Intake manifold porsche inscription

[vonbeck]

Double Ditto

[madpugger]

Ditto

[Rikki Kitto]

I definitely wouldn't mind waiting longer and contributing more for a spot on design. As close to the RS2 inscription as poss would be great.

[willg54]

. When I get back home this weekend, I will PM you my DXF file from the ones that I had done. You can do what you want with it as far as modification, but there was lots of tweaking to get things looking the way I wanted.
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This would be a great help, thanks!

[willg54]

I agree with all the above comments! Im happy to take criticism part of being an engineer lol and things are never perfect first time round...life would be boring if they are!

the design was made with the feedback we had at the time and now we can kinda see if doesnt look quite right. no loss though! and no point doing it unless its done properly.

Im secretly really enjoying this, no headache at all! im in contact with a few other people i know and have many means of getting it done. It'll happen soon i hope!

will keep it moving dont worry!

[Dan]

I think if its gona be coloured to have it red like this one from earlier in the thread. With the rings in silver/ bare metal.



I may be tempted to take one unpainted so I can decide at a later date.

In agreement with the above, I personally prefer the same font.

In fact, if it looks like that ^^ then that's spot on as far as I'm concerned.

[bikerjim]

As Bambridge said, CNC machining is really the way to go with these...mine were done with one setup, 3 tool changes, and in aluminum. Aluminum is lighter, weldable to the manifold, and has the same coefficient of thermal expansion. The difference in CTE *may* cause the SS version to detach after heat cycling. I would also spend a bit more time getting the artwork more consistent with the actual Audi Sport. For example, matching the 'powered by' font to the original design took some time. The aspect ratio of your parallelogram logo is too wide. Also, the Audi and Sport fonts are not really working well together. When I get back home this weekend, I will PM you my DXF file from the ones that I had done. You can do what you want with it as far as modification, but there was lots of tweaking to get things looking the way I wanted.

...and just to be clear this is just constructive criticism and not meant to be negative in any way. I realize you are just trying to help out the community and are not going to be getting much more than a headache out of this...

Will, i think you are doing a fantastic job with these but i have to agree with the above comment. I think they have potential to look fantastic and they are almost there.

I understand you are doing this around uni so time spent doing this is perhaps not time best spent. Im in my second year and have loads on at the mo so i understand your busy too

I am in no rush for mine and im sure the others will agree, although price point is something to think about, but if we need to make a slightly larger donation to your studies for extra time spent on this, im sure it will be worth it.

[Wheeljack]

As Bambridge said, CNC machining is really the way to go with these...mine were done with one setup, 3 tool changes, and in aluminum. Aluminum is lighter, weldable to the manifold, and has the same coefficient of thermal expansion. The difference in CTE *may* cause the SS version to detach after heat cycling. I would also spend a bit more time getting the artwork more consistent with the actual Audi Sport. For example, matching the 'powered by' font to the original design took some time. The aspect ratio of your parallelogram logo is too wide. Also, the Audi and Sport fonts are not really working well together. When I get back home this weekend, I will PM you my DXF file from the ones that I had done. You can do what you want with it as far as modification, but there was lots of tweaking to get things looking the way I wanted.

...and just to be clear this is just constructive criticism and not meant to be negative in any way. I realize you are just trying to help out the community and are not going to be getting much more than a headache out of this...

[fish]

Just to let you know, that the dark "colour" in the etching will flake of if you were to scrape it just the slightest, and under that the etching is as shiny as the plate. I dont know what it´s called in English but over here it translates to "glowshell"

[willg54]

I'm going to ask if we can get the lettering done a bit wider and see what the max depth is. the second laser place is yet to get back to me and they reckon they can do that. so will see.

the finish on the prototype i had done is top quality, couldnt fault it at all!

[R31LLY]

that actually looks loads better than i expected it to lol i was thinkin of getting a porsche one but that looks classy i think id have it i.m.h.o

maybe having it abit deeper bored out lettering would help so that the dirt build up over time and servicing etc may give it a longer life for those whom get lazy under the bonnet lol

[willg54]

That would make quite a nice side window sticker for a coupe :mischeif:

I have two aswell

I was thinking I may make a new panel for above the glove box and recess one in

[s2_wot]

That would make quite a nice side window sticker for a coupe :mischeif:

[willg54]

i thought a thicker plate would be best, but this 1.5mm looks really good and makes me think a thicker one would look a bit out of place. i'd say 3-4mm max.

welding yes...but a clean outline to the plate looks much nicer imho

[smiler]

Id rather have a thicker piece 6-8mm and deeper writing 3-4mm.

In alu so you could weld it to the intake if youd like.