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    If we make tb covers... the site will be willing to buy a group of them and I can hamdle selling and shipping. The issue is the different bolt patterns based on different tbs.

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    What price point would the manifold have too be for you all to be interested? It could easily be done, but a chunk of 6061-T6 or 7075-T6 aluminum that size isn't exactly cheap, and will take some tooling cost compared to smaller pieces.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 97.Z28 View Post
    What price point would the manifold have too be for you all to be interested? It could easily be done, but a chunk of 6061-T6 or 7075-T6 aluminum that size isn't exactly cheap, and will take some tooling cost compared to smaller pieces.
    if it seals and works and can fit a heat exchanger and not look as ghetto/unfunctional as the "custom" chopped and welded one that we have, idn, $4k sound too high?

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    I dont honestly think anyone would pay anywhere near $4,000 just for a manifold to allow you to mount a Whipple??
    Thats as much as the entire kit for a SBC.

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    4000 would be insane. A chunk of 6061-T6 21x11 4.5" height is $352.44, and weighs 101.88lbs. It might even require a larger chunk then this.

    I'll do a bit more research tonight attempting to figure out raw stock size. I'll attempt to figure out some details this week to model and CAM up to have a estimated price (tooling is what'll make this expensive, inserts only last so long on insert mills/face mills doing that much removal. Compared to TB covers where the tooling would make 1000+ parts before needing replaced)
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    Quote Originally Posted by 97.Z28 View Post
    4000 would be insane. A chunk of 6061-T6 21x11 4.5" height is $352.44, and weighs 101.88lbs. It might even require a larger chunk then this.

    I'll do a bit more research tonight attempting to figure out raw stock size. I'll attempt to figure out some details this week to model and CAM up to have a estimated price (tooling is what'll make this expensive, inserts only last so long on insert mills/face mills doing that much removal. Compared to TB covers where the tooling would make 1000+ parts before needing replaced)
    I'll pm you. I have pics of someone that did it, but he fell off face of earth before completion. his didn't have heat exchanger either. we have more height now with no cowl in the way, so the overall assembly can be taller.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fullforce View Post
    I dont honestly think anyone would pay anywhere near $4,000 just for a manifold to allow you to mount a Whipple??
    Thats as much as the entire kit for a SBC.
    that's for a carbed setup. and not for a lt1. sometimes you have to pay to be different and I don't know how much cnc and design costs, but I know one offs can be pricey.

    to be the assholes that have a fully functioning whipple ltx making 18psig, money is just money at that point.

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    Is it wrong to be completely envious of that set up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tubby Z28 View Post
    ...I don't know how much cnc and design costs, but I know one offs can be pricey.
    The expensive part of CNC custom work typically is in how the part is designed. Over engineering is a PITA to deal with from a machinist standpoint. Most of the time custom work costs so much because of the machine it's run on, the design and deadline, it costs extra money to be in the front of the line. Tight tolerances and extra tools kills productivity and requires a user to sit there through the entire cycle time of the machine. Start adding different materials with slower cut times and even exotics (inconel, titanium, 304L stainless...) that chew through more tooling then you can imagine... On top of this you're typically paying 55-85 dollars per hour shop rate, setup time typically 100+ dollars per hour (putting tools in holders, setting up a vice or fixturing plate, setting work coordinates, touching off tooling....), paying for tooling (can vary based on parts), paying for deburing and or finishing (tumbling, media blasting, annodizing/paint/powdercoat then laser engraving). Add drafting and tool path programming at another 65+ dollars per hour. It all adds up into the price of 1 part, if you were to order 100 of them the setup/programing/tooling costs are spread out over the run of parts making it "cheaper".

    That's just my experience from my job at a prototype and production shop. What I'm debating doing here would be out of my garage so the costs of certain items on that list would be substantially lower.
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    Lots of good info here, Defiantly out of my Lt1 league! lol
    That is one beautiful setup for that Whipple though!

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