[Captainofiron]

Since Im currently unemployed and looking to keep my skills sharp, does anybody have any kind of drawings or dimensional data for the Pontiac V-8s?

Im wanting to make a 3D solid model.

I know Pro-Engineer and Creo, but Im trying to learn Solidworks

Any help is very appreciated

[Alvin]

Check this out



HERE

[ultraman]

That looks great!

[Alvin]

IIRC Former Pontiac Engineer Mac McKellar et al had dimensional engine blue prints back in the day.
...and IIRC HO Racing had a Pontiac Engine Blueprint on their catalog Front Cover that could be used to scale...was also in old Year One catalogs?

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[Captainofiron]

Hey Alvin, were those links to specific pictures or just to bing image searches?

[Andretti]

Wow, you've got to share your awesome searches/sites more often! Great stuff.

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Captainofiron

Hey Alvin, were those links to specific pictures or just to bing image searches?

Yes, image searches that finally lead me to this...Thxs for patience

Here's the cover I was thinking of


http://originalho.com/TD-61/TD61.html

[Alvin]

Many dimensional pages in both Book 1 and 2 of Pete McCarthys books

Around pgs 178 in my copy of this one and some in the other

[Captainofiron]

Nice

[Alvin]

In case you missed this...

A small, generic line drawing of a Pontiac engine cross section is in part 6 of most Pontiac service manuals of the era. That drawing inspired this poster. But the Service manual drawing is only page size and merely representative of a typical early 1960s Pontiac engine.
http://originalho.com/TD-61/TD61story.html

[fiedlerh]

H-O Racing used to have (I believe) a SD 421 head print hanging in their shop. Maybe it's still around.

[68azbird]

I started digitizing everything into Autocad. Its a long process but i will have everything to exact scale.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by 68azbird

I started digitizing everything into Autocad. Its a long process but i will have everything to exact scale.

Thanks for the effort!

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by 68azbird

I started digitizing everything into Autocad. Its a long process but i will have everything to exact scale.

Nice! Any dimensions to share with Captain of Iron for his solid works project?

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Doug

Thanks for the effort!

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also; I've always wanted a Pontiac version of the "Visible V-8" and also a static 1:1 model -
sure would be lighter and easier to use than cast iron...

[2manyponchos]

Been doing some layout work myself in Pro-E. Would be great to share. I think I have honed in on bore centers with respect to all head bolts and dowels in the block/head deck.

[Captainofiron]

Thats awesome.

so far I just have the basic block down from the TD61 picture Alvin posted using the scale from the bore/valves.

Its interesting how different building stuff in Solidworks is than ProE

[69goatboy]

A quick search on Grabcad for "pontiac" yields a 3-d model for a LS-3 block, a 15x7 Honeycomb rim, a EcoTech engine, valve covers, and a master cylinder for a 64 Tempest. No traditional PMD blocks on there at this time.

[Captainofiron]

Originally Posted by 69goatboy

A quick search on Grabcad for "pontiac" yields a 3-d model for a LS-3 block, a 15x7 Honeycomb rim, a EcoTech engine, valve covers, and a master cylinder for a 64 Tempest. No traditional PMD blocks on there at this time.

yea thats usually the first place I check, they usually have pretty good models, sometimes the models dont want to open on ProE

[68azbird]

When I get the chance to jump back into it I'm pretty sure there's a format conversion to convert from ACAD to solidworks or pro e.
After I get all the views done in AUTOCAD I can print it out with the dimensions and do a QC check to make sure it's 100% accurate.