Moving forward, the CNC company came back with a quote for the panels to be routed out. They're starting that process and based on their schedule, I should pic them up the first week of March!
Through sheer Yenko.Net comradory and the ability of many to help others in this site, I've found a Nicson 2x2 intake complete with carbs courtesy of Hawkeye's (Marty) sharp eye!
I use this term sparingly, so consider it the ultimate Super Dave compliment: You da MAN!!
As I stated, here's my breakdown of the design phase of this. I used Mike at Partsnap.com for the 3D work and one of his suppliers for CNC work will provide the cutouts. To scan the model and do the 3D work on the stations was $2600. Considering the first guy I contacted, while enthusiastic and knew exactly what I needed since he's done them before, wanted $10k-$15k (not an exact quote, just a shooting off the hip estimate), I think that's a screaming deal and I'm beyond impressed with his work and detail. The CNC panels are quoted at $3100. So I'm in this at $5700. Of course the model cost at $75 and then the extra materials to assemble the buck will be superfluous (me so smart n' stuff!
), so let's just round up to $6k for the design and execution (smart!
) of the start of this whole endeavour (man... I'm killing it with big words today!
)
More updates to come soon as I start to acquire more parts next week! Body buck assembly next month!
Cheers
Dave