Solidworks drawings, post here!

[modular93fox]

Quick rendering of the transmission mount for my 99 528i thats getting a new drivetrain. 5.7l w/ 4l60e

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[autostaff]

Hello I'm new to the forum and am currently building a 72 Maverick Grabber. I am currently designing the front suspension using C6 spindle and hub. I'm doing the design work in solidworks. Would anyone have a solid model of this or of the AFX spindle hub that they wouldn't mind sharing.

Thanks Lance

[Ripper]

Here's my latest CAD.. Currently adjusting the tank position in the chassis.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2012/08/rhLeq-1.jpg



Hello I'm new to the forum and am currently building a 72 Maverick Grabber. I am currently designing the front suspension using C6 spindle and hub. I'm doing the design work in solidworks. Would anyone have a solid model of this or of the AFX spindle hub that they wouldn't mind sharing.

Thanks Lance

I have a C6 wheel bearing that I could share.
Let me know if you get a spindle. I would also need that :)

[feeble]

Nice work! Do you have any more screen shots?

EDIT: Nevermind, your build thread is full of them. Very nice!

[Ripper]

Thanks!

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2012/08/Cbakvagn7600x254-1.jpg
Some can be found in my build thread here on the forum; https://www.pro-touring.com/showthread.php?67239-The-unorthodox-budget-Firebird-(-74)/page6
And more can be found in at my site; http://www.propontiac.com/category/cad/ In swedish though, but I guess the pics are better than nothing. :)

[RS_Customs]

Here's my latest CAD.. Currently adjusting the tank position in the chassis.


I have a C6 wheel bearing that I could share.
Let me know if you get a spindle. I would also need that :)

Anders,

What version of SW are you using?

Check out this link (http://www.gt40s.com/forum/gt40-tech-chassis-brakes-tires-wheels/27159-c5-corvette-ball-joint-taper.html) for stp files on the spindle. I have not pulled measurements to check the files, but they look good.

Not a big part, but I have a quick model of a c5/c6 vette front rotor 12.79"

Do you have a link to your bearing? or any other vette parts?

Robert

[Ripper]

Ah, great link! Thanks alot!

PM me your e-mail address and I can send it to you. :)
I can try to place it somewhere on the web, but right now it's easier to e-mail it...


[off topic]BTW, found this picture in the thread;
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2012/08/100_1772-1.jpg
Is that hub carrier a stock part on the vette? Anyone know where I can get one pair for a reasonable price?
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BTW: I'm running SW 2011 together with Photoview360 for the renders.

[RS_Customs]

yep, those are the stock knuckles for the vette. I have not looked for them in a while, but you use to be able to find them for just under $100 each used. Not sure what they go for new.

I'll shoot you my email.

Robert

[Metalystic]

Do any of you know where I can get a solidworks model of a 68-72 chevelle front clip? I want to design a new Modified race chassis and we use that clip to start with per our rules. It would be pretty time consuming to try and recreate that so if someone has it, it SURE would be appreciated.

You can E-Mail me at [email protected]

[novajosh72]

Hey guys, new to forum but use solidworks daily, these are some designs I've put together
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[Fredstruckparts]

At 26, I wanted to start making better parts for some racing I have been getting into. I ran across this site with a google search. I must say you guys do some cool stuff. Maybe one day ill be there. I really do admire this trade.

With that said I am able to do sheet metal stuff with solid works. I built a front motor plate for my 1970 big block chevy going in a boat. Sent it to the water jet and when I got it back it looked bitchen.........until I installed it. I did not leave enough meat around the water inlet on the block and I was a little off around the timing cover. Does any have a bbc modeled or could I send my plate to someone to test fit on a modeled bbc? I don't want to throw more metal in the scrap pile.

Thanks
Kyle
[email protected]

[MIKE67]

Here is a 335/30-18 BFGoodrich Rival.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/03/BFGRival33530R183Sm_zpsf0e497f5-1.jpg

[ChevelleNV]

Wow, some awesome looking work in here. I have only done a few things in solidworks so far. The first is a bracket that bolts to the side of an LSX block with the front bolt pattern of the lower mount holes on a SBC so I can bolt on a SBC dry sump pump to my LSX. and the second is a simple piece to change the angle of a autometer gauge to 10 deg. when mounted on a flat race car dash, and 1 picture of the angle adapter after being printed in my buddies 3d printer :) Still a steep learning curve ahead for me since I am more of an autocad guy... but this 3d stuff is really cool. but whats really cool is being able to print small parts and test fit from the printer before making the real thing.

[Bryce]

Wow, some awesome looking work in here. I have only done a few things in solidworks so far. The first is a bracket that bolts to the side of an LSX block with the front bolt pattern of the lower mount holes on a SBC so I can bolt on a SBC dry sump pump to my LSX. and the second is a simple piece to change the angle of a autometer gauge to 10 deg. when mounted on a flat race car dash, and 1 picture of the angle adapter after being printed in my buddies 3d printer :) Still a steep learning curve ahead for me since I am more of an autocad guy... but this 3d stuff is really cool. but whats really cool is being able to print small parts and test fit from the printer before making the real thing.


Cool stuff, I use a 3D printer at my job, let me know if you need some help.

[69lsxamx]

where is the best place to buy the solidworks program?

[JustJohn]

Is there an archive somewhere of car part models? I plan on, at minimum, boxing my 69 Impala frame this winter and wouldn't mind doing a load simulation in SW as a sanity check.

[MIKE67]

69lsxamx, you usually need to go though a Value Added Reseller to purchase SolidWorks. Unless you are a student (you have to prove it and you will have a watermark on drawings). Go to the SW website for their sales contact info.

JustJohn, you can try grabcad.com and see if someone has uploaded a file. They have lots of cool car files.

[JustJohn]

JustJohn, you can try grabcad.com and see if someone has uploaded a file. They have lots of cool car files.

Thanks for the info, didn't see it though. Probably, I can model one from the schematics and a few measurements off the car.

[astroracer]

Designed a rear sway bar for the van over the weekend. I modeled up the Energy Suspension bushings and rod ends. The bar routes under the fuel tank and attaches to the rear housing with the "L" shaped brackets. They will be welded to the Lower 4-Bar brackets.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/04/15AP13_ASMSWAYBARREAR3vi-1.jpg
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/04/15AP13_ASMSWAYBARREAR2vi-1.jpg
Close up of the lower bracket.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/04/15AP13_ASMSWAYBARREAR5vi-1.jpg
Bottom overall view.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/04/15AP13_ASMSWAYBARREAR6vi-1.jpg
The bar uses up a bit of tire clearance at the rail but there is no other way to route it...
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/04/15AP13_ASMSWAYBARREAR8vi-1.jpg
I will be ordering some 1" dia. x .134 wall DOM 4130 to make the bar.

[syborg tt]

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/04/15AP13_ASMSWAYBARREAR8vi-1.jpg
I will be ordering some 1" dia. x .134 wall DOM 4130 to make the bar.

Make sure you don't put the fuel pump and filter in the back. It's a sure way to catch on fire if you are rear-ended. Move it to the side or front of the tank. Just make sure if you put it in front of the tank that it won't hit the rear differential if the tank is moved forward in a collision.

and yes I wish I could draw like this

[rat_rod_russell]

Weld it yourself 55-57 Chevy Frame with C4 Corvette Suspension.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YqppbqmyJM

Its solid-works drawing but animated in 3DVia Composer. We sell it as a DIY kit for guys. Accepts C4 corvette suspensions or an optional Live axle with short 4 bars or long ladder bars and a pan hard all though you could easily install a watts with the bat wing pickup points.

Russell
Nerd Rods

[astroracer]

Make sure you don't put the fuel pump and filter in the back. It's a sure way to catch on fire if you are rear-ended. Move it to the side or front of the tank. Just make sure if you put it in front of the tank that it won't hit the rear differential if the tank is moved forward in a collision.

and yes I wish I could draw like this

Thanks Marty!
I wish there was room for it in front or on the side. There just isn't any. To keep it at a level for gravity feed to the filter it has to be in the back. I'm less concerned with the pump and filter in a rear ender then I am the aluminum tank. That is probably going to fair worse then they will in a crash....
Here are some updated designs for the bar.
These are the final designs as it stands today. I ordered some parts from McMaster Carr and got a selection of 1/2-20 rod ends off eBay to build the end links. Now I just need to pick up the DOM tubing I will use for the actual bar.
Here are the 3D CAD pics
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/04/ASMSWAYBARREAR1vi-1.jpg
A close up of the adjusters
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/04/ASMSWAYBARREAR2vi-1.jpg
The drivers side mounting tower. The angled plate provides a little additional clearance for the bar in jounce. I have the bar ends tucked in close to the rails so i had to move the bushings inboard a bit and this created a clearance issue with the mounting plate.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/04/ASMSWAYBARREAR4vi-1.jpg
Here is the passenger side. You can see another issue with the track bar bracket. There wasn't a lot of room to get this thing packaged...
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/04/ASMSWAYBARREAR5vi-1.jpg
Here are the actual adjusters and rod ends...
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/04/MVC001Fvi-2.jpg
I got a very good deal on this set of rod ends from QS Components on eBay. 42 bucks and free shipping. Saved me about 35 bucks over Speedway with shipping added in.
This is enough to do the front bar also. :)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/04/MVC002Fvi-3.jpg
Thanks for looking
Mark

[SShep71]

Does anyone have a ls3 intake flange drawing, or a throttle body mounting flange drawing? Any format will work

[rat_rod_russell]

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/07/S11-1.jpg (http://nerdrods.com/Images/customer/CP5559C4/0001_George_Waddell/06/L-11.jpg) https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/07/S12-1.jpg (http://nerdrods.com/Images/customer/CP5559C4/0001_George_Waddell/06/L-12.jpg) https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/07/S13-1.jpg (http://nerdrods.com/Images/customer/CP5559C4/0001_George_Waddell/06/L-13.jpg)

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/07/S14-1.jpg (http://nerdrods.com/Images/customer/CP5559C4/0001_George_Waddell/06/L-14.jpg) https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/07/S15-1.jpg (http://nerdrods.com/Images/customer/CP5559C4/0001_George_Waddell/06/L-15.jpg) https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/07/S16-1.jpg (http://nerdrods.com/Images/customer/CP5559C4/0001_George_Waddell/06/L-16.jpg)

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/07/S17-1.jpg (http://nerdrods.com/Images/customer/CP5559C4/0001_George_Waddell/06/L-17.jpg) https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/07/S18-1.jpg (http://nerdrods.com/Images/customer/CP5559C4/0001_George_Waddell/06/L-18.jpg) https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/07/S19-1.jpg (http://nerdrods.com/Images/customer/CP5559C4/0001_George_Waddell/06/L-19.jpg)

Frame we're working on, I also drew up a set of Foose Nitrous II's in 18" for the customer to check out.
-Russell

[feeble]

Not Solidworks but Inventor. Work in progress but I have most of the purchased parts bought and am making the fab parts now.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif

Supersized here: http://www.mustangiitech.org/gallery2/v/shawn/Handler_build/CAD_shots/MH-7.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=2

[novajosh72]

Just went thru the gallery link Feeble, very cool drawings. You design them all yourself or import some of them?

[feeble]

I modeled the purchased parts except for the Ride Tech shocks, they very kindly sent a model for those. The rest of it was designed based on a lot of research on this and other forums.

[stredrotor]

Here's a few parts I have been designing with Inventor. I'm still fairly green with the program but I find the more parts I draw the more I learn and keeps my skills up.

Two link setup on my RX4 hardtop.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/11/CADdiff2link-1.jpg (http://s227.photobucket.com/user/Stredda/media/CADdiff2link.jpg.html)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/11/IMG_0115_zps969f6a21-1.jpg (http://s227.photobucket.com/user/Stredda/media/IMG_0115_zps969f6a21.jpg.html)

TKO 600 gearbox crossmember.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/11/TKOXMemberCAD_zps5ccae91d-1.jpg (http://s227.photobucket.com/user/Stredda/media/TKOX-MemberCAD_zps5ccae91d.jpg.html)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/11/TKOXMemberfitted_zps1e42518a-1.jpg (http://s227.photobucket.com/user/Stredda/media/TKOX-Memberfitted_zps1e42518a.jpg.html)

Mazda 20b sump and oil pickup.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/11/Cadsump2_zps1b4ad7bb-1.jpg (http://s227.photobucket.com/user/Stredda/media/Cadsump2_zps1b4ad7bb.jpg.html)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/11/20BSumpPickup_zps10aa57b8-1.jpg (http://s227.photobucket.com/user/Stredda/media/20BSumpPickup_zps10aa57b8.jpg.html)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/11/SumpPickup_zpsd284beca-1.jpg (http://s227.photobucket.com/user/Stredda/media/SumpPickup_zpsd284beca.jpg.html)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/11/IMG_0581_zps9bc94da7-1.jpg (http://s227.photobucket.com/user/Stredda/media/IMG_0581_zps9bc94da7.jpg.html)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/11/SumpTrialFit_zps36e46731-1.jpg (http://s227.photobucket.com/user/Stredda/media/SumpTrialFit_zps36e46731.jpg.html)

[Opaastra]

Hi everyone.
I´m new here so sorry if there is a similar questione or thread.

I´m looking for CAD Files of:
Ford Big block engine for customisation. In the end this on going to be build by a CNC machine.
It´s a project by myself for a Hot Rod.
If there is no Ford file, a Chevy file would also be fine :D
I hope someone can help me out!
best regards.

[rrelco]

Hi everyone.
I´m new here so sorry if there is a similar questione or thread.

I´m looking for CAD Files of:
Ford Big block engine for customisation. In the end this on going to be build by a CNC machine.
It´s a project by myself for a Hot Rod.
If there is no Ford file, a Chevy file would also be fine :D
I hope someone can help me out!
best regards.

here is a front spoiler for a 66 Chevelle!

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2014/04/66ChevelleSpoiler_zpsfb87ea18-1.jpg (http://s995.photobucket.com/user/emonteith/media/El%20Camino%20Shots%20ProTouring/66ChevelleSpoiler_zpsfb87ea18.jpg.html)

[Barrrf]

I don't suppose anyone has the brembo conversion brackets for 10/12 bolt rear ends modeled up already do they? Or an AutoCAD file? Or hand sketch? I'll model it up and post here. Im looking for the dwg so I can plug it into my Mazak laser and cut them out.

[cadwiz]

Anybody doing anything with solids anymore? Looking for a model of a C5 Rear and Front Suspension. in step file format.

[Samckitt]

Anybody doing anything with solids anymore? Looking for a model of a C% Rear and Front Suspension. in step file format.

I've been trying to find that for a few years with no luck.

[Anna]

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the rear housing for my car

[Anna]

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How about a twin LSX for a boat project

[bbcc]

Just did a 3 link for pops' x frame car.

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[440AutoX]

Anyone willing to share a 335 BFG Rival S tire, and wilwood disc brakes solidworks files?

[bbcc]

Anyone willing to share a 335 BFG Rival S tire, and wilwood disc brakes solidworks files?


Check out GrabCAD (https://grabcad.com/library?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=wilwood) for Wilwood files. I find the site helpful for consumer items or stuff I flat out don't have time to model. You probably won't find your specific tire...but really for representation purposes the nitty gritty details are of no consequence. Model as per manufacturer listed specs for section width and height and call er a day.

[bergers59]

Just did a 3 link for pops' x frame car.

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That looks reallyyy good, would you be willing to share the rear end?

[bbcc]

That looks reallyyy good, would you be willing to share the rear end?

I actually pulled it from GrabCAD. Seriously, the site has some great stuff. I couldn't justify spending 5-6 hours modeling a 9" to detail but a couple kind souls already have!

https://grabcad.com/library/ford-9-inch-axle-65-wms-wms-1
https://grabcad.com/library/ford-9-differential

[Tweak]

I'd be very keen if anyone has a 1st gen camaro modeled, want to start flow testing front and rear spoilers.

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[Tweak]

Built my first set of headers, but im getting a bit of exhaust ping, so im going to build a set from heavy pipe. Will have the flow of long tube headers, but the sound absorbing qualities of cast manifolds. Not concerned about weight.

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[rat_rod_russell]

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Did you turn your collector into a flat pattern in that model?

[rat_rod_russell]

I guess I should play the game too while I'm here.

Ackerman correction arms for 115" wheel base, 1988-96 C4 Corvette front knuckles at stock track width. Moves to "ideal ackerman" by Milliken and Milliken's definition of the function.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2018/07/29872276_1474396939333699_71761273848424-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2018/07/35832925_1544744212298971_56324253475395-1.jpg

And a roadster I'm helping on. The customer is a SW guy from all the way back in the Beta days. Our joke is that he's been on Solidworks longer that I've been alive.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2018/07/37199707_1584368338336558_70269898511823-1.jpg

[bergers59]

Been working on a AFX/corvette style upright for my camaro suspension model to get all of the geometry and clearances right, and some 1" setback LS motor mounts for my nova, going to water jet them this week and see how the engine fits.

Also some older work, a rolling bench for my JD2 bender converted from manual to using a porta power, as well as some of my suspension design for the baja car. I couldn't find my more complete models, so that will have to do

Sidenote: x2 if anyone has a 1st gen camaro model, willing to pay for one if its accurate. I was thinking of renting a scanner or paying someone to get it into solidworks, it would definitely be pricey though.

[rat_rod_russell]

I'm still playing with this project for a customer. Its mostly his design I'm just making it manufactureable.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2018/12/46479444_1748553648584692_75983340561907-1.jpg

[rat_rod_russell]

Well at least its going to be save in a crash, hahaha!

Customer is happy with the design and I'm finally working on this monster. Those parts go on the bottom just in front of the axle.

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[btmatt]

Russell, have you guys moved? Drove by the shop in Luling and it looked dead