'Summit' style mock up block?

[Roverbeam]

Thanks for digging that out. I'll put a note back on my post with template downloads to that effect, for the next person that reads this thread but doesn't follow it to the end...

[Roverbeam]

Went away for a while, and this was waiting for me when I got back.


The only gotchas in assembling this is to be sure to do the oil pan panel last, and to carefully note the left and right intake/exhaust pieces - they're different to mimic the offset head locations. I could probably cleverly add little L & R symbols to be water jetted into the parts, but I thought that would just drive up cost. I assembled mine just looking at the 3D pic on the 1st page of this thread, and it was easy enough.

I'm going to modify the files to include a 1/2" brake bend in the panels for the intake and exhaust - they're a bit flimsy as flat, pierced sheet metal. I did this for the motor mount panel's top edge, and it helped a bunch. So the updated files will look like this:


The waterjet company I used will do simple bends like these, or if you have the means to put a 90˚ bend in .030 steel it's easy enough to do.