N54 Exhaust Flange CAD drawings

Roy Cormier · 03-08-2013, 11:52 AM

I'm in the process of making a single turbo kit for my 335i. I couldn't find any CAD drawings of the exhaust flanges for free, so I created my own so I could laser-cut some flanges for my new manifold.

You can download the CAD files from my web site, get some flanges cut, and build yourself some manifolds.

Enjoy.

http://roycormier.net/cad-downloads/

Test cut to make sure everything lined up:

sammy_0559 · 03-08-2013, 12:04 PM

Lol

awsomeness!

GSR187T · 04-04-2013, 03:31 PM

Does anyone know where i can get a CAD 3D model of the N54 engine?

The Morkinator · 04-04-2013, 03:33 PM

BMW

Roy Cormier · 04-05-2013, 10:02 AM

Last month I had some cut out of some thicker stainless steel, they turned out pretty good.

SfValley335i · 04-05-2013, 10:37 AM

Useful for the right person, thanks

eric@helix · 04-05-2013, 10:40 AM

Sexy.

mrbillytalent · 04-05-2013, 10:48 AM

Solidworks ftw

Rob@RBTurbo · 04-05-2013, 10:56 AM

Looks great!!!

jayzF30 · 04-05-2013, 02:38 PM

Stunning! Roy are you making these manifolds?

Tony@vargasturbotech · 04-05-2013, 02:48 PM

Keeping close watch on this project, in my opinion TS BW S300 is going to be a really amazing combo on this car. Very nice job Roy, looking awesome

jayzF30 · 04-05-2013, 02:52 PM

Are those not twin turbo manifolds? Twin scroll would have them merge right? Will the manifolds be cast and the merges welded?

pwr hungry · 04-05-2013, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by jazze90

Are those not twin turbo manifolds? Twin scroll would have them merge right? Will the manifolds be cast and the merges welded?

Look at the cad screenshot again. The twin scroll flange is on the right. Just looks like he hasn't modeled all the tubing yet.

e92tt1986 · 04-05-2013, 03:38 PM

AWESOME!

Roy Cormier · 04-05-2013, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jazze90

Are those not twin turbo manifolds? Twin scroll would have them merge right? Will the manifolds be cast and the merges welded?

The manifolds will each have a runner to one side of the twin-scroll flange. The flange in the image isn't divided, but the real one I have at home is.

The flanges were laser cut, but everything else is being built by hand.

The Morkinator · 04-05-2013, 04:25 PM

Hey Roy, the pic where you assembling the manifold to the runners. Is that Solidworks assembly mode? I'm thinking about switching from Autodesk to Solidworks. I like they way that looks. Nice work.

The Morkinator · 04-09-2013, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Roy Cormier

Yeah it was. I made a few different parts then added them in to an assembly. Someone was telling me that autodesk might be easier for this kind of stuff? But I really have no idea since I've never used it.

Now I just need to find the cash for a CNC mill at home so I can have some real fun.

There are a lot of options. You can look for a used converted Knee mill for around $5,000. The company that makes my cnc machine also makes bench top cnc's, but they will only cut wood, plastics and non farious materials. Most of them will run G-code which is nice bc there are a lot of 2d options that are open source. I use Inventorcam. It runs native in Autodesk, full 3d, 2d/2.5d but was expensive.

I have nothing to comapre the two assembly modes to bc I have never tried Solidworks, but I will tell you that when I took parametric modeling in college, and I was able to assmeble parts in about an hour, even build a BOM file and what not. It's fairly intuative.

Maybe I can post a screen shot of it and we can compare? I have no idea other than just messing with it for an evening.

If you have a student ID number you can get a free Educational seat of Autodesk for 3 years. I don't even think that you need to be in school. Mine's almost up, so I am thinking about switiching to Solidworks.

pwr hungry · 04-09-2013, 06:06 PM

I had to use both solidworks and inventor in college and inventor was easier for somethings and solidworks was better for others. Now I use NX at work. They're all really similar and just sort of boils down to your preference honestly.

The Morkinator · 04-10-2013, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pwr hungry

I had to use both solidworks and inventor in college and inventor was easier for somethings and solidworks was better for others. Now I use NX at work. They're all really similar and just sort of boils down to your preference honestly.

Ya, it's probably Coke or Pepsi, Chevy or Ford etc...

Mike@N54Tuning.com · 04-10-2013, 02:03 PM

Pretty cool..

Mike

akotten · 04-10-2013, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pwr hungry

I had to use both solidworks and inventor in college and inventor was easier for somethings and solidworks was better for others. Now I use NX at work. They're all really similar and just sort of boils down to your preference honestly.

Our Formula SAE team uses Solidworks. Its.....OK, but not my favorite. I've also used Creo/ProE in industry. We're switching to NX next year. How do you like it?

ar design · 04-11-2013, 01:36 PM

Nice! We've got these flanges in stock, along with the correct inserts so you can use factory style donut seals that go into the head!

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jayzF30 Captain 36 Rep 783 Posts Drives: '07 335i, '09 M3 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Thornhill iTrader: (0)	Are those not twin turbo manifolds? Twin scroll would have them merge right? Will the manifolds be cast and the merges welded?
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The Morkinator Enlisted Member 3 Rep 36 Posts Drives: I walk Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Houston iTrader: (1)	Hey Roy, the pic where you assembling the manifold to the runners. Is that Solidworks assembly mode? I'm thinking about switching from Autodesk to Solidworks. I like they way that looks. Nice work.
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