Project Report                 

April 17, 2012

Jerry Crichfield

Accomplishment of Design Objectives: All of my objectives where met except one. There was not enough time for me to go through and use the sheet metal portion of solidworks to do my Design Project. Unfortunately between my other class and work obligations it just did not allow enough time to try and learn something new. I believe there is room for improvement on my design. I have found more resources for this project such as the internet and another book on this subject. Before I attempted to build this intake this  summer I plan to revisit my design and rethink some of my design. One of the things I don’t like about my design is that it is too tall and will put the blower sticking out of the hood of the car.

Design Process: The design process was a matter of physically measuring a set of intake gaskets for a 360 Dodge magnum motor and an intake. The process was pretty straight forward. I have produced the solid models of the parts for the intake and also design drawings. The resources that were used were a book by Jefferson Bryant called MAX-Performance Buick. I work with the Engineering Equipment Group at Boston Scientific and the two designers we have were a great resource for SolidWorks questions.

Lessons learned: One of the lessons I have learned from this project and from being a Tool Room Machinist/Tool Maker is taking the time to be very thorough in my thought process before starting on any project. My objectives were pretty straight forward and with staying on track were not extremely hard to achieve.

Sources: My main source for information on my project was a Book called Max-Performance Buick by Jefferson Bryant. For SolidWorks my coworkers were a great resource for information. I did find on the internet several shops that fabricate intakes for other applications and they were helpful in making of some of the design decisions.

                                                    

Project Title: Dodge 360 roots style blower intake.

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   Project progress report: I have currently modeled just about all the parts for this project. There are still a few items to be modeled before I can complete the final assembly of this model.

• My accomplishments so far have been to measure the motor and intake gaskets to get the information needed to model the parts for this project.
• I still need to measure for the base of the intake and model it.
• I will need to finish measuring for the base and assemble the modeled parts and make the drawings from the modeled parts.

   Accomplishment of objectives: So far I have met my objective for this project the intake gaskets have been purchased and measured. The location for the blower has been established in relation to the crank pulley.

  One objective that has been hard to achieve has been getting the alignment right for the crank pulley to the blower pulley.

   The easiest objective to achieve so far has been to measure for the intake flanges and modeling these parts.

   Project Methods, Activities & Resources: I have made some hand drawn sketches for the blower base and intake flanges from witch these parts where modeled. As far as resources the book I listed in the last entry is what my design was based on which was How to Build Max-Performance Buick Engines by Jefferson Bryant. The software I have used is Solidworks. Where I’m employed at Boston scientific within the Equipment Engineering Group I have access to two of the best Designers I know so they have been a great resource for information.

   Project timeline: So far this project is on schedule I have managed to stay with my timeline. If I can stay with my current schedule I should finish on schedule.

   Lessons learned so far: This has been a great project since I have been machining parts mostly in the Medical industries for over 21 years now it is a great filling to see my skills really starting to come together.

   Sources: The support that I have received so far has mostly been from the guys at work and from the book that I mentioned earlier.

  Project Title: Dodge 360 roots style blower intake.

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  Project Overview:  This project is to design a roots style blower intake for a Dodge 360 V8 motor. The reason for this is because there is not one available for this application commercially.

  Statement of Development:  Along with the design challenge of this project I want to learn how the sheet metal part of solidworks is used.

  Detailed Project Description: I intend to design this intake from scratch. The motor itself will have to be measured along with the intake gaskets and Blower base gasket.

• I intend to produce a 3D model of the intake.
• The drawing package for the parts to be machined from.

  Major Tasks and Milestones:

• Intake gaskets have been purchased and I will take delivery by Wednesday February 1, 2012.
• The first major project will be to measure the motor itself and the intake gaskets and blower base. I hope to have this done by February 20, 2012.
• The next major task will be to figure out the size of the Plenum. I will try to have this done by February 25, 2012.
• By March 20, 2012 I will have figured out what the intake height will be and the location of the blower pulley in relation to the Crank pulley.
• By April 10, 2012 I should have the design done and ready to complete the drawings.

  Resource Requirements: The resources that I will need will be software access and my measuring tools.

  Sources: A book called Max-Performance Buick by Jefferson Bryant and the internet.

Roots type blower intake for Dodge 360 motor.

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     My proposal is to design a blower intake for a Dodge 360 cubic inch engine. The reason for this project is that there is not anybody currently producing a intake for this application for a roots style blower.

  With this project I will have to learn how to use the sheet metal part of Solidworks which to this point I have not used before. There will also be problem solving for placement of the nose of the blower so the belt that drives the blower will line up with the crank shaft pulley. There will be other issues that will have to resolved such as the plenum sized correctly for the intake and also runner length. I will have to measure for proper fit for everything to line up on the intake. Things such as clearance for the distributor, plumbing for the water jackets.

   What I intend to do is design this intake from scratch. The only way to get the dimensions is to physically measure everything from the intake gaskets to the motor its self. I will produce a solid model of the intake its self and the mechanical drawings for the parts to be machined.

    The major task for getting started with this project will be to measure a set of intake gaskets for intake port and bolt hole locations. I will also have to measure the motor itself for locations of the water jackets. The placement of the blower is also criticial for belt alignment. It will roughly take about a couple of weeks to get all the information together to start this project.

    The materials will consist of the intake gaskets, 360 dodge intake, and the long block of the motor itself.The tools I need to measure everything with I already have. It will be nesacerry to use the schools computer to complete my solid sheet metal model for this project.

    The infromation for the formulas to figure the plenum size and runner lenght will borrowed from a book called Max-Performance Buick Engine by Jefferson Bryant.