valve Covers on a B1 head. It was a real pain to engineer, but came out real good.
67 Coronet 500 9.610 @ 139.20 mph 67 Coronet 500 (street car) 14.82 @ 94 mph 69 GTX (clone) - build in progress......
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Re: building a billet motor plate
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Impressive work Craig, an admirable piece of work. I only wish I had the time for constrcting something like that.
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Re: building a billet motor plate
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VEry niCE Was it ever pondered to do a machineable wax mockup as a trial first? I would have a little tense until its it in place and installed.
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Re: building a billet motor plate
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Craig Scholl CJD Automotive, LLC Jacksonville, FL www.CJDAUTOMOTIVE.com904-400-1802 "I own a Mopar. I already know it won't be in stock, won't ship tomorrow, and won't fit without modification"
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Re: building a billet motor plate
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VEry niCE Was it ever pondered to do a machineable wax mockup as a trial first? I would have a little tense until its it in place and installed. You mean like 3D printing the parts and CNC routering a wood template?......
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Re: building a billet motor plate
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